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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Developments in the Dairy

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 1

The old-fashioned system of dairying which was so exacting on all engaged in it, left little time for recreation and rest, but men's…

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Bowraville Dairy Co

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above was held in the School of Arts, Bowraville, last Saturday. The Chairman (Mr. J. E…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 2

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agricultural, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 463…

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High-priced Farms

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

HIGH prices are being paid for first-class farm lands in the Maitland district. A farm of 36½ acres, the property of Elisha Bowden, situated at Bolwarra, has been…

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What Dairying Did for the Ballinger

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

A speaker at Bellingen Show luncheon, commenting on what dairying had done for the district, said that 30 yean ago their chief exports were maize and timber, and…

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Dairying. Parents' Influence on Producing Capacity. Another Champion of the Sire

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 2

"The scrub dairy bull has nothing behind him but his tail," runs an expressive sub heading to an article by C. H. Eckles, Professor of Dairy…

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M. R. Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Half-yearly Meeting

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

The 55th half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held at the hall. Croki, on Wednesday afternoon, when there were…

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The Farmer's Due

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 2

"The farmer as well as the industrial worker, is entitled to a living wage and a reasonable profit on his investment," writes D. F. Houston,…

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Krambach Cattle Sale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 4

Messrs Paterson and Easton will conduct a cattle sale at Krambach yards to-morrow (Saturday), when they will submit 30 light weight fats…

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The Wheat Pools

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

All the States concerned in the wheat pools are showing overdrafts, with the exception of New South Wales, which stands in credit to…

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Australian Butter. Imperial Government's Inquiry. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 5

The Imperial Government is inquiring the price Australian producers are willing to accept for next season's butter output…

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Important Cattle Sale

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

Our readers and others should note that an important cattle sale by Mr. T. Carlton will take, place at the Shire Yards, Gloucester, on April 15,…

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Australian Butter. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

The Imperial Government is inquiring as to the price the Australian producers are willing to accept for next season's surplus butter output…

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Eagle Hawks Attack Sheep

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 3

MR. W. STEEL, of Craigend, was astonished at seeing three large eagle hawks rounding up some sheep like dogs, and attacking them. Two of…

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No Sugar Good Butter Scarce, Too

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

Large number of suburban housewives were in angry mood at Melbourne on Tuesday morning, owing to the fact that sugar supplies were…

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Homebush Sales. Medium Cattle Lower. Thursday's Market

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 3

There was a very heavy supply of cattle, and the quality showed a slight improvement on previous yardings. Though odd…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and age based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 464,…

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A Large Croper

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

A HUGE groper, weighing about 3owt. and measuring approximately 6ft. from snout to tail, was caught by a fisherman, A. Pateman, recently at the mouth of the…

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Gape Hawke Dairy Coy

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

This company, whose factory is at Tuncurry, is the valve of the North Coast butter factories, and a fine, healthy infant it is. At the Royal…

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Australian Butter

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. Hugh Sinclair, ex-M.P., who is deputy-chairman of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee, and Mr. H. W. Osborne, who is connected with…

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