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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Water for Dairy Cattle

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1
Also in The Gloucester Advocate

For the best results from dairy cows the water supply should be of good quality, plentiful, and easy of access. Running water and troughs…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

Messrs. A. H. McArthur and Co. report having conducted their first cattle sale for the current season at the Armidale Municipal Yards on…

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Maitland Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

A fair supply of about 750 fat cattle in the prime section and about 100 in the cracker section was forward on Tuesday and the quality…

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Dairy Farms. Carrying Capacity. Yield Per Acre

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

Between 6000 and 7000 dairy farmers on the North Coast have received a circular from factories, in which is pointed out the need to increase the yield per…

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DAIRYING. Defects in Dairy Utensils. Value of Knowledge of Soldering

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

No farmer has to use tinware of various descriptions to the same extent as the dairyman, and an elementary knowledge of the use of the…

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M.R. Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. Returns for November, 1937

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 9

768 suppliers were paid £24,876 11s 6d at 10[?]d for choicest butter, 93/4d for second-class and 1/01/4 for commercial butter for cheese…

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Mount George Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Andrews, Mount George, secured for 5 heifers, £9 17s, and for 5 vealers. £9 2s per head, at Winchcombe Carson's Homebush auction last…

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Hereford Cattle at Auction

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

Messrs. A. H. McArthur add Co., Armidale, advertise particulars of 1700 head of New England districtbred Herefords and a few…

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Production And Breeding Records. Value to the Dairy Farmer

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4
Also in Macleay Argus

Many dairymen keep cows which are unprofitable in their herd simply because those cows are good-looking animals, or perhaps because in the…

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Animal Manure on Dairy Farms. Distribution an Essential to Success

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 7

On the dairy farm cow dung accumulates both in the holding yards and in the grazing paddocks. Periodically, the manure about the yards…

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Beats All Records Production and Pay. Gloucester Dairy Coy

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

Eclipsing even the figures for the month of November, when a record was established for the factory, the production figures and the amount…

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Police And Dairy Inspectors

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

The Secretary of the Police Association of New South Wales (Mr C. J. Cosgrove), who has completed a 2000-mile tour of the country districts,…

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Imported Bull. Dairymen's Protest

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

The Casino Branch of the Primary Producers' Union decided to forward a strong protest through the Central Executive of the Union to the State…

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Efficient Dairy Control. Lubricating the Separator

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 7

Before the separator is used, it should be seen that the sight feed lubricator is working satisfactorily. It is absolutely necessary for the…

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Assistance to Farmers. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, replying to a deputation of south-western farmers, who declared that many people in their area were on the verge of…

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Dairy Farms. Carving Capacity. Yield Per Acre

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

Between [?]000 and 7000 dairy farmers [?] have received a circular [?] factories, in which is pointed [?] the need to increase the yield per…

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Gloucester Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 3

A draft of 13 steers from Mr. W. E. Flannery, Gloucester, made to £9/8/, avg. £8/17/, at Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auction last Monday. The…

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Point in Farm Planning Grouping of Buildings

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

It is not always possible to lay out the farm on lines which will last for all time, but if a definite plan is made in the first place it will usually be…

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