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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

932 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 47

Charity Creek Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

Cattle offerings at Homebush on Thursday were 3027. Choice cattle were easier in value, and other classes declined fully 10s. E. R. D. Andrews,…

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United Pure-bred Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association of N.S.W.

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

Following on an announcement by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, concerning the impractibility of holding the 1942 Sydney…

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Low Butter Production on the North Coast

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

As a result of the dryest six months period in over 50 years, butter production on the North Coast has fallen below winter output figures. Under…

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Dairy Country Drought Feed and Water Shortage

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 1

The drought in the coastal dairy country is becoming worse. Both feed and water are drying up. The position on the far south coast is…

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Upper Macleay Co-op. Dairying Company, Toorooea

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

Pay to suppliers of the Upper Macleay Co-op. Dairying Co., Toorooka, for December, has been fixed at 1/0 for choicest, and 8d for second-grade…

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Batter Pays. Macleay Co-op. Dairy Company, Kempsey

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

At a meeting of The Directorate of the Macleay Co-op. Dairying company, at the factory at Kempsey last week, pay to suppliers for the month…

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Dairying. Good Daisy Returns on Comboyne

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

For the month of December, Mr. S. W. Gardner's (Comboyne) A.I.S. herd of 26 produced at the factory 1014-lb. butter. Nine of the herd were heifers…

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Cream Cartage Dairy Fuel Committee's Instructions

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

Following the announcement of the new motor fuel order, the chairman of the N.S.W. Dairy Produce Fuel Rationing Committee (Mr. Nesbitt)…

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Farmers Buy Wine Direct From Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 6

Many farmers and country business men are now buying their wine at a very reasonable price direct from a Sydney vintner. As a…

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Erosion Control on Coastal Farms

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 7

Although the average annual rainfall (up to 60 or 70 inches or more in places, with daily registrations reaching sometimes as high at 10…

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Improved Pastures for Pigs Balanced Cropping Rye, Corn, Lucerne, Peas, Turnips for Bacon and Pork

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 6

It is a fallacy amongst pig raisers in many of the dairying districts that an unlimited supply of shim milk is necessary to make…

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Petrol Rationing Applied to Dairy Industry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 3

The chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. R. H. Nesbitt), who is acting also as chairman of the Dairy Produce Petrol Rationing Committee, said that…

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Dingo Creek Water Dairymen Protest Against Sandbagging Discussion by Wingham Council

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 1

At last week's meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council the Town Clerk read a petition from 28 residents of the Dingo Creek, near Wingham, protesting…

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Dungog Dairymen Press for Increase

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 3

Every one of the seventy dairymen present at the meeting of the Primary Producers' Union at Dungog on Saturday morning was determined to fight…

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African Farmers

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 1

To-day many Australian farmers are fighting a hard battle to keep their affairs upon an even keel, but that is not unusual in their lot upon the land,…

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The Farm Zoo

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 8

United States news from Oak Peak, Illinois, says:— In most cities children go to the zoo to study animals from far-away…

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Butter Shows Big Fall

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

"The production of butter in New South Wales is only about 40 per cent. of the normal quantity, declared ed the general manager of the…

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Compensation In Full Cattle Poisoned in Dips

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

Full compensation will be paid to owners for loss of animals as a result, of injury or arsenical poisoning associated with dipping during the…

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Second Grade Butter Indian Ghee Market Under Review No Value to Australia

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

In an article the "Primary Producer" reviews a report by the Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy Exports, Mr. F. Wigan, upon the…

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Farming Outlook on North Coast

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

The official reports of how matters stand in the farming districts of the North Coast appeared in Wednesday's city papers and contains the…

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