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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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No Limit with Pigs "New Era" for Farmers

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 5

"Now that the Minister for Commerce has given us a definite lead and a promise of remunerative prices, there should be no limit to pig…

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Dairy Surplus Absorption by U.s. Considered Likely

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 5

The Grafton district manager of Co-operative, Ltd., Mr. J. C. Mc[?] Kenzie, stated that he would not be surprised if it were a fact, as had…

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Production Appeal the Farmer's Part in the War

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 5

War conditions have imposed many disabilities on peace-time industry. The effects of the drastic changes are felt everywhere. The rural industry, in…

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A Pastoral Letter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

From the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania. We, the Archbishops and Bishops…

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Saving Cattle From Being Bruised

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

The meat export industry is seriously handicapped by the bruising of cattle when travelling to the meat works, and the annual loss to both the…

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Farm and Dairy. Lucerne. Rate of Sowing

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 3

It is not wise to run the risk of a thin crop of lucerne through a little parsimony in seeding or by using poor quality seed. It is all-important…

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Vegetable Share Farmers. Required for Murrmbidgee Irrigation Area

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture advises that on the Murumbidgee Irrigation Area there are at present about fifty vacancies for…

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Dairy Surplus Absorption by U.s. Is Considered Likely

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 3

The district manager of Norco Co-operative Ltd., Mr. J. C. Mckenzie, stated that he would not be surprised if it were a fact, as had been reported…

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Non-stripping of Dairy Cows Saving in Dairy Labor

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 3

Farmers handling large milking herds can save many hours of labor per week by refraining from "striping," suggests the agricultural…

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Crows Damaging Maize Crops

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 6

Crows are rapidly increasing and causing extensive damage to maize crops throughout the Clarence district, states a Shark Island…

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Cattle Evacuation

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

Canberra news says that Thursday last the Federal Government intervened to prevent compulsory evacuation of certain stock from New South…

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Control of Bean Fly in Autumn Sown Crops

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 4

For the successful production of late summer and autumn beans in most coastal meas north of Sydney, writes Mr. W. I., Morgan, Entomologist, it is…

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Dairy Cow's Daily Life

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 4

The mysteries of the private life of a cow have been revealed for the first time through experiments by grass exports at Cornell University (U.S.A.)…

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Pasture for Dairy Cows Points in Grassland Management

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1

Maximum benefits from grassland are primarily dependent upon proper management, points out a departmental pamphlet on pasture improvement on the…

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The Farmer's Part in the War

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3

War conditions have imposed many disabilities on peace-time industry. The effects of the drastic changes are felt everywhere. The rural industry, in…

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Non-Stripping of Dairy Cows Approved as a War-time Practice

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

The chief of the Division of Animal Health and Nutrition of the Council for Scientific and Industrial. Research (Dr. L. B. Bull), has…

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Control of Bean Fly in Autumn-sown Crops

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

For the successful production of late summer and autumn beans in most coastal areas north of Sydney, writes Mr. W. L. Morgan…

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Quality of Eggs. Influence of Handling on the Farm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

Many farmers in country districts who send eggs to the Egg Marketing Board's depots, complain of the grading down of their products and…

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Tree Planting for the Farmer The Case for Pinus Insignia

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

As a timber tree, Pinus insignis deserves more consideration from the average farmer than it usually gets. The facts of the case are seldom fully…

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Brains Needed in Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 7

From a social point of view, it will be agreed that there are potentialities in rural life in Australia which nothing else can supply…

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