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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Butter Test

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 2

The results of the continuous grading of the butter produced hy 47 factories has recently been published. There were new conditions attaching…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame. M. L. A, Minister of Agriculture and in[?] mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 416…

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Good Crops Sans Sun. the Revolution in Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 7

Scientists have found out the way to make the sun shine, as it were, upon agriculture. They charge the soil with electricity, and the crops,…

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Agricultural. the Lay-out of a Farm. Study General Convenience

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 2

The Chief Inspector of Agriculture was recently asked to give some advice on the laying out of a farm, and in his reply he indicated that attention should…

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Dairying. a Skin Disease Among Cows. a Strange Cause

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 2

A skin disease that presented some interesting features was lately brought under the notice of the Stock Branch and was investigated by Dr. S. Dodd, D. V. Sc…

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Helping Belgian Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 4

Efforts are being made by the Agricultural Relief of Allies Committee to replace the animals in Belgium killed or stolen by the Germans with good…

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Farms for Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 2

Casino, Saturday. An area amounting to 3000 acres of the Runnymede Station, the gift of the late Mr. J. C. Manifold, has been subdivided into…

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General News Nettle Farming

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 4

A large nettle farm, where the weeds, planted last spring, have grown to a man's height, is to be found at Zehlendom. Berlin. This…

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Wheat Silos. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture informed the Cabinet that the erection of wheat silos was so advanced that there would probably be storage available…

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Record Dairy Sale

Macleay Argus · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

The clearance sale of Mr. H. E. Sharpe's dairy herd yesterday at East Kempsey established a record for the district, dairy cows realising up to…

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Prophets of the Farmyard

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 3

Farmer folk who get a crowing hen mong the brood in the yard look upon it as an evil omen. A superstitious farmer looks upon…

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Price of Butter in England

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

In the repora of an interview with Dairy Export Mclnnes which recently appeared in the "Sydney Mail" the statement was made that butter…

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Pastoral. Pit Silage. Carting in and Filling the Pits

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

The previous articles have pointed out the value of silage to the wheat and sheep farmer and the pastoralist, the most suitable crops, the ease with which they can…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

These Notes are Issued every week. under the personal Supervision of the Hon W. G. Grahame, M. L. A. Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. 417…

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Dangerous Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 7

It has been said, scores of times, that long after the war we shall hear of ships striking- mines, but it is not so generally realised how…

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Dairyman Fined £45. Adulterated Milk. Strong Comments by Magistrate

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 8

Patrick Maloney, dairyman, Warringa_road, North Sydney, was proceeded against at the North Sydney Court upon two informations, alleging…

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A Good Dairy Pay

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. George Northam, of Mondrook, received a return of £36/11/7 from the Upper Manning Co,-op. Dairy Co. cows fed solely on grass. Mr…

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High Prices for Stud Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 2

Record prices were realised al Levett's Hereford dispersal sale at Feilding (N.Z.) A bull, President Wilson, brought 2200 guineas, and…

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Dairying a Skin Disease Among Cows a Strange Cause

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 4

A skin disease that presented some interesting features was lately brought under the notice of the Stock Branch, and was investigated by Dr…

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Big Dairy Cheques

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 2

Weather conditions in Illawarra are in striking to the drought-stricken Country Island. Just now the South Coast is enjoying a most…

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