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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Butter Price Cutting To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 8

Sir.--In reply to Mr. Truscott's letter, in your issue of 18th inst., re the cutting of the retail price of butter by local stores, I wish to point out that…

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Current Topics the Big Butter Factories' Move

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

Messrs L. U. Harris and T. W. Ashworth, directors, and J. M. Wratten, manager, as representatives of Gloucester Dairy Co. are attending…

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P.d.s. Column Investigation of Butter Transport

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Council— though the value of its work seems to be overlooked in some quarters— does take a keen interest in the…

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Visit of Victorian Farmers to New South Wales

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. Inspector Lovett, of the Chief Traffic Manager's Branch, along with the General Secretary of the P.P.U., Mr. M. P. Dunlop, left Sydney on…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1929 · 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. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land…

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P.d.s. Column. Investigation of Butter Transport

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Council, though the value of its work seems to be overlooked in some quarters-- does take a keen interest in the…

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Useful on the Farm

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 2

The question of the area of a certain paddock, or the volume of a haystack or a dam, often arises on the farm, and a knowledge of how to deal…

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Dairying. Indigestion in Calves

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 2

Owing to the artificial manner in which most calves in dairying districts are reared, indigestion and its consequence's, general unthriftiness…

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Butter War To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Sir,--under the above heading I read in a recent issue of the "Macleay Argus" an excerpt from the "Nambucca News" reporting a…

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Reminder to Sheep Owners

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 4

Owners of fifty or more sheep who have not yet filled in and returned the special sheep and wool form posted to them in December last by…

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Victorian Farmers to Visit Manning. in a Reso Train. What It Is

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 4

One of the newest words to Australians is "Reso" train. There is nothing about the word at first sight to indicate what it stands for, but if…

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Butter Factories Proposed Merger

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

The Hunter district butter factories, which are on the move to amalgamate, their aim being greater control, held another conference at West…

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P.D.S. Column Butter Values

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 6

A review of the P.D.S. Statistical records of butter values which have ruled in the Sydney market for the past 20 years reveals that only on one…

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P.d.s. Column London Butter Awards

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

The silver medals won by the Gloucester Dairy Company and the Comboyne Rural Co-op. Society Ltd. for salted butter exhibited at the last…

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P.D.S. Column Investigation of Butter Transport

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

The Australian Dairy Council, though the value of its work seems to be overlooked in some quarters-- does take a keen interest in the…

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Auctioneers' Report Gloucester Cattle Sale. Messrs. D. Waddell and Co. report

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 5

At our cattle sale on Wednesday there was a very keen demand. Three- year-old Devon Durham bullocks made to £10 19s--85 averaging £9 18s…

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London Butter Awards

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 10

The silver medals won by the Gloucester Dairy Company and the Combeyne Rural Co-op. Society Ltd. for salted butter exhibited at the last…

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P.d.s. Column. Butter Values

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 10

A review of the P.D.S. Statistical records of butter values which have ruled in the Sydney market for the past 30 years reveals that only on one…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are baaed mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land…

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P.d.s. Column Investigation of Butter Transport

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

The Australian Dairy Council, though the value of its work deems to be overlooked in some quarters—does take a keen interest in the…

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