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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Dairy Produce Export Control

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. W. J. Scully) announced that the Dairy Produce Export Control (Election of Board)…

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Dying Cattle in Truck Farmer Fined

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Convicted on four charges of permitting cattle to be cruelly treated Eric Manning Bulley, farmer, of Hannam Vale, was fined £9, with £4 1s costs by…

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Petty Sessions Wednesday, January 23 before Mr. W Byrne, P.M. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Two youths were before the Court charged with stealing 12 head of cattle valued at £54, the property of Francis Alexander Waters, of East Kempsey;…

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Farmers' Tour

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Bathurst: Arrived here last night from Wellington. The farmers on the tour are J. Mead, A. Mead, J. Tisdell (from Wallamba), G. Bird…

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Dairyman May Withhold Milk

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council decided on Saturday to withhold milk supplies from Sydney, Newcastle, and the coalfields…

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Award for Farm Work

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

Neither returned soldiers nor anyone else would work on dairy farms under the present award, which said, a man should work 56 hours a week,…

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Manning River Farmers Vote Orange "Best In West"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

"The Central Western Daily" (Orange, N.S.W.), Bays, in its issue of Friday, January 18th, 1946: A party of 13 Manning River dairy…

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Singleton Store Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

Messrs. W. Bailey and Sons will hold a special store cattle sale at Singleton Shire Yards on Friday StU February, when 1300 head of well,…

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Heat Kills Cattle in Saleyards

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 6

Tabulam had one of its extremely hot days on Friday last, when the temperature well exceeded the century mark. It is reported that about…

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State Farm Competition

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

Mr. Mark Goldstein, of Gleniffer, is the winner of the Clarence division of the State Farm competition. The award was announced last week. The…

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Farm Machinery Britain's Big Plan

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

Although the United Kingdom now has seven tractors to every square mile of arable land, her farmers are asking for still more machines, says…

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Series of Meetings "Census" of Farmers-Milk or Cream to Telegraph Point Factory?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

A series of meetings is being conducted amongst the farmers on the Hastings River who are supplying to the Hastings District Co-operative…

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Continuation of Farmers', Tour Bathurst

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 7

Arrived here last night from Wellington. The farmers on the tour are J. Mead, A. Mead, J. Tisdell (from Wallamba), G. Bird…

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Manning Millet Crop

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

A report to the Department of Agriculture from Taree states that a very good germination was obtained on some farms, whilst on…

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Threat Of Milk Hold-up Dairymen Keep Date A Secret

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

On Thursday, dairymen decided to keep secrete the date on which milk supplies to Sydney and Newcastle may be held up. Mr. A. Larkins, of…

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£21 Millions a Year on Farm Machinery Britain's Farmers, with 7 Tactors to Every Square Mile of Arable Land, Asking for More

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 5

Although the United Kingdom now has seven tractors to every square mile of arable land, her farmers are asking for still more machines…

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Fat Cattle Sales Butchering Viewpoint Best Results for All

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

The holding of fat cattle sales regularly would benefit not only stockowners and graziers, but the general public, is the opinion of a…

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Boon to Dairy Farmers. Dams on Hunter River

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

No more welcome announcement could be imagined, from the angle of milk supplies, than that stating that dams were to be constructed on the…

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Reducing Dairy Costs

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

In an article in the "Tasmanian Journal of Agriculture" (November, 1945), Mr. J. T. Armstrong, Chief Dairy Officer of the…

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Cabbage Crop Ruined by Grasshoppers

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

So severe had been the ravages of the grasshopper pest in the Robertson and Moss Vale districts that the dehydration plant at Morpeth has…

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