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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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State Dairy Farm Competitions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. D. H. Graham, M.L.A., said that a series of dairy farm competitions, culminating in a State…

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Keen Rivalry Among Dairy Farmers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

Dairy fanning in Britain has made consistent and notable progress during the last ten years. This is very apparent from the size and quality…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: A series of dairy farm competitions culmirating in a State championship will be conducted in New South Wales…

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Stabilised Price for Dairy Products

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Blythe, Secretary of the Central Rivers District Council of the P.P.U., reports on definite results on matters of big importance…

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Farm's Best Product? -It's the People

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 6

The complaint often is heard in agricultural circles that city folks seem to forget that farms supply urban areas with more than food…

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Dairying Conditions Within Camden Haven, Manning And Wallamba Districts. Monthly Report - January, 1950

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. D. W. crowfoot, District Dairy Officer, reports: 621 points of rain were recorded for the month The fall was…

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Macleay Lad for R.a.s. Junior Farmers Camp

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

A Macleay Junior Farmer, Robert Saul, of Bellimbopinni, has been selected, with two other North Coast boys, to attend the 1950 R.A.S…

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Fleet of Milking Jeeps Travel Farms

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

A co-operative dairy society in Holland is operating a fleet of about 30 milk-jeeps, each equipped with from four to seven milking units;…

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Dairy Officer's Monthly Report

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. J. S. Wilson, the Senior Dairying Officer at Kempsey, has made the following report for the month of January…

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Macleay Cattle Replacement Farmers Get Cattle Free of Cost

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

At a meeting of the Macleay Dairy Cattle Replacement Committee it was decided to make a rebate of 100 per cent, on nil stock supplied to dairy…

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January Rain Arrests Decline in Dairy Production

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

Reporting on dairying conditions within the Camden Haven, Manning and Wallamba districts for January, the District Dairy Officer at Taree, Mr…

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P. M.'s Subsidy Limit "Big Blow to Dairymen"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

"The announcement that the retrospective subsidy of 2 12d. per lb. of commercial butter would only apply to…

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Dairy Cattle Doings —

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

During the 1948-49 period 3369 cows were recorded under the Herd Production Improvement Scheme controlled by the N.S.W. Department…

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Butter Milk Figures Compared

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 6

Australia's production of 1,206,000,000 gallons of milk in the year ended June 30. 1949, was second only to the record production of…

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T.b. Costs One Million Pound Butter Fat Loss

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

In this letter to the Editor, Mr. H. G. Bruhl, B.V.Sc, H.D.A., points out that the annual loss in milk yield due to T.B. is one million lb…

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Dairymen Get Results With Egyptian Clover

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

Hunter River dairy farmers who had planted Berseem or Egyptian clover had obtained "phenomeal" results, the Hunter District…

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New Dairying Award

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5

The recent ruling by Conciliation Commissioner Blackburn in the case of the Gas Employees Award means that the Dairying Industry…

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ON & Off the Farm Draining Sheep Pastures On English Hills

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 4

Since the beginning of the 19th century, when Yorkshire changed from a wool-growing district to one where imported Wool was processed, little has been done to maintain the rich hill pastures. This 100 years of neglect is now being repaired by mechanical drain…

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Supply of Trees for Farms Facilities Provided by Forestry Department

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 4

Mr L. C. Jordan, M.L.A., has been advised as follows by the Minister for Conservation:— I refer to your personal…

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Parity with Sterling Effects on Australian Dairymen

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

Mr W. P. McAnaney, Federad President of the Australian Primary Producers' Union, writes as follows:— Suggestions are becoming…

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