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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Farmer Mist[?]k Jones. So They [?]ad a Parting [?]u In[?]

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Presbytery was to be held in the town, and Jones, who was on the staff of a local newspaper, was sent down to report the proceedings. [?]…

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Dairying. Ten-year-old Silage. a Profitable Venture

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

A sample of silage that had been made from green maize in April, 1909—nearly ten years ago—was recently forwarded to the Department of…

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Good News for Dairymen

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

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

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The Wheat Pool

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

Including £7,466,000 paid on account of the 1918-19 wheat, the overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board on February 10 was increased to…

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Commercial the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. Report: 14th FEBRUARY

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 4

Wool: Our next appraisement is on 18th February: Cattle: About 2,360 cattle forward including 300 from Queensland, plain…

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The Manitoba Potato Crop

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 1

The Manitoba Provincial Department of Agriculture estimates that the potato crop for that province for 1918 will be well over 10,000,000 bushels…

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Necessitous Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

The scheme of Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, for assisting farmers who are suffering from the effects of drought and bush fires, is now in…

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Hard Times for Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

One-third of the farmers of the State are in a most serious position financially—practically down and out, except for Government help; another…

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Dairymen's Union. Formed at Gladstone

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 4

SATURDAY night last some 75 odd Lower Macleay dairymen met in Gladstone Hall to discuss the formation of a union for the purpose of…

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Butter Prices. Further Increase Imminent. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

It was freely affirmed in trading circles to-day that an increase in the price of butter is imminent, but there is some diversity of Opinion as to the likely…

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Dairymen Organise. Successful Lower River Combination

Macleay Argus · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 8

Milk and cream suppliers answered the call to organise on Saturday night at the Gladstone School of Arts in large numbers. The meeting was…

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The Hydraulic Ram on the Farm

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

The water supply, particularly on a dairy farm, is a very important matter, not only to the annual economy, but also as an aid in…

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Dearer Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

It was freely affi[?] in trading circles on Wednesday that an increase in the price of butter is imminent, but there was some diversity of opinion as…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. No. 407. PASTORAL

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 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 [?]d mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Agricultural. "Take-all." The Wheat-Growers' Worst Enemy

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

For some years the Plant Breeder of the Department of Agriculture, has observed the prevalence of "take-all" in the wheat breeding plots at Cowra…

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Maize and Dairy Farm for Sale

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 4

MR. W. LANDRIGAN will sell by public auction this Saturday, 22nd inst., under instructions from Mr. James Workman, his maize and dairy farm of 143 acres, as…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 4

THE regular meeting of Directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the factory office, Port Macquarie, on Tuesday…

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The Orchard. to Maintain Soil Fertility. Green Manuring Crops

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

The maintenance of fertility, notwithstanding the loss of plant food that results from constant cropping, is one of the problems that confront every…

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Share Farming

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, is of opinion that a small conference or committee will do the most effective work in connection with the…

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Dairy Hands Available

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

The superintendent of the Department of Labor and Industry at Newcastle states that a large number of form and dairy hands is available for…

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