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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Man-Power for Dairying Official Schedule

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

After protracted negotiations between the Primary Producers' Union and the Director-General of Manpower, Mr. Wurth, a schedule of…

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Stripping Dairy Cows. Do You Believe This?

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 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 prepared for the…

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The Egg Pool Relief Promised for Sat at Egg Farmes

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) said in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that he favored a proposal by the leader of the…

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Rising Farm Costs

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

The rising costs of farm labor as the result of the calling up of men for military service was stressed at Wednesday's meeting of the…

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Butter Awards

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

In this year's Royal Agricultural Society's competition for salted butter, Norco factories filled three out of the first four places, Tyalgum winning…

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Farm Labour

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 7

While the voice of Governments through the City Press is telling farmers to increase their production to the utmost, manpower boards are telling…

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Pure Butter Fat May Change Dairy Outlook

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 4

A development which may revolutionise the outlook of the dairying industry is the production of pure butter fat, which occupies less…

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Macleay Butter Pays Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

Suppliers to the Macleay Co-operative Dairying Company, Kempsey, for the month of March will receive 10½ per lb. for butter and l4¼ per lb…

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Long Flat Cattle Sale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

Messrs. E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd., Auctioneers, Kempsey, report having held another highly successful cattle sale At Long Flat on Saturday. 11th April…

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Butter Production Output Falls by Nearly Half

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 5

Butter production in Australia during January decreased heavily. the total output of all factories being 259,531cwt. compared with 434,154…

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Small Farms Secret of Denmark's Success

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

"I spent about a year in Denmark before the war and worked for a summer on a Danish farm. Denmark produced more bacon than any…

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High Dairying Costs 100 Acres Can Hardly Yield Basic Wage

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 5

"There is a disposition to blame the drought for most of the troubles that have overtaken the dairying industry on the Southern Highlands."…

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Butter Awards

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 5

In this year's Royal Agricultural Society's competition for salted butter, Norco factories filled three out of the first four places. Tyalgum won…

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Bigger Cows, More Milk Study of 500 Dairy Herds

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 2

Larger cows give more milk, a study of Cornell University (U.S.A.) Indicates. Each 100 lb. increase in size of dairy cow means an annual…

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Nazi Farming Theories "New Order" for Agriculture

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 7

In the walls of "Fortress Europe," Germany's subtitle to the "New Order," there remains a gap to be closed. Economically Europe falls…

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When the Invaders Go Home Plans for Stocking Europe's Empty Farms

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 6

On the day when the last Nazi soldier is driven out of [?]conquered Europe, what will be the most urgent need of the peoples left behind? There is not…

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Canned Butter

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 2

Queensland Butter Board is successfully canning butter and filling orders from abroad for large quantities. At its Hamilton (Brisbane)…

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Maitland Sales. Fat Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 3

At the Campbell's Hill saleyard on Monday, 950 fat cattle and 70 choppers and bulls were yarded. The quality of the cattle was quite equal…

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Man-power for Dairying. Official Schedule

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 1

After protracted negotiations between the Primary Producers' Union and the Director-General of Manpower, Mr. Wurth, a schedule of…

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Farm Help for Vegetable Production

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 4

Since the inauguration of the programme of vegetable production under contract to the Defence Food Control Directorate, the Division of…

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