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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Price of Butter. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 3

The Queensland producers are endeavoring to obtain a rise in the price of butter, Queensland being the only State with a surplus production…

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Butter Prospects Good Time for Dairy Farmers Anticipated

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 4

Mr. C. J. McRae, the president of the P.P. Union commenting on the butter position in Sydney on Monday, said that Britain was not…

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N.S.W. BUTTER. Output Still Declining

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

The output of butter from the coastal factories continues to fall off. Only 12,000 boxes arrived on Monday, a drop of over 2500 boxes since last…

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City Markets. BUTTER

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 4

Prescott Ltd. report:--Sydney:--The market is unchanged at 200s8d. Supplies, however, are undoubtedly showing a further…

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Millers Want Wheat. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

Millers in this State complain that they are not receiving enough wheat from Melbourne to keep them going…

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Butter Supplies Short. City Grocers at Wits' End. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

City grocers are at their wits' end to obtain sufficient supplies of butter…

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Fat Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 2

The following sale of cattle was made by Pltt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. at Flemington, on Monday last, viz., account H. A. Abbott, Glucester, 20 bullocks,…

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Wool Scheme. Mr. Hughes Criticised

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 4

MR. HUGHES'S wool scheme has surprised the wool trade and aroused much discussion, particularly the proposal not to hold sales in London…

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Dairying. Science in the Dairy. Examining Samples for Bacteria

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 2

Science reveals secrets as wonderful as any of the Tales of Hans Andersen or Grimm. The following paragraphs are taken from "Microbiology in…

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Winter Schools for Farmers. What the Department Offers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 2

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers, to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 15th June to 10th July…

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Cattle for Agistment

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. R. R. Dangar, of Cooki Springs Station, Quirindi, has leased an area of country from Mr. T. A. Irvine, of Dingo Creek, in order to accommodate…

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Macleay River Co-op. Butter Factory

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

At a meeting of the directors of the Macleay River Co-op. Dairy Company, Kempsey, last week, Mr. G. S. Stokes was appointed Secretary of the…

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Wheat Shortage. Millowners Appeal to Mr. Hughes. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 3

Millowners, of Sydney, have sent a strongly-worded appeal to Mr. Hughes regarding the shortage of wheat and sequent shortage of flour and…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep and Cattle Firm

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 3

A big proportion or the cattle section farded was of rough and Inferior quality. Good trade lines and prime beef were scarce in a yarding of 2845. with prices…

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Wool

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 3

The disposal of the wool clip and part of that which has already been sold to Britain, presents a difficult problem. Of the latter there is still…

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The Wheat Guarantee

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 3

The State Government has taken a bold but very wise step in guaranteeing, 7s 6d per bushel for all wheat harvested during the…

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7 8 for Wheat

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 2

The State Government [?] it will su[?] wheat growers 7 6 per based for the coming season's wheat. We can't but think this a wise action on the…

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Dairying with a Difference. Do You Keep Cows—or Do They Keep You?

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 1

From the year 1854 to 1918 the average yearly yield of butter-fat or Danish cows jumped from 441b to 2401b. Here is a leap indeed—surely…

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More Cattle

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

About five hundred head of mixed cattle came by train for agistment early in the week, and another draft of a like number came yesterday. A mob…

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Travelling Cattle

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

About seven o'clock on Wednesday morning a mob of 300 Hereford steers passed through Kempsey on their way from Yarrowitch to Grafton, to which…

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