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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Tobacco Growing. Tamworth's Big Crop

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

Fully two-thirds of the tobacco leaf grown in New South Wales is Produced in the Tamworth area, including the Manilla and Gunnedah districts…

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The Cotton Crop. Points About Grading

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 8

The Richmond's cotton crop is now coming to maturity, and in the course of a week or so harvesting will be in full swing, on a majority of the plots…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture announces that arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury…

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Farmers' Friends

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

The farmer has a host of friends, And these his crop protects, They eat voracious parasites, And hordes of small insects…

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Cattle Trade. Australia's Disadvantages

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 8

Not only is Australia unhappy in her geographical position compared with, the cattle-producing. countries of South America, but…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experience of the Department. No. 624…

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When Dogs Command Sheep. Feats Performed by the Shepherd's Helpmate

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

Sheep-dog trials are the most fascinating of the attractions offered at agricultural shows. At these trials the townsman can see some of the…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

The Directors of the Hastings District Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., Port Macquarie, met on Tuesday, fixing the pay at Is 7 ¼d and 1s 6 ¼d per…

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In the Farm Garden. Sweet Potatoes and Frost

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

Sweet potatoes will continue to grow until the advent of frosts. Frosts will destroy the vines", however, and from that time the tubers will, of course…

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Dairying. for the Cheesemaker. How to Make a "Starter."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

The beneficial effect of starter on dairy produce were first discovered between twenty-five and thirty years ago, when it was found that a certain…

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Worthless Concessions. Food for Hungry Stock. Cattle Are Dying. Muswellbrook

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 4

Regulations governing concessions on fodder for starving stock, carried on the railways are causing concern throughout the Upper Hunter…

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Manning River Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd. Returns for March

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 2

Suppliers were paid 1/7[?] for choicest butter, and 1/6[?] for second class, with a gross turnover of £16,064 14s 5d…

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Stud Farm to Be Sold. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 2

Bangaroo State stud farm is to be sold for closer settlement…

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Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company Limited. Returns for March 1923

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 2

Suppliers were paid 1/7 1/4 for the choicest butter and 1/6 1/4 for second class with a gross turnover of £16.064 14s 5d…

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Cattle for Ninepence

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 4

Three trucks of cattle from Walgett which were sold at Homebush last week brought to the owner 27- net. There were 38 cattle, so that he…

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Shooting Cattle Effect of the Drought. Dudbo

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 3

Conditions in the whole of the western districts are serious. Many stockowners are beginning to cut scrub to feed their sheep and cattle, and…

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State As Shylock. Attack by Farmers Not Big Enough

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 2

of understand, Mr. Cocks, that at these conferences you put your foot down on anyone who tries to do anything that does not suit you…

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The Farm Loan Bank

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 6

While Sir Joseph Carruthers, most inex[?]ably to those who politically know him longest, is traversing the State in support of his projected…

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The Alleged High Price of Dairy Products

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 2

The recent increases in the price of butter have caused the usual stir in certain sections or the city press, which never fall to raise their voices in…

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Upper Manning Co-op. Dairy Company (CHATHAM)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 7

The thirty-third half-yearly meeting of the Upper Manning Co.-op. Dairy Co., Chatham, which was called April 18th, was changed from that…

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