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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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The Farm Horse

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

A horse with sore shoulders is a pretty sorry sight. To fix up a bad shoulder means "Dobbin" must come out o! harness for quite some time…

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Is the Pig the Cleanest Animal on the Farm?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

Popular opinion seems to have been held pretty tenaciously, and against the evidence of the fine senses, that the pig is really the cleanest of all the…

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G.b.s. on Farmers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

"Three acres and a cow will no more make a man a farmer than one acre and a telescope will make him an astronomer…

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The Butter Market

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

Production is declining, and will continue to do so for some time, reports Prescott, Led. Arrivals are now approximately the same as those of…

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Current Topics. Butter Factory Pay

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 2

For the month of April the Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 203.819 lbs. of choicest Gutter and 2522 lbs. of second grade…

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Winghem Stock Sales. Prime Cattle Finn

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 1

Messrs. Paters[?], Easton & Co. report a heavy yarding of cattle at Thursday's stock Sales. The major portion of the tattle offering were…

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Milk, Butter and Pig Conference. Serious Position Discussed at Taree. Co-operative Factories From Grafton to Gloucester

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

A meeting of representatives of the co-operative dairy factories from Grafton to Gloucester was held at the Methodist Hall, Taree, on…

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Wingham Stock Sales Prime Cattle Firm

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 1

Paterson, Easton and Co. report a heavy yarding of cattle at Thursday's Block sale. The major portion of the cattle offering were of medium to plain…

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Bank President Worked on Dairy Farm As Boy

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 1

Speaking at Kempsey Show banquet after he had officially opened the annual Central North Coast National Show there, Mr. C. R. McKerihan, President of…

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Nabiac Annual Meeting Wallamba Junior Farmers' Advisory Council

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above was held in the Cucumbark School on Monday, 5th May. There was a good attendance of councilors, 14 being…

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Wallamba Junior Farmers' Advisory Council. Annual Meeting

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above was held in the C[?]cumbark School on Monday. n5th May. There was a good attendance of councillors. 14 being…

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Milk, Butter and Pig Conference. Serious Situation Discussed at Taree. Co-op Factory Delegates From Grafton to Gloucester

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 6

A meeting of representatives of the co-operative dairy factories from Grafton to Gloucester was held at the Methodist Hall, Taree, on…

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Farming Under Hitler

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

"The present German Government insists on three fundamental requirements of the German farmer—he must be Aryan in race, of German…

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Junior Farmers' Club Meeting

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Jerseyville Junior Farmers' Club was held in the Jerseyville Hall on 8th instant with a good attendance of…

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Turkey's Crops. Saved by British Scientists

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 8

Turkey is dressing 200,000 tons of wheat seed with a British preparation which arrests a deadly crop scourge…

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Memo. for Farmers. "Call at Department Whilst in Town."

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 2

It has well been said that the Department of Agriculture has two prime functions -- to acquire information and to pass it on to those…

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Mount George Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 May 1941 · page 3

At Homebush on Monday, H. H. W. Andrews, Mount George, secured 12 steers to £9 6s, averaging £9 2s 7d, 1 heifer £7 5s, at Winchcombe Carson's…

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Co-operative Societies' Conference Discussion on Butter and Pig Prices Taree

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 May 1941 · page 4

In the Methodist Hall at Taree on Thursday, 8th May, 1941, representatives from every co-operative factory from Raleigh to Gloucester met…

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Dairy Cattle - Purebred or Grades?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 7

The question is often asked: Which is the more profitable—purebred or grade dairy cattle? The difference in value of purebred and high-grade dairy…

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New Method of Packing Butter

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 4

According to the "Irish Agricultural and Creamery Review." the American commercial attache at Copenhagen has reported to the U.S. Department…

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