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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Farmers' Wharf Rentals. Department Insists on Payment. As Admission of Crown Ownership

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

At a conference of Central North Coast branches of the Agricultural Bureau, held at Taree last week, the following letter was read from the…

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Australian and New Zealand Butter

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

With Australian dairymen it has always been a bone of contention that New Zealand butter reputedly brings higher prices in London. From…

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Australian Butter in London Some Recent Serious Complaints

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

Return cables [?]in London regarding the [?] condition which certain [?] have been showers when [?] on after…

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Dungog Butter Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

The copious rainfall and the phenomenal growth of feed throughout the district are being reflected in the big cheques which are being paid to…

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Maitland Show Next WEEK—An Attractive Display of Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

A varied and interesting programme has been prepared for the Maitland Show, which commences on Wednesday next. There will again be an…

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Newcastle Show Gloucester Dairy Co's Success. Two First and a Second

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

The dairy produce at the Newcastle Show was judged by Mr. G. S. Stening, treasurer of the Royal Agricultural Society, who said that the whole…

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Mammitis in Dairy Herds

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

A problem of serious importance to-day among dairymen is the occurrence of mammitis in their dairy herds. A few years ago such trouble…

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Harry Hick's Dairy Cow. (Continued.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 3

Ere I made her "sweet" acquaintance, Or I met her at the sale, She had somewhere struck disaster, For the brush was off her tail…

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Manning River Dairy Co., Ltd Returns for January, 1928

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 6

Suppliers were paid 1/1 for choicest buter, and 1/- for Second Class, with a turnover of £86,612/13/5. The output showed an increase of…

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Aftermath of the Floods. Serious Damage to Maize Crops. Nature's Compensation. Sensational Statements in Sydney Press

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5

We are pleased to state that the flood waters in the Maeleay have quickly receded, leaving behind them a coating of slimy mud to mark the extent…

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Butter Pay

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 4

Fob the month of January the H.D. Dairy Co., Port Macquarie, paid suppliers 1/0 3/4 per lb for choicest and lO 3/4 per lb for sec­ond class butter. It was also decided to…

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Kendall Cattle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 11

Cattle values rose 15- to 30- on the average at Homebush last Monday. District sales at Winchcombe, Carson's auction included bullocks…

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Pastoral. Control of Grasshoppers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

Departmental tests over a number of years have demonstrated the complete efficacy of arsenite of soda spray as a control for grasshoppers in the young…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

There Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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Dairying. Fodder Conservation. Increases Carrying Capacity of the Farm

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

At a recent conference of the Illawarra branches of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. H. J. Bate, M.L.A.—a practical farmer as well as politician—made out…

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The Orchard Fruit Fly. Protection of Late-ripening Crops

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

The period during which orchardists look for trouble from the fruit fly will shortly be approaching its peak, and growers are urged to avail themselves of…

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M. R. Dairy Company. Returns for January

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 4

Suppliers to the above Company were paid 11 for choicest butter for January and 1- for second class. The turnover amounted to £36,612135…

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Dairy Cases

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

Waller Stephen Cooper was charged with not having dairy premises up to standard. Mr. F. O. Martin appeared for the…

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Usual Butter Business

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 4

Yesterday at the North Coast Company's wharf no sign of flood mud; but everything shipshape, and the usual stack of Macleay Dairy Company…

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More Butter Needed. There Is No Substitute. View of Scientists

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 4

A paper read by Dr. Cramer before the British Association, London, is stirring thought in the Old Country, and should do much to increase the…

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