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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Dairy Stock Inspector

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

Mr.Veech, a departmental Stock Inspector, has been sent along to assist Mr. A. E. Moore in his dairy stock inspection in the Gloucester…

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Electricity Big Factor in Farming. But Electro-culture Not a Commercial Proposition. Says Director of Education

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

Electricity is gradually assuming a more prominent place in farm practice in Australia, but as yet we are far behind certain other countries in this…

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Sheep Unsaleable

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

According to a statement made at a meeting of the Armidale Chamber of Commerce, graziers are receiving prices for sheep which do not make…

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Butter As Food

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

Writing in the "Sydney Morning Herald," "Apothecary" makes some interesting comparisons between dripping and butter as foods. He writes:…

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Dairying Outlook. Record Season Still Possible

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Reports of the district dairying officers of the Department of Agriculture for December indicated a revival in production prospects…

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Sunray on the Farm. Pigs Grew 3Lb. Heavier Everyday

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Little pigs have gone to market before their time, cows have turned round and beamed on milk-maids, and the farmer's children are growing…

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Heavy Butter Production

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

For a 24-hour test, under the auspices of the Albion Park Show, an Illawarra cow, Rosic, of Woodstock, owned and bred by Mr. John…

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Farm & Dairy. a Healthy Agriculture. Circulation of Knowledge Essential

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

A steady circulation, of knowledge is essential if agriculture, is to thrive. Like the blood of the individual and the money of the community…

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H.d. Dairy Co., Ltd., Port Macquarie. Extraordinary Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

The body of the Empire Hall was almost filled on the 8th inst., at the extraordinary meeting called by the Hastings District Dairy Company…

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Socialisation. a Word in the Farmers Ear

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

Come, walk into my parlor, Says tho spider to the fly, The prettiest little parlor That over you did spy…

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Wool Values Inclined to Harden

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. reports : On 14th January we offered 505 bales, drawn principally from the Scone,…

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Wheat Glut Question of Price. Government's Plans SYDNEY

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, said to-day that he was waiting to hear from the Federal Government whether the Commonwealth…

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Wheat Growers' Troubles 3/- Advance Impossible

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

The Federal Government has been informed by the Commonwealth Bank that it is unable to increase the advance on wheat to 3/- a bushel…

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M.r.d Co-op. Dairy Society Returns for December, 19[?]0

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

Suppliers were paid lO[?]d for cho[?]ee[?]butter, 8[?]d for second class, with a turnover of £ 23,214 12s 9d. The output shows an increase of 1½ per cent…

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Forest Farm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

An Adelaide correspondent writes:—From the depths of unemployed depression to active enterprise under ideal conditions is the change that has been…

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"The Tocsin." An Open Letter to the Farmer !

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

The Wheat Man, The Sheep Man, The Cow Man, The Pig Man, also the Goat Man. (There appear to be many goats connected with…

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Dairying. M.R. Dairy Co. Returns for December, 1930

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Suppliers were paid 10¼d for Choicest Butter, 8¾d for second class, with a turnover of £23214 12s 9d. The output shows an increase of 1½%…

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Experiment Farms. Relation to Commercial Agriculture

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

Replying some years ago to the charge that its experiment farms did not "pay," the Canadian Department of Agriculture advanced some reasons…

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Maize As a Dairy Ration the Department's View

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 9

The New South Wales Maize Growers' Committee recently asked the stock and brands branch of the Department of Agriculture whether maize…

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"The Australian Dairyman's Handbook." the Best Text Book Yet Published

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 9

"The Australian Dairyman's Handbook," by R. S. Maynard (Angus and Robertson, Ltd., Sydney.) Price 45. This is a large and excellently put…

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