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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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What Can Country Councils Do to Promote the Dairying Interest. To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

Sir,— This question has been asked over and over again by members of Country Councils, anxious to promote the prosperity of dairying in this…

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Wheat-carrying Feat. for a Bet

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 4

MR. JACK JOHNSON, carter at Messrs. F. Harris and Company's flour mill, Forbes, backed himself for £10 to carry a three-busbel bag of wheat a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 February 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. 615…

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Dairying. Sugar Cane As Fodder. Still Useful to Dairy Farmers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 2

There has been marked interest in sugar-cane as cattle fodder in the last year or two, and the crop promises to become-once more a factor of some…

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Farmers and the Tariff. the Case for Revision How It Affects the Farmer

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 1

The advent of the Country Party in to State and Federal polities, whatever we may think of their platforms and politics, quite clearly indicates a great…

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To Remove Lint From Dark Wool Clothes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

A woman left a store unaware that her finely tailored suit was covered with the whitest of lint A stranger called her attention to it, and the…

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Bowra Butter Factory Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 2

The Engineer, at the last Council meeting, reported that a culvert of 40ft span over creek adjacent to the Bowra butter factory was in a…

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Butter Stabilisation. Powerful Influences Against

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

Speaking at the annual dinner of the Tweed River District Council Pastoral Protection Union, at Murwillumbah, Mr. C. J. McRae,…

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The Star of Africa. Story of Famous Diamond. Exchanged for a Sheep

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 4

The diamond fields of South Africa have many many millionaires. One of them, Sir J. B. Robinson, who made millions on the…

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FARMERS ! Get Your Seed Oats and BARLEY at Sellick 'S

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 2

While Thomas Charles Alexander, aged 21, was carrying two cans after milking operations on Thursday, 18th inst., near Kempsey, he was struck…

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Macleay Co-op. Dairy Co

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 4

There are six nominations for the two seats on the Board of Directors of the Macleay Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd. They are Messrs. W. Secomb and J…

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Pastoral. Sheepskins for Market. Importance of Careful Handling

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

The extent to which the ultimate value of animal by-products can be lowered by careless handling is evidenced in the case of sueepskins in a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

TheM Notes are issued ovary week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are bated largely on the experience ef the Department. No. 616…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

THE usual monthly meeting of directors of the H. D. Co-op. Dairy Co., was held on Tuesday, there being present-Messrs. R. Davidson…

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Manning River Co-operative Dairy Coy., Ltd. Returns for January 1923

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 4

We have been supplied with the following:— Suppliers were paid 1/4 1/2 for the choicest butter and 1/3 1/2 for second…

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Gloucester Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

Cattle buyers had ample numbers from which to secure their requirements at Homebush last Thursday. The offering of 4,000 head was beyond the…

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100 Cattle for £25

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

It is reported that a well-known district grazier last week bought one hundred head of mixed store cattle on the Lower Clarence for £25--five…

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Manning River Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd. Returns for January, 1923

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Suppliers were paid 1/4½ for choicest butter, and 1/3½ for second class net, after holding the usual ½d per lb for export reserve, with a gross…

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Water Through Divining Rod. Coopernook Dairymen Score

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 3

On portions of the Lower Manning they have fair feed but little or no water. Cattle have to be driven several miles daily for water, while…

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Cattle

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 6

Pitt; Sou & Badgery report :-- Cattle.--Prime qualify was more than ample for the immediate requirements of the trade this week,…

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