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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Prospects Not Bright For Island Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Prospects for Jones' Island dairy farmers are not bright. Most, of the low ground is still under water and all forms of cultivation are…

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Changing Ideas in Farm Layout

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 7

Some of our more established ideas about dairying might go by the board, according to the British architect, Mr. W. G. Bendy,…

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Five Vital Questions to Dairy Industry Posed to Fed. Minister

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Five questions which vitally affected the dairying industry were recently submitted to the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. J. McEwen). This was stated on Friday night by the chairman of Norco Co-operative Ltd. (Mr. B. McRae),who had recently attended a…

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Agricultural Notes Crop Report for January. Manning, Hastings and Macleay River Districts

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 4

The District Agrononomist, Mr. J. B. Noonan, reports us follows:— January has been an exceedingly wet month with a rainfall raining…

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Farmer Placed on £30 Two-year Bond

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 4

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor vehicle whilst under the influence was placed on a £30 bond to be of good…

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A Millionaire Speaks to Farmers

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 4

The following letter to farmers is credited with having been written by an American millionare and has been published in a number of Australian papers and magazines. "You farmers amuse me!…

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Galloway Cattle To Be Tried In N.S.W.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 8

Twenty head of Galloway beef cattle are being imported into New South Wales and should arrive shortly…

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Urgent Action Needed To Meet Dairy Crisis

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 1

Representatives of the dairying industry in the Commonwealth told the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEWen) in Sydney last week, they believed a crisis has developed in the dairying industry and special and…

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January Conditions Adverse To Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 7

With continuous rain and very little sunshine, conditions generally on the Manning in January were very adverse to farming operations and crops, says the District Agronomist, Mr. J. B. Noonan, in his monthly report…

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On and Off the farm Dehorning: Approved Type Of Crush & Bail

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 8

The dehorning crush and bail illustrated below is easily constructed, can be adapted to most farms, and has been used with complete success on farms in the Tamworth district where several dehorning demonstrations have been…

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District Farmers Receive Free Volume

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 2

A splendidly bound volume entitled "Dairy Farming in Australia' has recently been issued to all dairy farmers in N.S.W. free of charge…

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Farm and Fodder Competition

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 4

Five zones of New South Wales are to compete this year for the Royal Agricultural Society's Farm and Fodder Championship Competitions,…

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Cattle Firm Gives £600 To Council —

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

South Grafton Council last week expressed appreciation of a donation of £600 from Goldborough, Mort and Co…

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Good Cattle Show Expected at Taree

The Northern Champion · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

Cattle exhibits at the forthcoming Taree Show are expected to be of top quality and numerous. This was stated to-day by the…

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Cattle Washed Down River. Mr. Joe Abbott's Lucky Escape

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

"Dungog Chronicle": Mr. Joe Abbott, of Violet HiLl, had a lucky escape from drowning when he was washed from his horse in the flooded…

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Worm Infestation In Young Cattle — Likely to Increase Warns Stock Inspector

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

The Stock Inspector to the Gloucester Pastures Protection Board, Mr. V. P. Freeman, has warned owners of young cattle…

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Junior Farmers

The Northern Champion · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

Mitchell's Island Junior Farmers' Club has been requested to have more entries than previously at the forthcoming Taree Show…

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Dairying in Israel

The Northern Champion · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

A new dairy co-operative is being built near Tel Aviv, in Israel by Truva, the Histradut's Agricultural Marketing Co-operative. It should…

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Roto-lactor Reduces Dairy Costs

The Northern Champion · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

A Roto-lactor, now under construction at Camden Park, N.S.W., is an automatic milking device like the American merry-go-round type,…

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New Style Of Farming. July 22, 1871

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

The American papers received by last mail mention, as the results of a style of farming recently adopted in New Jersey, what seems to be…

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