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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Wingham C-op. Dairy Co., Ltd

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 4

The output of butter for the Wingham and Bobin factories during the month of January amounted to 120,871 f lbs nutter—nearly 54 tons. February…

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Cotton Crops

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 4

In company with Mr. Wenholz an inspection of some of the cotton plots in this district has been made. Although enough seed was despatched…

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Macleay Butter

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Macleay Co-op. Dairying Co. the following pays were struck:—Choicest 1/4, first grade 1/3½…

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Butter at Concessions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 4

THERE is a general feeling among merchants (says "The Sun") that a reduction in the price of butter would be in the best interests of the trade,…

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Fish Kill Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 4

SEVERAL of the landholders of Wallis Lake and the neighbouring rivers are complaining of losses sustained by cattle eating different varieties of fish. The kinds that appear to…

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Cheaper Butter. Drop of ½D Pound

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

THE Butter Advisory Committee met on Wednesday and considered the position of our market in the light of the drop in Victoria on Tuesday. It…

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A Co-operative Sheep Dip. Commendable Community Effort

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 2

A commendable example of community enterprise is afforded in the Forbes district, where several farmers have constructed a sheep dip on co-operative…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 February 1924 · 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. AGRICULTURAL…

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Live Stock. Ophthalmia in Stock. Warning to Farmers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 2

In view of the extensive occurrence of ophthalmia among stock this season, stock-owners are warned to keep a look-out for the trouble, and…

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Dairying. Clean Hands for Milking. An Elementary Duty

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 2

Cleanliness is one of the first requirements in successful dairying, and clean hands for milking should be regarded not only as essential for the…

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Dairying. for Choicest Grade Butter. Importance of Cooling and Acrating Milk and [?]n

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

No dairy is complete unless it has provision for cooling and aerating 'milk or cream. If such provision were made on every farm, little but a…

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Heading to Ruin. Australian Pessimist, Woes of the Farmers. London

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 1

"Australia is undoubtedly steering to bankruptcy." says Mr. S. W. Copley, banker, and formerly a West Australian pastoralist…

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Bellinger River Farm

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 2

In our advertising columns may be noticed an attractive description of a property at Raleigh to be offered at auction at Bellingen on 24th March…

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M.r. Co-operative Dairy Company. Returns for January

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

Suppliers were paid 1/4 for choicest commercial butter, and 1/3 for second-class net after deducting one halfpenny for export levy…

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Wingham Co-op. Dairy Co, Limited

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 1

The output of butter for the Wingham and Bobin factories during the month of January amounted to 120,871lb butter—nearly 54 tons…

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Beef and Butter. Australia Suffers

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 1

Mr. J. S. Bryce Beard, of Katoomba, a retired pastoralist, who with his wife, returned by the Ulysses on Thursday of last week from a 12-months'…

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Not Generally Known to Farmers

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

If two cows (one a larger breed and the other a Jersey) both test the same, say, 4 per cent. butter fat, the Jersey milk will actually yield in course of…

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Butter Stabilisation. the New Committee

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

AT the December session of the P.P.U. Central Executive it was resolved to create a committee to develop, in collaboration with other…

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Dairying. for Choicest Grade Butter. Importance of Cooling and Aerating Milk and Cream

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 2

No dairy is complete unless it has provision for cooling and aerating milk or cream. If such provision were made on every farm, little but a choicest…

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Disguised as Danish. Australia's Best Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3

MAJOR BELCHER, of the British Empire Exhibition, told a, gathering of London schoolteachers that the day was not far distant when Queensland…

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