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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

590 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 12 of 30

Butter Values. the Lessons of the Year

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 1

Almost without exception during each butter season, different conditions seasonable and otherwise, are experienced necessitating a changed outlook,…

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Providing Farms. Voluntary Subdivision. Scheme in Operation

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

The process of subdividing private estates in sound districts within 15 miles of existing railways, in accordance with the Government's closer…

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Tasmanian Potatoes. Record Crop, Valued £1,000,000

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

A record crop or Tasmanian potatoes is expected this year, according to the officials of the Department of Agriculture at Hobart. Last year, Tasmanian…

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Manning River Co-op. Dairy Co. Returns for Appril

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Suppliers were paid 1/9[?] for choicest butter and 1/8[?] for second class butter, with a gross turnover of £15,239 10s 7d. The output showed a…

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Standardisation of Butter

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the C.F.S., who has just returned from London, is emphatic as to the definite marketing advantages to be…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Both Defendants Discharged

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 5

At the Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Potts, P.M., Hamilton G. Elrington and Victor A. Ducat were charged alleging that on…

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London Butter Market. Slump in Prices. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 5

A New Zealand message states advice has been received of a slump in London in the butter market from Mr. G. D. MacFarlane, who said every…

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A Farmers' Opportunity

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

During the visit of Captain Coulter, organiser of the New Settlers' League, to Kempsey, he brought under our notice an unique case, showing the…

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Pastoral. in Time of Drought. Scrub as Feed for Sheep

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

The varieties of native scrub and trees available for feeding sheep in drought depend on the districts affected. Probably the best known are…

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Standardisation of Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 5

MR. MEARES, who has just returned from London, is emphatic as to the definite marketing advantages to be gained by producers in the…

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High Butter Yield

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

HEATHER II. of Hillcrest, an Illawarra Milking Shorthorn heifer, the property of Mr. A. C. Payne, of Chatsworth, Gympie, and bred by Mr. J. E. Noble…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 May 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. 629…

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Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company. Returns for April

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 1

The secretary (Mr. Clune) kindly supplied us with the following:—Suppliers were paid 1/9 1/2 for the choicest butter and 1.8 1/2 for…

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Miscellaneous. Lends Them Longer Life. Preserve your Farm Buildings with Paint

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

The preservative benefits of paint are nowhere of more importance than on the farm. It is the poorest sort of economy to save the price of a coat of…

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2000 Farms

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 4

During my visit to the North Coast made two excursions from the main tracks, so as to explore some parts rarely visited by public men…

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"Australian" Butter

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

Some time ago, a Clarence River man writing from London mentioned a particularly disreputable sample of butter he had seen exhibited in a London shop under the name "Australian," and went on to describe how remarkably it differed from the butter…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Cases Dismissed

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

At Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. Potts, P.M., H. G. Elrington and Victor W. Ducat were charged, alleging that on 2nd…

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Wool Warehouse Burnt. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

A warehouse of Messrs. Hirst and Co., woollen manufacturers, at Huddersfield, was burnt. Wool valued at £100,000 was destroyed…

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Dairy Requirements

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 3

The standard of requirements enforced by inspectors of the dairy branch, Department of Agriculture, in regard to the construction of dairy produce…

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Sharks Like Sheep Dogs

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 6

WE are informed by a gentleman in­terested in the fishing industry that a southerly experienced in Trial Bay the other week drove up n lot of sea…

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