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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Dairy Supervision Change Not Beneficial

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 2

Many dairymen in this district will agree with the following letter (which recently appeared in the "Daily Pictorial"), that a change of dairy…

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Butter Prize

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

At the Newcastle Show last week the Nambucca Co-operative Society's Macksville Factory won second prize in the class for "Butter for Local…

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P. D. S. Column. Butter Factory Closes

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

After 27 years' service to the dairymen round Goulburn, the Argyle Central Dairy Factory is to close. For a number of years after the…

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Australian Butter In London Some Recent Serious Complaints

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

Recent cables from London regarding the inferior condition which certain Australian butters have been showing, when opened up, after…

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Maize for Sheep. Storage Scheme Suggested. Reserves for Drought

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 12

The cost of producing maize in the Manning River district was estimated at 6 a bushel, but even at this figure it would pay Pastoralists to fed to…

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Wool Growing in Gloucester District T. A. Field Ltd.'s Ventures

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

That sheep will do well on the coastal-highlands, and that wool raising is likely, to increase considerably in this district, is borne out by the…

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Fur Farming Prospects of Industry. Committee's Inquiries

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

There are indications that some of Australia's costly importations in the form of animal pests may yet be turned to profitable account. Proposals…

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Harry Hicks' Dairy Cow. (Continued.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

Just as life was well bestirring, Like a racehorse on the track, Round the headland she'd go fly ing With her tail across her back;…

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Dairying Conditions Poor on North Coast Improvement Elsewhere

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 1

The effects of the heavy rains this month are reflected in the reports of the dairy instructors for the various districts. In parts of the North Coast…

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Dairy Inspectors To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

Sir.—Those who are engaged in the dairying industry feel grateful to the efficiency of officers of the Board of Health, who have been supervising the…

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Freetrade and Farming Machinery. [To The Editor.]

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

Sir,--Writers supporting free trade have been busily occupied during the past few weeks trying to convince the farmer that through protection…

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Queensland Butter Pool

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 12

With the movement for enactment of State legislation in N.S. Wales and Victoria to provide statutory powers over marketing of butter, it is…

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P.d.s. Column. Butter Factory Closes

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 12

After 27 years' service to the dairymen round Goulburn, the Argyle Central Dairy Factory is to close. For a number of years after the company…

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Pastoral. the Food Value of Kurrajong. And Its Limitations

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 2

Little scrub feeding is being carried out at present, but a sheepowner in the Rankin's Springs district recently found it necessary. [?] to it, and in a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 March 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 the Department. AGRICULTURAL. VARIETIES OF OATS…

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Maize for Sheep. Storage Scheme Suggested. Reserves for Drought

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

The cost of producing maize in the Manning River district was estimated at 6[?] a bushel, but even at this figure it would pay pastoralists to feed to…

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Work That Is Waiting. a Programme for South Coast Dairymen

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 2

Discussing points concerning which local farmers might be offered a seasonable reminder, the Senior Agricultural Instructor located on the South Coast…

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Agricultural Instruction. Special Course at Glen Innes Experiment Farm

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 2

In order to provide a special course of training for the sens of settlors residing in the north and north-west districts, the Minister of Agriculture has…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Factory Closes

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

After 27 years' service to the dairymen round Goulburn the Argyle Central Dairy Factory is to close. For a number of years after the Company…

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Maitland Show. Dairy Produce. Gloucester Dairy Co. Again Wins

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

The dairy produce was judged by Mr. G. S. Stening, treasurer of the Royal Agricultural Society, who stated that the whole section was a very…

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