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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Leasing Crown Lands. Share Farmer's Experience

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 1

A case of considerable interest to share farmers and others came before the District Court at Wellington a few days ago, in which a…

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Fat Cattle. Homebush Stock Sales. Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 3

Cattle buyers were confronted with another mixed lot, which included litt[?] of prime quality. Over 3600 head were offered, representing 124…

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Fat Cattle. Homebush Stock Sales. Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 2

Them was no diminution in the supplies of cattle arriving. Over 3400 were in to-day's market, and the morning Sales indicated that prices…

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Etna Raging Terror and Destruction. 30,000 People Homeless. Farms and Vineyards Gone. Home, June 18

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 1

Mount Etna, Sicily, is in violent eruption, and terror and destruction reign. It is estimated that 30,000…

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Progressive Farming. Fordson Tractor Ploughing

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 5

During the week we had the opportunity of seeing ploughing done by Fordson Tractor power. Some two miles out of Kempsey, on Mr. Kemp's…

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Pastoral. the Sucking Sheep Louse. How to Control It

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 2

The sucking sheep louse (Haematopinus) is an external parasite that has made its appearance in a number of flocks in the southern and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 June 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. 633…

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Dairying in Winter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 6

DURING the winter season, when nature is testing and the milk supply is at its lowest, the dairy farmer should overhaul his working plant. The…

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Japan's Insurgent Farmers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 2

Once upon a time Japan's tenant farmers believed they owed everything except their creation to the landlords, it is remarked in the Japanese press…

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"The Other Black Sheep."

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 3

Littlebridge was just a little country town full of narrow-minded people, who were all waiting for something terrible to happen but they seemed doomed to…

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Butter Factories. Features of Export Season. Excess Weights

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 2

At the conference or the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries Association, Mr. P. Wigan, Senior Commonwealth Butter Grader,…

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Dairying in Winter

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 4

During the winter season, when nature is resting and the milk supply is at its lowest the dairy farmer should overhaul his working plant. The…

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Cotton and Cows. Bonalbo Show Crop. Returns £50 Per Acre

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 7

In further particulars of his trial crop of cotton, Mr. A. A. Byrnes, of Old Bonalbo, informs the British-Australian Cotton Association that it is a…

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Local and General News. Big Losses of Sheep

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

A COLD snap, following light rain, has caused heavy losses of sheep in Queensland. A Charleville report states when Drover Brown, in charge of 18,000 sheep, was about…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 June 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. 634…

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H. D. Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd. Extraordinary Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

AN extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the above company was held at the factory on Saturday, 23rd inst., to consider the advisability of…

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Dairying in New Zealand

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

THE real significance and value of New Zealand's achievements in the dairying world are yet hardly realised. The plain truth is that to-day New…

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Breeding Tells. Prize Dairy Herd

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

TIME and again the value of herd testing has been preached throughout the Richmond River district, but to a large extent the good advice given…

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Dairying in Queensland. a Canadian's Opinion

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

"THE dairymen and fruit farmers in Queensland are living a life of luxurious ease, compared with the farmers in Canada," remarked the master of…

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Dairying. for Healthy Cows Points in the Feeding and Care of the Calf

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 2

The calf should be allowed to remain with the cow for two or three days. In this period the calf learns to drink, and is subsequently handled with…

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