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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Butter Awards

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 4

Congratulations are extended to the Camden Haven Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., on securing first prize at the Royal Show for butter, salted, not…

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Potash for Sheep Lands

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 2

Sheep take more potash out of the land than cattle, because a considerable percentage of potash goes to the production of wool. Hence land which…

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Cold Storage Meat and Butter

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 6

Since the outbreak of life war, the Federal Government had made arrangements for the storage of 27,000 tons of meat in Australia, the Minister for…

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Farm and Dairy. Good Pasture Is Essential. to Attainment of the Dairy Farmer's Objective

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 1

If dairying is to be profitable, such methods must be adopted as will attract from every acre the maximum return. The potential productive…

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Prizes for Dairy Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 5

Prizes in the dairy farm competition, arranged by the 'Farmer aud Settler" newspaper and the Milk Board, were presented by the Minister for…

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Junior Farmers' Show Bingo Creek Club

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 1

The Dingo Creek Junior Farmers' Club held its ninth Annual Show on Saturday, April 5th, and the display in the Marice Hall was certainly most creditable to…

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Junior Farmers' Show. at Marlee. Dingo Creek Club

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 2

The Dingo Creek Junior Farmers' Club held its night Annual Show on Saturday. April 5th. 1941. and the display in the Marlee Hall was…

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Butter and Cheese. M.r.d. Factory's Success

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

Royal Show dairy produce awards for box of salted butter: Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., 95 points. 1st: Nambucca Co-operative…

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Essentials in Planned Farming. Maintain Soil Fertility and Produce Marketable Crop

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 7

Primary producers, in formulating a policy, had to regard two important aspects, said the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry of the…

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Dairy Science Schools. Applications Close April 30

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 7

Persons wishing to attend dairy science schools during the winter months should make written application, accompanied by a fee of 106,…

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For the Man on the Land Management of Soldiers' Farms. Threatened Labour Shortage

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 7

Mr. A. W. Yeo, M.L.A., Minister for Lands, who is Chairman of the Soldiers' Farms Protection Committee, said to-day that his committee,…

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Wingham Stock Sales Fat Cattle Easier Store and Dairy Cattle Very Dear

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 1

Paterson, Easton and Co. report a good yarding of cattle at their last Wingham stock. In sympathy with fat cattle prices in Sydney, the market was 15s…

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Australian Wheat

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 1

According to a report by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician, Mr. 3). R. Carver, Australia's wheat harvest for 1940-41 was about 83,800,000 bushels—…

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Town Topics. Butter Pay

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 4

The Macleay River Co-operative Dairying Compare, Ltd., has fixed butter pay for March at 1/0¾ per lb., and egg pay at 1/6 per dozen…

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Soldiers' Farms Threatened Labour Shortage

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 4

Mr. A. W. Yeo, M.L.A., Minister for Lands, who is Chairman of the Soldiers' Farms Protection Committee, said that his committee, recently enlarged by the…

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Management of Soldiers Farms. Threatened Labor Shortage

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

Mr. A. W. Yeo, M.L.A., Minister for Lands, who is Chairman of the Soldieirs' Farms Protection Committee, states that his Committee,…

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America's Show Place Dairy

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

There is a farm in Wisconsin (U.S.A.) on which no human hand touches the cows during milking and the milk is drawn into glass buckets…

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Dehorned Dairy Cattle. New Zealander's Advice. to Increase Yield

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 1

A New Zealand farmer of many years' experience, Mr. J. F. Walker, of Taranaki, stated on Friday of last week that he had been able to…

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Keeping Weeds Out of Crops and Pasture

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 7

No matter how well we farm, we will always have more weeds than we desire, without going to the expense of purchasing them. The harm that…

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New Dairy Buildings. Time to Stay Hand Says Member

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 4

Mr. Bennett (Gloucester) spoke in the Legislative Assembly as follows: I desire to bring before the Minister, for Health a matter of great…

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