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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?] the Hon. [?] M.L.A., Minister of Agr[?] No. 403…

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Cheap Wheat for Pig and Fowl Raising

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

Representations having been made to Mr. B. A. Price M.L.A. the Member for the Gloucester district, that many farmers in his electorate desire to…

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Farms for Soldiers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

The Minister for Lands says there are 50 farms now ready for soldiers in the Macleay district, and Mr. O. O. Dangar says there is not a 320 acre block of Crown land on the…

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Dairy Meetings

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

THE 30th half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Company will be held at Telegraph Point at 11 a.m. on Wednesday next, 29th…

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Poultry Laying Out a Poultry Farm. Some Governing Factors

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

At a time when many poultry farmers are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some remarks by…

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Dairying. When Heifers Should Freshen. Profit by Experiments

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The age at which heifers should freshen is a fertile subject of discussion among dairy farmers and studmasters, there being advocates of early breeding…

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Important Dairy Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

An important sale for dairymen is to take place at Bondi (Sydney) on Wednesday next January 29, when Messrs. William Inglis and Son will…

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Farmers Loans £100,000 Set Aside Sufferers by the Drought

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands stated at the conclusion of the State Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that the Government had decided to set aside…

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Butter Pays

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

The suppliers to the Wingham Butter Factory for the month of December were paid is 4¾d for choicest, is 4¼d for first class, and is-3¾ for…

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Cheap Wheat for Pig and Fowl Raising

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 2

Representations having been made to Mr. R. Atkinson Price, M.L.A., the member for the Gloucester district, that many farmers in his electorate…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. THE ORCHARD…

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Miscellaneous Farmers and Figures. The Bogey of Book-keeping

The Northern Champion · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

"The average farmer is primarily an open-air man; he works hard all day and does not concern himself much with account keeping," says the…

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Dairy Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 3

The sale by auction on Wednesday of the dairy hard founded by the late Mr. A. K. Mackenzie at Bondt, attracted a large number of buyers,…

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Butter Outlook Serious

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

Merchants state that the outlook for butter is serious. The arrivals from the ceastal facteries were 50 per cent, less than those of a year ago,…

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Seed-wheat Advances. Method of Application

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

Farmers who desire to take, advantage of the Government's decision to give assistance to necessitous farmers in the way of advancing seed wheat, should…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervisor of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 404…

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Disqualification Removed. Woodchop Sweepstakes. New Main on the Market Sale of Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

AT the last A. J.C. Committee meeting the disqualification incurred by the Wauchope Jockey Club through an inadvertent infringement of the rules of racing, was ON Saturday night of last week, in Sydney, Amos Murrell (champion chopper of Queensland), met and defeated Roy McMillan (champion of the South Coast), and Tom THE lint of the season of the new yellow maize has arrived in Sydney, being 25 bags from the Maclceay, consigned to Messrs. Drew, Brown & Drew. The grower was ON Wednesday next, 5th mat, at the Beechwood Salcyards at 2 o'clock sharp, Mr. John Colwell will sell by auction 60 steers, 20 head mixed heifers and cows. 4…

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Hastings district Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. 30Th Half-yearly Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

THE 30th Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Company was held at Telegraph Point, on Wednesday last. Mr. J. Healey,…

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Dairymen Surprised. "Pick the Best Five." Appearances Deceptive

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 3

An invitation was extended to visitors to the National Dairy Show at Columbus, United States, in October last to pick the best five. Eleven…

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Dairying "Pick the Best Five" and the Response

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

The invitation was extended to visitors to the National Dairy Show at Colombus, U.S.A., in October last. Eleven Jersey cows stalled for…

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