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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Local Dairying Conditions

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 8

The district dairy officer (Mr. D. W. Crowfoot) has submitted the following monthly report for April, 1949. on dairying conditions within…

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Butter Factory Wages Increased

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

Wages increases, ranging from 3/- to 12/- a week, were granted by Mr. Justice Kinsella to employees governed by the Butter,…

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Devon Cattle Breeders' Society's 102nd. SHOW

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 8

The total entries for the Devon Catle Breeders' Society's Show and Sale at Taunton in Somerset was 117. The show was for bulls calved over a deriod of a year from May, 1947, and was divided into three age classes. The highest…

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Salvia Poisons Cattle. Related to Home Garden Variety

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 4

The Bonfire Salvia you grow in your garden may be poisonous. It is a close relative to the Red Salvia, or Texas Sage, which has been…

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Dairy Farm [?]

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 5

Although a good representation from the various coastal districts has been received for the coastal dairy farm competitions,…

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Electricity Rationing. Dairymen Want It Lifted During Milking Hours

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

Local suppliers to the N.S.W. Milk Board are to ask the Electricity Commissioner to refrain front rationing electricity during…

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Milk Position Serious Rationing May Follow if Supplies Not Stepped up. Appeal to Producers by Milk Board Member and Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Officials

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

Supplies to the Milk Board were falling by nearly 300,000 gallons a week, Mr. F. J. Sedgwick, Producers' Representative on the Board, told a meeting of suppliers at Gloucester on Friday night. While the Board…

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Junior Farmers' Dance and Presentation at Marlee

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 4

A very successful dance was held at Marlee on Friday night, April 22, 1949, the object being to raise funds for the Junior Farmers' Club, which…

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Junior Farmers Field Day at Clybucca

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 5

The Macleay Rivers Junior Fanners District Council had a very successful field day on Thursday of last week, the…

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Pay Increases for Butter Factory Employees

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 1

Margin increases and variations to hours of work were granted by Mr Justice Kinsella, of the Industrial Commission, to employees in butter…

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Coff's Butter Factory Sale to English Company

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

By 95 votes to eight, shareholders of the Coff's-Orara Co-operative Dairy Society decided at a special meeting in Coff's Harbour on Thursday to adopt a…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 6

Although a good representation from the various coastal districts has been received for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions, conducted…

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Oxley Island Junior Farmers' Show

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 1

With only three days left till this year's Junior Farmers' Show, all members are energetically preparing their entries for the exhibition. The decision…

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Butter Exports to U.k. Big Decline Revealed

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 8

The president of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation, Mr C. H. Jamieson, said that from July 1, 1948, Australia…

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Cors-Orara Butter Factory Sold To English Company

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2

By 95 votes to eight, shareholders of the Coff's-Orara Co-op. Dairy Society decided at a special meeting in Coff's Harbor last week to adopt a…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 1

Although a good representation from the various coastal districts has been received for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions, conducted by "The…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council. Officials Appeal for Increased Membership Here

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 4

Out of over 200 milk suppliers in the Gloucester district only 75 are at present members of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, which was…

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Division of Dairying. Monthly Report On Dairying Conditions Within The Camden. Haven, Manning And Wallamba Areas. April 1949

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 6

Three hundred and fifteen points of rain were recorded at Taree during April, giving a yearly total to date of 2280 points…

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Soldiers' Farms £14½ Million Spent 2,213 Settlers

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

Up to January 31, the Commonwealth Government had approved 6,634,298 acres as suitable for ex-servicemen farmers…

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Miniature Farm Motor Truck

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 8

Though not in any way a tractor for farm work, the Wrigley Wessex motor truck is a handy vehicle for small loads and is quite capable of running over rough ground. This picture shows the truck being driven across a ploughed field during…

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