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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Feeding 76,000 Sheep

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 8

There is probably not another station in Australia that has entered upon such a huge undertaking as Corona, where the whole of the flock of 76,000 sheep…

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North Coast Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

The North Coast Butter Factories' Association on Wednesday fixed the December rate of pay to producers at 1/5½ per lb. Representatives stated…

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A Useful Catch CROP.s Millet Is Easily Grown

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

The farmer who desires a quick-maturing crop that will be useful as forage or hay, or for conversion into silage, should consider growing some of…

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Purchase of High-class Dairy Cattle

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

Messrs, E. W. Milligan and W. Monk of the purchasers of the following cattle at Mr. H. Capper's sale at Maitland:—…

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N.s.w. Butter Exports

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 7

The following comparative statistics of the quantities butter exported to Great Britain from New South Wales, illustrate the present…

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1,500,000 Cattle Used in Two Airships

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 7

More than 1,500,000 cattle will contribute to the making of each of the two 6,500,000 cubic feet airships which will be built for the United…

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Expert Dairying Views of Danish Visitor

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 8

Mr Poboni Hansen, a Danish tenor, who recently sang in the Boomerang theatre, Taree. is also a dairy expert, having his degroes in dairying at the…

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Interesting Butter Quality Competition

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Fifteen butter factories entered a competition for a factory employee's scholarship to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, valued at £80. The…

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American Embargo on Our Butter. P.p.u. Suggests Retaliatory Campaign

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

The Murwillumbah branch of the Primary Producers' Union, at its annual meeting, resolved to urge that the Federal Government be asked to…

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Lightning Hits Dairy

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

There were extraordinary scenes when a thunderstorm broke over the farms of Messrs. E. Stoechert and Charles Inskip at Dorrigo, says an…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs. Rural and Agricultural Education

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

Sir Ernest Clarke, on a recent visit to Yanco Agricultural High School, remarked that money was well expended on such a type of school and education…

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Sandplain Wheat

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 6

A correspondent writes from Perth. West Australia:—Journalists for the Eastern States of the. Commonwealth, were amazed when they were shown,…

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North Coast Wool

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 3

The North Coast of New South Wales, says the "Northern Star," has never been regarded as wool-producing country, yet the wool clip from Gordon…

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Hawkesbury Scholarship for Butter Factory Upper Wallamba Second

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Fifteen butter factories entered the competition for factory for the employees scholarship to Hawkesbury Agricultural College, valued at £80…

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Hawkesbury Scholarship. for Butter Factory. Result of Competition

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

Fifteen butter factories entered the competition for the factory employees scholarship to Hawkesbury Agricultural College, valued at £80…

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A Baby Farmer

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Paris: Arrested in connection with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, a farmer named Jean Departaux said: "Dig in the garden at a farm at…

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Worst Dairying Season for Years. Suppliers' Council Urges Passing of Milk Bill

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

The position of dairy farmers In this State was discussed at a meeting of the council of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association in Sydney…

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Civic Farms

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 8

For some years past the accounts of the Cleansing department of the Glasgow Corporation have recorded debit balances in connection with the farms,…

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Dairy Scholarship

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

The scholarship of £80 which was donated by the Primary Producers' Union at the quarterly meeting of the central executive last month has been…

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Aberdeen Angus. Department's Cattle Purchases

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

According to the herdmaster of tho Department of Agriculture (Mr. G. G. P. Grant) the consignment of 21 Aberdeen Angus cattle purchased…

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