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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Jersey Cow Establishes Australian Butter Record Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 2

Melbourne: A new Australian butterfat record had been established by a 4-year-old Jersey cow, Banyule Tiddle-winks 26th, whose production for 272…

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Australian Butter-fat Record

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 1

A new Australian butter-fat record has been established by the 4-year-old Jersey cow, Banyule Tiddlewinks 26th, whose production…

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Willawarrin. Big Cattle Sales

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 5

This week Tuesday and Thursday saw two big cattle sales in the village," the first by E. W. Sparke and Co. and the second by H. G. Elrington…

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High Dairying Costs 100 Acres Can Hardly Yield Basic Wage

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 4

"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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Potato Growing Farmers'opportunity Macleay Should Share

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 6

In the growing of potatoes for the coming season's crop a wonderful opportunity is offering the farmers of this district, declared…

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Military Service Farm Hand's Application

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 4

At Taree Police Court on Monday (says the "Northern Champion") Douglas Glendower Charles Baines applied for exemption on the ground of…

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Educating a Sheep Dog

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 7

When a young dog la being broken in it will, in all probability, get tired of work and want to ran borne, but it should be brought back as a lesson…

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The Workshop and Wet DAyS on the Farm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 2

Comparatively few farmers realise what a lot of pleasure and profit may be bad from the intelligent use of a small workshop, which should contain…

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N.z. Potato Crop Yields

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 2

Canterbury grew 46,630 tons of the total Dominion crop of 94,123 tons in the season 1940-41, or slightly less than 50 per celt. Wellington was the…

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Chemistry Is Helping the Farmer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 7

That to-morrow's world will be a changed world no one doubts. New methods and processes of manufacture will revolutionise industry as we now…

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Soya Bean Crop. Success at Wayford. Harvesting Ingenuity

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 6

The use to which Mr. W. T. Hillard has put 85 acres of his "Wayford" properly this year provides an example of the potential productivity of…

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Water and Dairy Gittle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 7

Even in the winter and spring with frequent rains, heavy dews, succulent pastures containing up to 85 per cent, of moisture, and cool weather, cows…

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Culling of Dairy Cows Factors Controlling Capacity to Gather Food

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 3

When culling the dairy herd it is necessary to consider not only the productive capacity of the cows but also their desirability on the grounds of…

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Gloucester Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 4

A, Sansom, Gloucester secured to £12/19/, averaging £12/0/3 for 35 bullocks sold by Winchcombe Carson Ltd., at Homebush last…

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Willawarrin Cattle Sale

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

E. W. Sparke, Pty., Ltd., report: We held a very successful cattle sale in our yards at Willawarrin on Tuesday last. The total yarding of just on…

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Butter and Cheese. Continuous Gradings

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 1

As the grading period for the continuous Butter and Cheese classes commenced last November, in spite of the cancellation of the Royal Easter…

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Maitland Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 1

There was upwards of 940 fat cattle and about 60 crackers and bulls forward at the Campbell's Hill stock sales yesterday. The…

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Record Yarding Willawarrin Cattle Sale

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

H. G. Elrington, Pty., Ltd., had another great cattle sale at Willawarrin last Thursday, when 763 head were yarded, and, with the…

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Butter and Cheese Continuous Grading Winners

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 4

As the grading period for the continuous butter and cheese classes commenced last November, the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W…

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Raw Deal for Dairy Farmers New Milk Board What the Department Is Doing

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

Greater representation on the Milk Board for the producer was demanded in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday by Mr. Frith (U.C.P.,…

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