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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Farmed Battered

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 2

Leslie Horton a farmer, was discovered in a stable at Alberton (Victoria) with his head badly battered. His condition is critical. It is alleged that…

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Butter Doings. Albury Conference. Butter Manufacturers and Representatives

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 3

In order to place matters on a more satisfactory basis in regard to Interstate selling of butter in various border town in New South…

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Butter. What Norco Paid

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

Norco, for the month of January, paid suppliers one shilling for choicest butter, and tenpence for second grade. The various factories on the Central…

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Commercial. Special Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 3

Tom Hicks reports: There was a very good attendance of local and outside buyers at my special sale on Tuesday, but bidding was somewhat…

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Butter Market London, Feb 7

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

Although butter prices do not show any great improvement, the tone of the market is sound, and a good volume of business is passing…

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Macleay Dairy Co. Pay

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

For the month of January the Macleay River Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. manufactured 321,5121bs. of butter as against 341,0801b for December…

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Loan to Help Farmers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

The immediate raising of a loan of £6,000,000, to aid wheat-growers, was approved on Saturday last by the Loan Council. Of this,…

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East Kempsey Junior Farmers' Club

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

A meeting of the East Kempsey Junior Farmers' Club will be held at the East Kempsey School on Tuesday night next. Business includes the…

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Fruit Fly Control. Protection of Late-ripening Crops

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 8

Application of foliage poison spray for control of fruit fly should commence about five weeks before the fruit is harvested, but growers of late…

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Australian Dairy Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

The Australian Dairy Council is engaged on a campaign in all States to increase production. At a meeting of the Council, held in Launceston last…

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Building a Profitable Dairy Herd. Results of Up-grading. Proper Feeding of Calves

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 11

Whether or not a dairy herd is profitable depends to a very great extent upon the methods of breeding, feeding and management employed by the…

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Farm & Dairy. Government Experiment Farms. Their Relation to Commercial Agriculture

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 8

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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Macleay Dairy Co. Pay

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 5

At a meeting of Directors of the Macleay River Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., it was reported that the output of butter for January was valued at…

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Ploughing Methods. Power Farming Effects

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 8

The method of ploughing the land varies with the type of soil. Adequate surface drainage must, be allowed for; on the stiffest of clays…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

Attention is drawn to Messrs. Matthewson and Co.s special cattle sale, to be held at Gloucester on Tuesday next, 24th inst., when they…

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Dairying. M.R. Dairy Co. Returns for January, 1931

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

Suppliers were paid 1/- for Choicest Butter, 10½d for second-class, with a turnover of £30,290 13s lOd. The output showed an increase of…

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Theodore Versus Lang. Wrangle While Farmers Slugged. Page Plan the Only Plan

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 4

While Mr. Theodore and Mr. Lang wrangle over impossible schemes, while caucus argues in long distance debates on impossible theories, wheat…

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M.r.d Co-op Dairy Society Returns for January

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 3

Suppliers were paid 1/- for choicest butter, 10½d for second class, with a turnover of £30,200 13s 10d. The output showed an increase of 8 per cent on the…

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Butter Pays. Wingham Rural Co-op. Society, Limited

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 4

The Society manufactured 207,086lbs. of choicest butter for the month of January, and 23,732lbs. seconds, and paid 1/- for choicest, and lO½d for…

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Meat Is Like Wool. Both Selling at a Loss. Graziers' Association on the Job

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 1

Neither wool nor mutton can be sold to-day at a profit to the producer. Wool is selling at pence per pound below costs of production, and mutton…

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