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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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Cattle Thief Treated Leniently

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

When William Austin Nash was found guilty at Taree Sessions of stealing nine calves, the property of James Theodore Morpeth Hooke,…

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Pastoral Notes to Poison Green Timber. An Autumn Operation

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

The best time to carry out the work of poisoning green timber is when the trees are passing into the dormant stage, that is, when the sap…

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A.I.S. Cattle from Berry Coming to Wingham Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

The following extract from a letter received by Mr. G. O. Hill, Secretary of the Upper Manning A. and H. Association, from the Superintendent (Mr. P…

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The FARMER & His Markets Rotation of Crops Benefits the Farm and Farmer

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

Plants are composed of a great many compounds or substances, but of the eighty or more elements known to the chemist, only fourteen…

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Farmers' Co-operative Societies. May Not Be Subject to Tax

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 9

An intention on the part of the Government to abandon the proposal to compel primary producers' cooperative societies to pay income tax…

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Reviews. "The Cattle King."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 1

With this book Mr. Idriess has put in the literary Valhalla of Australia a striking portrait of one of her greatest men. Sir Sidney Kidman was…

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A Flourishing Industry. Farmers' Factory at Wingham. The Manning Co-operative Bacon Society, Limited. New Machinery Installed. Written for the "M.R. Times."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 1

On Monday last, February 24th, 1936, the writer was shown over the Manning Co-operative Bacon Society's Factory at Wingham. This was not by far the…

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Farming Notes Improving the Paspalum Pasture Time Now to Plough and Top-Dress

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 1

With the object of ensuring feed in plenty and variety all this year round, and a ration which contains all the elements of nutrition, the methods of…

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Seasonal Prospects Crops and Pastures

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 3

Mr. E. O. Dalgleish, Senior Dairy Instructor in charge of the Dairy Branch districts, from the Clarence to the Nambucca, with headquarters at…

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Coastal Dermatitis in Dairy Cattle. Caused by Feeding on Smart Weed

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

The Departmental District Veterinary Officer (North) records that a number of cases of coastal dermatitis are reported in the Murwillumbah…

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Poultry-farming Reminders for April

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

Any renovations which are necessary to the brooding plant should be attended to before the hatching season commences, and if the chicken…

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Warning to Dairymen. Superphosphate in Stock Licks

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture (Mr. Max Henry) has issued a warning to dairy farmers who have…

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Hail Destroys Crops

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

Saturday's hailstorm did considerable damage to crops in a band of country around Euroka. Mr. T. J. Cooper's cabbage and cauliflower and…

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Dairy Herd Affected. Ergotised Paspalum Blamed

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Mr. R. I. Gray, dairy farmer, of Homeleigh, four miles from Kyogle, has had 21 cows in his dairy herd badly affected, apparently by eating…

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Butter Awards

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 5

At the Royal Show the following awards were made in the butter section:—Salted, one package not less than 56lb. manufactured and packed…

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High-class Ayrshire Cattle Purchased

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. Rex Small, of Mondrook, has purchased at a satisfactory price from Mr. Vic Ptolemy's Ayrshire stud, Macleay River, two fine types of Ayrshire…

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A.i.s. Cattle From Berry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

The following extract from a letter received by Mr. G. O. Hill, secretary of the Upper Manning A. and H. Association, from the Superintendent (Mr…

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Taree Police Court Monday, 4th APRIL. Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Dairy Offences

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

Dairy Instructor John Stewart Wilson proceeded against Edward Aldous, alleging that he failed to keep clean milking bails at Central Lansdowne,…

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Mondrook Junior Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

A meeting of Mondrook Junior Farmers was held on March 24. The President (Mr. R. Richardson) occupied the chair. There was a good…

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Sickness Among Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

Many cases of a rather strange sickness among cattle are being reported to Mr. A. E. Moore, Stock Inspector. The symptoms are a twitching and…

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