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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1928 · 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 tho Department. AGRICULTURAL DO MODERN METHODS PAY?…

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Manning River Dairy Co. Ltd. Returns for March. 1928

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 4

Suppliers were paid 1/1½ for [?] butter and 1/6½ for second [?] with a turnover of £41,347/ [?]11. The output showed an increase…

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Dairying. Second-grade Cream. Some Contributory Causes

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

Most of the troubles in milk and cream are caused by organisms closely associated with cow manure. Milk in the udder of a healthy cow in normal condition is…

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M.r. Dairy Company Returns for March, 1928

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 10

Suppliers to the above company were paid 11[?] for choicest butter and 1[?]d for second class. The turnover amounted to £41,3471711…

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Marketing of Wheat

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

In dealing with the Wheat Pool, Dr. Page pointed out that for a wheat pool or control board to be completely effective in dealing with commodities…

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Dairy Science Schools

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

Nine dairy science schools, chiefly for the purpose of giving instruction to butter and cheese factory employees, have been arranged by the dairy branch…

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Dairy Science Schools Examinations in Testing and Grading

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 2

In c[?] of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees, arrangements have been made by the dairy branch,…

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Dairy Science School

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 6

The Dairy Branch of the Department of Agriculture will hold dairy science schools throughout the State, as follow:--Byron Bay. May 28 to…

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London-butter Market

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

The Overseas Farmers' Federation cable under date 13th April reports as follows:— Demand for butter very slow, but…

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Milk Weed Kills Sheep

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. T. Sanderson, of Ariah Park suffered a severe loss when he removed 1000 sheep from one paddock to another. On the following day…

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Butter As a Skin Ointment

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Scientists have made another discovery regarding the use of butter. The Greeks and Romans of long ago did not use butter as a food, but as the…

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P. D. S. Column. Butter Boxes

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

With the rising packing costs those interested in cheapening production costs in the to utter industry have, during the past few years, been…

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Cattle Development. What Man Has Done

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

The wild cattle which Julius Caesar found in Gaul, the wild cattle at present existing, and all the varieties of world cattle which ever have…

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Conference at Port Stephens. the Cattle Industry

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

At the recent conference at Tea Gardens, Mr. T. Hicks, of Gloucester, read a paper on The Cattle Industry of Northern New South Wales as…

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Wingham's Big Show A Splendid Exhibition Dairy Cattle and Pigs take Pride of Place 43rd. Wingham Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Give us a Show, says a character in one of Shakespeare's plays. The sentiment has a world-wide application to-day. For although we cannot…

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Upper Wallamba Dairy Society

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

The above society manufactured for the month of March 111,394lbs. of butter, of which 98 per cent. was choicest grade, for which suppliers…

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Prickly Pear 'Pest.' Turned to Profit by Scone Farmer's Invention. "Food and Drink."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 8

Prickly pear is not a pest, but is food and drunk to man and beast. This surprising fact has been demonstrated beyond a…

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When Washing Dairy Utensils

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

Boiling water is absolutely necessary in dairy work to ensure cleanliness, and as it is easy, enough to secure a supply, there should be no sparing of it…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 10

Arrangements have been made by the Department of Agriculture for the annual Winter School for Farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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Butter Manufacture

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 1

SPEAKING to a "Sydney Herald" representative on the city showground at the late exhibition, Mr. P. J. Carroll, Commonwealth supervisor of…

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