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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Butter Brands for Export

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 4

Australian manufacturers are to be allowed to use their own brands on butter exported to Britain after September…

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Good News for Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 8

Good news for farmers in America is that waste corncobs, cottonseed hulls, peanut shells, oat and rice bran will now be used in the process of…

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Dairy Factories' Officers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 5

Officers elected at the 41st annual conference of Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries (NSW Division were:…

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Cooplacurripa Station. Remarkable Achievement. Materially Assisted the Cattle Industry in Australia

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 4

I well remember a droving undertaking that took place in the early days—about the year 1872. It started from Cooplacurripa Station, on…

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Plough Early for Corn Crops

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 4

No crop responds better to good cultivation than corn. Deep, early ploughing and winter fallow are essential for maximum yields. Early…

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Farmers Favour Gaol

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 2

Two elderly Tamworth farmers decided to go to gaol rather than pay fines imposed on them for failing to destroy rabbits. They have…

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Storage of Root Crops. Method of Pitting

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 3

When root crops have to be harvested and are not required for immediate use, certain types may be stored during the winter and early…

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The Business of Farming Importance of Accurate Records

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

Realising that, in the long run, the prosperity of Australia's agricultural industries depends not merely on efficient mechanical methods but also on efficient…

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Butter Strike Rejected by P.p.u. Executive

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 June 1947 · page 1

If the Government wanted the people of Sydney to have adequate milk supplies, it must take drastic action, the President of the Primary Producers'…

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Junior Farmers. It's Origin Disputed

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 2

The Junior Farmers' Council of New South Wales still maintain that the movement was not first, commenced on the Macleay, and…

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Dairy Survey by Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 1

Details of the working of the Joint Dairying Advisory Committee which is making a survey of the dairying industry have been made…

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The Case for Better Rural Education Progressive Farmer Eloquently Explains His Own Success

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 6

What was possibly the most outstanding address given over a three days' conference at Kempsey during the past week under auspices of the New Deal for Education campaign was one delivered by Mr. Mark Goldstein, of Bellinger…

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Butter Strike Rejected

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 3

If the Government wanted the people of Sydney to have adequate milk supplies, it must take drastic action, the president of the Primary…

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Wool Trade to Usa Opens Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Truman Vetos Wool Bill MacARTHUR'S Powers Phosphate Fields Given to Japan Washington

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 5

President Truman today vetoed the Wool Bill. The Senate did not try to overrule the President's veto and sent…

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Feeding in Dairy Herd Management. to Improve and Stabilise Production

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

The subject of feeding in relation to dairy herd management car. he conveniently discussed from three aspects—what the position is, what…

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Forty Hour Week on Farms Mr. Lancaster Outspoken

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 8

"The farmer who puts his wife and family in the milking, yard is the man who makes the biggest noise in asking that the 40-hour…

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Dairy Survey Finished in Gloucester District

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 3

The Joint Dairying Advisory Committee which commenced a survey of the Gloucester district on Thursday last completed its investigations…

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Wingham Junior Farmers. Educational Field Day

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

The Wingham Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee is sponsoring an Educational Field Day on the Wingham Showground on Saturday next,…

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U.K. Labelling of Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

Referring to the sale in Great Britain of unlabelled Australian butter, Mr. Fadden in the House of Representatives last month, asked the…

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Dairying Subsidies for Special Drugs

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

Acknowledging a request from a conference of whole milk producers, the Prime Minister last month said it was not considered that there…

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