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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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SURVEY Of Australian Dairying Industry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 8

Arrangements have been made by the Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee for an Australia-wide survey of dairy farms producing but…

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Wallamba Junior Farmers Combined Show Abandoned

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Wallamba District Council was held at Nabiac, and there was a fair attendance of delegates from the following…

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Drought Aid to N.s.w. Dairymen

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

New South Wales dairy, farmers are to receive a subsidy for losses through drought during, the period August to December, 1946, the…

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Purchase of Dairy Stock

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

Four Manning River dairy farmers visited Binna Burra last week to attend Mr. E. W. Flowers' sale of stud Jerseys…

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Wallamba Junior Farmers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Wallamba District council was held at Nabiac on the 5th instant, and there was a fair attendance of…

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Australian Dairying

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

The following news from Canberra, Wednesday last, is another straw on the back of the P.P. camel:— Arrangements have been made by…

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Butter Price Interim Increase Hopeful Reply From Minister

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 4

In Tuesday's "Argus" it was reported that Mr. G. S. Stokes, manager of Macleay River Coop. Dairying, Co., Ltd., was in correspondence with Mr…

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Hunter Farmers Urge Butter Price Increase

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

Unless a "satisfactory interim price" for butter is granted by April 15, a conference of all Hunter River butter factories will be called, with…

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Wingham Show Next Week Cattle Sections Will Be Strong

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

Despite the long period of dry weather Which preceded the soaking rains of this week, products of the soil will be represented by…

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Karkatt Junior Farmers Second Annual Show

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 6

The second annual show of the Karkatt Junior Farmers' Club was staged on 22nd February under ideal weather conditions. The recent rains, though…

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Survey of Australian Dairying Industry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 5

Arrangements have been made by the Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee for an Australian wide survey of dairy farms…

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Labor's Gift to Watersiders Farmers Ignored

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 5

"The Federal Government's openhanded treatment of waterside workers at the taxpayers' expense contrasts strikingly with its…

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Cattle Went Surfing

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 6

A strange incident occurred at Lorne (Vic) when seven Hereford cattle rushed into the ocean and swam out to sea for about 500 yards. They…

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Bracken Fern Poisoning in Cattle

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

Bracken fern plant (Pteridiun aquilinum) is toxic for cattle, probably throughout the whole stage of its growth. The toxic principle has never…

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Black Beetle Valuable Resistant Crops

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 3

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

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Butter Production Tests Taree Estate Jerseys Top List

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 2

Heading the list of cows whose production reached or exceeded 500lb. butter fat in official tests of 273 or 365 days in New South Wales from October…

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Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Manufacture For Half-year Down 464 Tons

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 2

Butter manufacture for the six months ended December 31, 1946, was 464 tons less than for the corresponding period in 1945, it was…

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Farm Services Have Declined, Says Sir Earle Page

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 1

Services of all kinds for farms any distance from big centres have declined or disappeared entirely, said Sir Earle Page, M.H.R…

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Quarter Sessions Cattle Stealing Case Dismissed

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 4

In the Kempsey Quarter Sessions on Tuesday a jury found Thomas Patrick Cunning not guilty of a sharge that in March, 1946, he did…

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Big Cattle Trek Kempsey to Gunnedah 800 Head Moving

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 4

What may well be considered a miniature Overlander's trek is under way at the present time, with 800 head of stock being…

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