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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Chatham Butter Factory

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 3

Work was commenced at the new butter factory which has been established at Chatham by the directors of the Upper Manning Co-operative Dairy…

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Trucking Show Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

The difficulty of getting cattle to and from shows by rail was brought up by exhibitors at a meeting of the Dapto Agricultural Society, who said the only…

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Good News for Dairymen

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

This week Mr. F. W. Collison, representative of the Coastal Farmers' Society at Kempsey, received a wire from the general manager (Mr. C. E. D…

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Fine Dairy Herd for Macleay

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

Messrs. Monaghan Bros., of Austral Eden, last week landed by the s.s. Ramornie, their fine dairy herd of 69 head, which they had on the Richmond River…

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Coopernook Police Court. Thursday, January 30. (Before Mr. Butter, P.M.) Police, v. R. Hopper, J. Gibson, Ray Everingham, P. Pullen, and M. Pullen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

These were charges of riotous behaviour at Hannam Vale on 22nd December last. The whole of the accused pleaded not guilty, and they…

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Pastoral. Native Grasses From the Riverina. Danthonias Again

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

A collection of very fine native grasses has just been received by the Department of Agriculture from the Grong Grong station in the Riverina…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 February 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 [?] are [?] mainly on the experience of the Department No. 403…

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Pickling Seed Wheat. The Best Way to Prevent Bunt

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

The most efficient and convenient preventive for bunt or "stinking smut," under present circumstances is certainly sulphate of copper, or…

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Temora Demonstration Farm. Some Results to Date

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

To the Temora district belongs the distinction of having a larger proportion its total area under cultivation than any other in the State, while the…

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Another Cattle Case

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

MONDAY last at Kempsey Police Court, before Mr. Fletcher, P.M., Louis M. Clarke proceeded against Harold H. Henderson, of Rollands…

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Seed Wheat

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture The Hon. W. G. Grahame, desires it to be notified that the Department of Agriculture is receiving numerous…

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Wheat Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 3

A sale of wheat amounting to 12,000 tons has been made by the Federal Wheat Board to the Royal Swedish Commission at 5/9 a bushel f. o. b. The…

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Cheap Wheat for Fowls a Pigs

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. R. A. Price, M. L. A. made representations at the suggestion of a constituent with following result: Dear Sir,—In reply to your communication…

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New "Manless" Farming

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 3

A machine which automatically ploughs, sows, cultivates, and reaps. with only perfunctory attention to the hands of man has been invented by…

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Bowman Farm Dingoes Plentiful

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

Dingoes have been causing trouble and occasioning losses to stockowners on Oakey Greek, poddies up to 12 months old, strong and in good…

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Friesian Dairy Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 1

The Friesian, or, as it has always been known, the Holstein, is a breed of dairy cattle which has not had the recognition to which its yielding…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

There Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are [?]ed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 406…

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Comboyne Dairy Statistics

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

By the courtesy of First-class Constable Bond, we are enabled to give the statistics of the Comboyne dairy patrol for the year ended December 31st, 1918:-There are 91…

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Heavy Potato Crop

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 6

A crop of Manhattan potatoes, grown by Mr. R. Richardson on the Lower Manning, near Taree, returned lO[?] tons per acre. They were sown on…

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Agricultural. Temora Demonstration Farm. a Suggested Rotation

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

Where a farmer is catering for the grain and the hay markets, it is possible to adopt a rotation that will give two crops every three years. That, indeed,…

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