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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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New Zealand Butter. Records Surpassed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

DURING the last three months the sum of [?]1,250,000 has been distributed among 7000 suppliers of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co…

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Local and General News. Butter Reduced in Melbourne

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

The wholesale price of butter dropped 4s to 126s owt in Melbourne on Monday…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 January 1925 · 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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Our Daily Bread—and Butter. By H. E. FAGE

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

ON every hand one can hear the universal disgust of the dairymen—on the Richmond and likewise on the whole North Coast—and even here…

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For the Man on the Land. a Little Boom in Cattle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

There is a little movement, in cattle to the districts inland from the coast. It is caused by the fact that there is more grass in the…

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Central N. C. Factories. Conference at Taree One Brand of Butter. Federation of Factories Scheme

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

A meeting of representatives of the Central North Coast Co-op. Dairy Factories' Association was held in the Butterfly on Thursday morning…

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Sale of Dairy Herd

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

ATTENTION is directed to the advertisement in this issue notifying the sale by auction, by Cliff, Mitchell & Co. on Thursday, 29th inst., of Mr. B. Chelman's dairy herd…

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A Payable Crop

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

HERE is an interesting illustration of intense cultivation, for which Mr. John Neil, of Glenorie, is responsible. On two-thirds of an acre, planted with…

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Dairying. Capacity in the Cow. Some Indications

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

Since 60 per cent, of the feed consumed by the cow is required for her own maintenance, the interest of her feeder centres in the remaining 40 per…

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M.R. Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. Returns for December, 1924

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

Suppliers were paid 11½d for choicest butter and 10½d for second-class, with a gross turnover of £45,573/17/5. The output showed…

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M.R. Co-op. Dairy Co. Returns for December, 1924

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

Suppliers to the above company were paid 11 12 d for choicest butter and 10 12 d for second-class. The gross turnover amounted to £45,573175…

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High Grade Dairy Utensils

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

The wide range of dairy utensils supplied by us is not equalled by any other firm. There is nothing we can not supply and the quality is always…

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Correspondence. Butter Down Again Rollers and Polers (To the Editor.)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

Dear Sir.—Your remarks in Saturday's leader on the butter position as affected by the operations of the traders and your suggestion…

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Dairy Pool. Producers' Roll to Be Examined

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

Senator Massy Greene has been advised by the Minister in charge of the Dairy Produce Export Control Act (Senator Wilson) in reply to his…

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Butter

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

Messrs. Prescott, Ltd., report on 24th January: -- Sydney. -- The market was reduced by ½d per lb. on 22nd inst. and…

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Cattle for Hong Kong

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

A Darwin message states that a cattle boat left there early on Sunday morning With 500 head of cattle for Hongkong,…

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Feed and Butter-fat Tests

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

Many farmers have endeavoured, without or with little success, to raise the butter-fat test by use of certain kinds of feed, writes W. N. Paton, in…

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Tuesday's Homebush Sales. Cattle Prices Hold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

There was a good yarding of bullocks and steers and occasional yards of prime cows in the cattle section. The number advised for sale was 2100…

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Live Stock. Grains As Food for Farm Animals. Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Maize

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

Wheat is not regarded as a suitable food for horses, and is not widely used in this country. If eaten by horses unaccustomed to it. it is liable to cause…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the [?]AGRICULTURAL…

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