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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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The Farm Home Mites Occurring in Dwellings

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 4

Mites invading dwellings may be parasites from birds or rodents; they may be pests of stored foodstuffs; or on occasions, they may be…

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Dairying Notes Bacterial Spoilage of Milk and Cream

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 4

Bacteria exist everywhere, then numbers varying according to the nature and condition of the material in which they are growing. It is…

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Channel Island Cattle Herds Doomed to Extinction

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 1

Latest reports from England indicate a growing conviction that the great stud herds of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney dairy cattle, for which the Channel…

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Winter Fodder Crops Value to Coastal Dairymen

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 5

Many coastal dairy farmers have come to realise the great benefits arising from the use of a property balanced fertiliser to boost the growth of winter fodder…

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Butter Production

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 3

Butter production in Australia for the first half of 1940-41 was the lowest, for four years. The output of l,833,420cwt. was almost 500,000…

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Gloucester Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 2

At Homebush last Thursday, J. R. Richardson, Gloucester, secured 21 bullocks to £15/10/, avg., £14/8/10; J. N. Laurie, Gloucester, 12 steers…

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Export Butter Prices. Minister for Customs Outlines Position

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 7

The following letter will be read with interest by dairy farmers of the Macleay:-- Dear Mr. Vincent,…

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A Vast Enterprise Distributing Milk in City of Sydney Pressmen's Inspection of Works of Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk Co. Ltd

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 4

On Friday week a group of about twenty proprietors and representatives of country newspapers within the milk zone attended an inspection…

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Gloucester Dairy Co February Pay

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 2

For the month of February, the Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Co., manufactured 316,478lb of choicest, and 6,151lb. second grade butter…

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Painting on the Farm

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 3

One golden rule must be observed in painting, and that is never to put it off too long. If wood has begun to rot or iron to rust, it is little use…

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Boosting of Winter Fodder Crops

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 3

Many coastal dairy farmers have come to realise the great benefits arising from the use of a properly balanced fertilizer to boost the…

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Fodder Crops. Boosting of Winter

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 7

Many coastal dairy farmers have come to realise the great benefits arising from the use of a properly balanced fertiliser to boost the…

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The Settler. Winter Fodder Crops

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 7

Many coastal dairy farmers have come to realise the great benefits arising from the use of a properly balanced fertilizer to boost the growth…

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Wartime Farm Feed

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 3

The suggestion that Britain make use of its acorns, horse chestnuts, and beechnuts to eke out the feedstuff supply for farm animals and thereby…

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The Butter Market

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 8

Although there is evidence of a falling off in output in a few districts, the total arrials are much fore, but are still ery substantially…

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Junior Farmers' Section

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

All classes in the Junior Fanners' section of the show were well filled and competition was keen throughout. The display was very creditable…

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General Comments Possible Developments in the Dairying Industry

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

Various estimates have been made of the losses caused by the drought. In Queensland it has been stated that butter production was down to…

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Britain's Wool Fashions This Spring

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 3

Portugal is buying three times as many woollen goods from Great Britain as before the war. Woollen tops used to come from France and Belgium. Now…

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Butter for Britain Factors in Continuity of Supply

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 3

If Australian dairy runners are to respond with maximum effect to the appeal to produce more butter and cheese to augment Britan's food supply…

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Comboyne Show. Very Successful Exhibition. Record Entries in Ring Events and Farm and Dairy Produce

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 2

The ninth annual exhibition under the auspices of the Comboyne A. and H. Association was held on the ground. alongside the village. on…

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