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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Dairying Industry Decline - Bank's Comment

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

The extent of the decline in dairying production, which came into prominence with the butter shortage experienced some six months ago, is revealed in the Commonwealth Statistician's summary…

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District Agronomist's [?] Crop Report

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

[?] in the Macleay, Hastings and [?] with only light general [?]us severe drought conditions [?] bulk of the area. Isolated sma[?]…

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Cattle Breeding in Britain

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

Seen here winding through Strathfarrar, Inve[?]ness-shire, are some of the store cattle on the ranch of Lord Lovat, ex-Commando leader. Lord Lovat started the herd when he left the Army…

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"Hungry for Wheat."

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 2

If Commerce Minister McEwin's calculations are right patriotic pigs and chickens, by changing their diet, could save the sterling pool 60…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Farmer Fined For Having Unclean Dairy Utensils

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 4

An oxley Island, farmer who was warned in September that his dairy and milking utensils were in a filthy condition, was…

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English Dairy Farmers Are Prosperous

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 4

The English dairy farmers appear to be relatively prosperous because the huge bulk of milk in England was used…

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Pea Vine Residue Excellent Cattle Fodder; Too Valuable to Be Wasted

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

"Pea vine residue -- once a useless leftover when peas had been canned or quick-frozen -- is now being put to use as a valuable and highly-succulent silage for cattle," said F. Nicholson, District Agronomist of the Department of Agriculture in Tumut last week…

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Butter Factory Chairman— MR. J. H. Farley Re-elected. to the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

Sir,—Under the above heading published in a previous issue of the, local paper I think the writer could have used a little more judgment in…

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Hybrid Maize Seed Production School - - at Grafton Experiment Farm

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

"A school of production of Hybrid maige seed will be conducted at Grafton Experiment Farm from 18th to 21st March,…

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Subsidy For Lime Urged - - Raise Dairying Output

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

Mr. H. J. Bate, M.P., recently advocated a subsidy nn agricultural time to increase dairying production and urgent…

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Monthly Crop Report Conditions in December 1951

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 4

The year 1951 has ended in the Mackay, Hastings and Manning River district with only light general rains in December and…

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Dairy Production Only 35 p.c. Seasonal Normal

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 2

Dairy production has dropped to about 35 per cent of normal for this time of the year, states the District…

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More Barbed Wire Sought for Dairying Areas

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

The State Bush Fire Relief Committee is approaching the distributors of barbed wire in an endeavour to have…

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Jap. Millet As After-drought Fodder Crop

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

"Farmers in drought areas of New South Wales would be wise to sow Japanese millet for a quick growth of…

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Welcome Rain Over Macleay Valley Farmers Jubilant But More Needed

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

The rain which has fallen ove[?] since last Saturday morning has given rise to [?] the severe six months drought has been broken. Although most areas report falls of little more than an inch, conditions are such to indicate more rain…

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Family Owned, Tilled Farms Is U.s. Goal

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 4

The family-sized farm, tilled by its owner, has been the goal of American farm policy throughout the United States history, Dr. M. M. Kelso, prominent agricultural economist from Montana State College, who recently spent six…

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Butter Outlook Bleak

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

Mr. D. J. Lancaster, Managing Director of the Macleay Co-op. Dairy Company and Chairman of the N.S.W. Co-op. Dairy…

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Butter Production on North Coast

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

Dairy factory managers and executives on the Clarence River and at Casino on Tuesday expressed themselves as being at a complete loss to understand part of a statement attributed to Mr. R. C…

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Drought Relief For Dairy Farmers—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., this week announced details of a Relief Scheme to assist dairy…

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English Dairy Farmers Are Prosperous—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

The English dairy farmers appear to bo relatively prosperous became tho huge bulk of milk in England was used for…

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