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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

913 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 13 of 46

H., D. Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., Telegraph Point

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 4

The pay for the month of February at the H. D. Co-op. Dairy Society's factory at Telegraph Point, was 12½d. for choicest, and 11½d. for…

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Farm Trucks and Tractor Hints About Upkeep

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7

Running the tyres at an incorrect inflation pressure is the most common form of tyre misuse. Under-inflation causes excessive flexing of the outer…

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This Farmer Was Equal to the Occasion

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 6

Those smart Alicks who take it for granted that the majority of farmers are slow-witted, take heed! A tourist who camped recently at…

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Millet Crop Conditions and Forecast

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 3

Last season (1938-39) broom millet was added to the list of primary products in respect of which regular reviews of crop conditions and…

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Upper Wallamba, River Coop. Dairy Society

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 8

The pay received by suppliers to this society for butter supplied during February, 1840, was at the rate of 1/0 3/4 per lb. for choicest, and 11 3/4d per…

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Factory Pays. Gloucester Dairy, Co

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 8

For the month of February the Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Company Ltd. manufactured 171,606lbs. choicest butter and 6616lbs. second grade…

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Mount George Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

A draft of 12 steers from E. R. D. Andrews, Mount George, made to £11 15s, averaging £11 12s 11d, at Winchcombe. Carson's Homebush…

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Cattle. A.i.s

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 3

Cow, 2 years and under 3: J. E. Hammond and Son's Oakley Vale Peggy 4th 2. Bull, 3 years and under 4: J. E…

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Gloucester Show Good Showing of Dairy Cattle in Adverse Season

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

Exhibits in the Dairy Cattle division of the Show left little cause for adverse criticism, even in a normal season. There was keen…

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Royal Show Dairy Cattle Awards

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 3

The Royal Show opened in Sydney on Saturday, and on Monday the dairy stock were judged. The awards include the following:—…

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Field Day at Stewart's River Junior: Farmers' Club

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 1

The Stewart's River Junior Farmers' first field day, held at the farm of Mr.P. L. MeGovern, on Friday, 15th March, was an outstanding success and reflects…

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Dairymen's Protest Free Advertising for Margarine

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 4

Is the dairying industry playing into the hands of the manufacturers of substitutes? The opinion, was expressed to the "Farmer, and Settler." last week…

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Back From Wodonga. 755 Head of Cattle Sold

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 4

Messrs. T. H. Stone and E. Gibson have returned to Wingham from Wodonga. to which centre they went by special train just recently with 755…

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This Farmer Was Equal to the Occasion

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 4

Those smart Alicks who take it for granted that the majority of farmers are slow-witted, take heed. A tourist who camped recently at…

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Record Wool Crop

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 4

The Australian wool clip for 1939-40 is likely to be nearly 3,400,000 bales—possibly a record for all time— and will probably be worth more than…

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Sheep Diseases Bacterial Infections and Health

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 2

A somewhat novel theory has been put forward recently—that both fluke and black disease may be reduced in incidence by better pasture conditions…

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Lecture on Dairying Manning Farmers Returns Analysed Pasture Improvement and Fodder Conservation

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 4

During last week Mr. L. C. Holmes, B.Agre.Sc., the agricultural officer to the Bank of N.S.W., visited this district, and addressed several public meetings…

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Pasture Improvement and Fodder Conservation. Lecture on Dairying

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 4

The following lecture was given under the suspices of the various branches of the P.P.U., and was H. lustrated by lantern slides:…

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Dairy Awards

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 4

In butter awards at the Royal Show, Upper Hastings Co-op. Dairy Company came first with 96 points in salted, one package not less than 561b…

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Butter Fat. Jerseys Again on Top

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 1

Macquarie Luckless 5th, from the Baerami Creek Stud of Mr. F. W. Johnston, headed the official butter fat with 850.6lbs. She was one…

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