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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Some Potato Crops Dug on Comboyne

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 7

Yields were mostly light and moth damage considerable in potato crops harvested on the Comboyne during…

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Broom Millet Crops Give Fair Yield

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 6

Early broom millet crops harvested on the Lower MidNorth Coast during January gave a fair yield, reports the…

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Dairy Officer"s Report

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 2

Mr. J. S. Wilson, Dairy Officer, reports for January as follows:— Very dry conditions again prevailed during the month. Extremely hot and…

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Cattle Losses on the Clarence

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

Several thousand head of cattle are already dead on the Clarence River, and the stock inspector, Mr. Hanlon, described the position as…

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Drought Beaten on Oxley Farm

The Northern Champion · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

How good farm management can largely offset the effects a drought as severe as the present one was being…

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Two Junior Farmers To Visit Britain

The Northern Champion · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 14

The N.S.W. Junior Farmer Clubs' State Council has accepted an invitation to send two Junior Farmers to visit…

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Beats Droughts! Good Farm Management

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

Mr. D. W. Crowfoot, District Dairy officer, reports: An indication of what good farm management can do is…

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Visit to United Kingdom By Two N.S.W. Junior Farmers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

The Junior Farmer Clubs' State Council has accepted an invitation to send two Junior Farmers to visit the united…

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Potato Crop-- Early Rain Needed

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

Given good weather, this season's potato crop in the main growing centres of N.S.W. should be heavier than last…

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Calamity Seen In Wheat Industry

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 4

The wheat Industry faced calamity next year unless the Government promised the overseas price, said Flourmillers'…

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Dairying Film To Be Shown At Conference Parents and Citizens' Council Here on

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 2

The documentary film of the Gloucester dairying industry, which was prepared by Sixth Class children at the Gloucester…

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Labour For Farms

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 4

The Federal Government was "putting the cart before the horse" in its rural migration policy, the State produce…

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Monthly Crop Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 4

The District Agronomist, Mr. J. B. Noonan, reports as follows:— The rainfall during January was generally light and only of…

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"Farming a Noble Calling."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 4

Australians must return to the farms. People must realise again that the soil provided a noble calling in which…

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Dairy Destroyed In Monday's Storm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 2

During the thunderstorm which passed over Comboyne on Monday evening, 55 points of rain were…

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Junior Farmer Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 2

Kempsey Junior Farmers held a meeting in the C.W.A. Rooms on Wednesday night, February 6. After the meeting they had…

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Butter Shortage; Rationing Soon

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 4

A spokesman for Norco Co-op. Ltd., the biggest New South Wales butter producer, said on Tuesday that butter rationing in New South Wales was inevitable and might be imposed…

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Winter School for Dairymen at Hawkesbury

The Northern Champion · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 6

"A three-day winter school for dairy farmers will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from…

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Monthly Crop Report For January, 1952. Conditions Within The Macleay, Hastings, Manning & Wallamba, Rivers Districts

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

Mr. J. B. Noonan, District Agronomist, reports: The rainfall during January was generally light and only…

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Six-point Dairying Plan-control Move

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 4

The possibility of the States transferring to the Commonwealth power to control the exfactory price of butter was revised following talks in Canberra this week…

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