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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

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Labor on Farms. Difficulty of Producers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

Farmers owning poor quality properties were doomed to go out of production and the industry if they employed labor at award rates. The 30…

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Butter & Milk Prices. (To the Editor)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Sir,—It was freely rumoured in this district that it was Peters Ltd. that sent milk to the Sydney Milk Board during the recent dispute in…

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Cattle Tick No Further Cases Mr. Max Henry in Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

In Kempsey yesterday was Mr. Max Henry, Chief of the Division of Animal Industry, New South Wales Department of…

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Water Storage on Farms

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

The building of earthen dams for water storage and irrigation was not beyond the means of many farmers outside the range of large irrigation…

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Rains Provide Opportunity. Cultivation and Conservation of Fodder Crops

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 6

The welcome rains of the past few weeks, and which I trust presage the early and complete breaking of the drought over the whole of the State…

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A Fair Deal for the Primary Producer Associated Poultry Farmers Appreciate Government Help

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 4

I was particularly pleased to read in the "Poultry Farmer" an appreciative reference by the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia to the…

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Stubble Farming to Be Tested Shortly

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 4

Field investigation on stubble m[?]lch farming would be one of the first projects to receive attention when experimental work could be resumed, said the…

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A Fair Deal for the Primary Producer. Associated Poultry Farmer's Appreciate Government Help

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 1

I was particularly pleased to read in "The Poultry Farmer" an appreciative reference by the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia to the…

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Lime for Comboyne Farmers. Sydney, Jan. 5, 1945

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

Dear Mr. Jordan,—I wish to refer again to your personal representations regarding the production of time from the cave on the Comboyne…

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Butter Price

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 4

There was a discussion on the price of butter, members being agreed that farmers were entitled to a reasonable profit over and above…

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Cattle at Homebush

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 1

Prices secured at Homebush last Thursday included E. R. D. Andrews, Mount George, 12 steers £19 2s, 4 heifers to £16 5s 9d, 4 cows £8 12s;…

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Good Pasture Is Essential. to Attainment of the Dairy Farmer's Objective

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

If dairying output is to be raised to the level now necessary and the enterprise is to return the maximum profit, the farmer's aim must be…

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Lime for Comboyne Farmers. Sydney, Jan. 5, 1945

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 4

Dear Mr. Jordan.—I wish to refer again to your personal representations regarding the production of lime from the cave on the Comboyne…

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Bulldozer Clearing Manning Farmer's Lead

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

The first landholders to put the bulldozer into practical use for land clearing for farming purposes are Messrs. Machin Bros., of Mooral…

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The Dairyman's Problems. To the Editor "M.R. Times."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

Dear Sir,—It was freely rumoured in this district that it was Peters Ltd. that sent milk to the Sydney Milk Board during the recent dispute…

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Netting for Pastoral Areas

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

According to a spokesman of the Department of Agriculture, only full scale production of wire-netting can save pastoral properties from being…

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Butter Theft Charge

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

Detectives investigating the disappearance of 14,1121b of butter at Darling Harbour on Tuesday, took ' possession of eight boxes of butter…

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Clear of Cattle Ticks

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

Mr. Max Henry stated that he was pleased to be able to state that no further true cattle ticks had been found in the Nambucca Area,…

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Dairymen's President Selling His Farms Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

Mr. W. W. Elkin, president of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, said yesterday he was selling his four farms'' in the Newcastle district, and…

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Wheat Shortage Re-capture of Super-phosphate Islands Urged

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

Action to re-take Nauru and Ocean Islands from the Japanese so that the use of super-phosphate from those sources could be restored to…

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