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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Auctioneers' Report Special Cattle Sale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

Matthewson and Co. held their first big cattle sale, since taking over the business of Messrs. Abbott and Co., on Tuesday week last, when the…

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Cattle Rush Wingham Punt Exciting Time

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

Last Friday some thirty odd head of cattle were driven down to Wingham Punt, with the object-in the first instance-of swimming them…

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Small Dairy Farm. Wonderful Productiveness

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

It is generally estimated that it takes from two to three acres of land to keep a dairy cow, and since the high price of land is one of the governing factors…

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Low Production Costs the Basis of Successful Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

Success in dairying is almost entirely dependent on production costs, and this factor (says a writer in the "Farmers' Advocate" South Africa) is…

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"Dairymen's Doings." the Problem of Paspalum. a North Coast Dairying Question

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 3

It is hard to find a case where the introduction of a grass to a country has brought in its wake such prosperity as followed the introduction of paspalum…

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Jones' Island P. P. U. Butter Position

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

The annual meeting of the P.P.U. was held at Croki on Friday night, when the president., (Mr. T. L. Laurie) Presided…

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Macarthur Risked His Hand to Give Us Sheep

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 2

When Captain Macarthur bought at auction in England the few sheep which gave Australia's wool industry a start, he ran the risk of having…

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For Australia. Value of the Australian Dairy Council

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 4

The continuous importation of butter from New Zealand through the port of Sydney is doing, in reality, more to weld the dairymen of the…

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Mr. Lang and the Farmer

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

Considering all the outcry from the farming population of this State against the burdens that have been heaped upon them by the Lang…

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Danish Farming. Co-operative Marketing. State Regulations

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 5

In an interesting communication from Professors E. F. Ferrin and H. H. Kildee, of the United States Department of Agriculture, reference is made to a…

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Speaking for Australia Value of Australian Dairy Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 10

The continuous importation of butter from New Zealand through the Port of Sydney is doing, in reality, more to weld the dairymen of the Mother State…

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Pastoral. Sheep Transport by Motor. An Interesting Queensland Experiment

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 2

Details of an interesting experiment in the transport of sheep appear in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. The journal describes how Mr. W. A. Russell,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · 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 Department. BETTER SEED, BIGGER CROPS…

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Speaking for Australia. the Australian Dairy Council

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 3

The continuous importation of butter from New Zealand through the Pert of Sydney is doing in reality, more to weld the dairymen of the…

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Recent Rains. Benefit Dairying Industry

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor Wilkinson, in charge of the dairy branch district, Wallamba River to Nanibucca River, with headquarters at…

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Speaking for Australia. the Value of the Australian Dairy Council

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

The continuous importation of butter from New Zealand through the port of Sydney is doing, in reality, more to weld the dairymen of the…

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Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

About 1150 yarded, being a fairly heavy supply. Consignments consisted of all classes, from small calves to prime heavy bullocks. The…

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Cattle Vaccine Success. British Herds Freed From Tuberculosis Germless Milk

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

Vaccination of cattle against tuberculosis is making rapid progress in this country, and it is believed by doctors and veterinary surgeons that as…

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"Dairymen's Doings."

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

It is not the number of pigs farrowed but the number reared to maturity in each litter that counts. The annual butter factory managers'…

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Dairy or Farm Butter

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 8

Many are the problems that beset the dairying industry; some of them are caused by factors outside the control of the producers, others are…

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