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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Dairymen's Serious Loss Valuable Cows Poisoned. Got Into Saccaline Crop

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

Messrs. Dudley and Royce Johnson, of Mondrook, between Wingham and Tinonee. suffered a severe loss on Thursday last, 2nd January, 1947. when…

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Poisoned By Young Saccaline Serious Loss of High Quality Cattle 16 Head Die At Mondrook

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 2

Messrs. Dudley and Royce Johnston, of Mondrook, suffered a serious loss on Thursday last, when 16 head of their high-grade milkers…

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Prizes for Guernsey Cattle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

The committee of the New South Wales Branch of the Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia, decided at its last meeting to donate prizes on…

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Fourth Most Important Farm Crop

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 7

Soybean production had made such great strides in the United States that it was now the nation's fourth most important agricultural…

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Dairymen's Serious Loss Cows Poisoned by Saccaline

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

Messrs Dudley and Royee Johnson, of Mondrook, suffered a severe loss on 2nd January, when sixteen head of milking cows were poisoned after…

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Higher Dairy Wages

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

The basic wage for adult dairy farm bands in New South Wales in now £5 9s a week, with £6 0s 6d for milkers and carlets, and £6 9s for leading hands…

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"Luck" Money at Auction Sales of Dairy Stock

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

Whils he was in England on behalf of the Australian Dairy Board, Mr G. C. Howey visited auction sales of dairy cattle in various towns. In a recent…

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Marine Farming to Increase Fish Production

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 6

Experiment in [?] "farming" now completed by British scientists are expected to revolutionise the world's fishing industry and to end seasonal…

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Record Crop Production in United States

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 6

The total output of crops in the United States during 1946 is the greatest in history, according to an official report of the United States…

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Resistant Crops As Counter to Black Beetle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 6

While the black beetle attacked a rather wide range of plants and weeds, its feeding habits are not nearly as general as many people…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Percy Clarence Baker was before the Court on three charges of alleged cattle stealing: (1) That he did steal one Jersey cow valued at £12, the…

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Compensation for Share Farmer

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 4

Mr. F. W. Brady, a share farmer, wailed on the council and requested that he be paid £5 compensation for loss of time he had incurred in…

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30/- Week Rise To Dairymen. Effect Of Milk Subsidy Increase

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

The increase in milk subsidy would mean nearly an exra 30/- a week to each of the 3400 producers in the milk zone, said the President of the…

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Collective Farming in Channel Islands

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

This is the story of a farming experiment which has been going on in the Channel Islands. It is a collective farm and a British collective farm at that…

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Dairying Costs Sir Earle Page Suggests Wider Enquiry

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 4
Also in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales

A plea that the Commonwealth Government's committee should investigate not only direct but indirect costs in the dairying industry has been made by…

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Grazing of Cattle on Streets Permission Granted As Trial

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 4

At the meeting of the Taree Municipal Council on Wednesday night, a letter was received from Mrs. D. A. McFadyen, stating that as she…

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Premier's Promise To Dairymen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1

The Premier Mr. McKell, promised a deputation from the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council on Thursday that he would investigate the question of…

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Dairy Conditions on North Coast

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

Cattle are still dying on the far north coast of New South Wales, where conditions are serious. Hand-feeding ig still being carried out as…

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"Miserable Subsidy System" Leading To Collapse Of Dairy Industry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 1

Mr. Scully and Mr. Dedman were quoted in the Legislative Assembly as authorities for the statement that the Federal Government had retained…

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