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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Annual Dairy Farm Comp. Cancelled

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 7

The annual State Dairy Farm Competition, conducted under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture,…

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New Manager Of Butter Factory Appointed - - Manager of Wyong Factory to Fill Gloucester Post

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 2

Mr. C. C. Dowling, Manager of the Wyong Butter Factory for the past six years, has been appointed as Manager of the…

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Victorian Dairy Cattle For Kenya—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

Kenya Colony has become an important buyer of stud dairy and beef cattle from Australia. For five successive years,…

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Cattle Slasher Strikes Cow Pound Dead in Same Paddock at Brookfield

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

The blood-thirsty Brookfield "Slasher" has been at work again and added another cow to his long list of animal victims…

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Hearing of Cattle Theft Charges Adjourned - - Mr. Debenham to Fix Special Date for Hearing

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 6

The part-heard prosecution of Richard Noel Newton and George Newton, two young brothers, of Bunyah, on charges of alleged…

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Dairy Cows Hurt in Hailstorm —

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

Stock was seriously injured and crops and gardens ruined by a hailstorm on a mile and n half wide front in the…

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Bracken Fern Poisoning Kills Dairy Cows - -

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

Bracken fern poisoning had definitely been the cause of losses among dairy cows on three farms, stated Gloucester…

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More Beef Will Make Better Farming - -

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

"At last we are beginning to realise that food production is indeed Australia's No. 1 industry; that meat and bread are more vital even…

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Camden Haven Demonstration Farm Pastures Quick Response

The Northern Champion · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

Pastures, stricken by the drought, have made an impressive recovery on a Camden Haven River…

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Extension of Federal Dairy Grant Urged

The Northern Champion · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

A conference of the Dairy Industry Efficiency Grant for a further five years has been recommended in the…

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Migrant Labour To Be Available To District Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 3

"Farmers, graziers and all other primary producers in the district who need labour, can now apply for specially…

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We Are Wasting Valuable Cattle Country

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 6

The beef cattle industry in the North of .Australia is as backward and as wasteful as a blades' camp. That is the real…

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Migrant Farm Labour

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

"Migrant farm workers from Italy and Holland will be available for work in this district at the end of March" announced Mr. Shaw, District…

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Gloucester Made Less Butter In February - -

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

"According to the secretary's (Mr. J. Turner) report for February, the amount of butter made at the Gloucester Butter…

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Record Beef Cattle Entries For R.A.S. - - But Smaller Teams From the Top Studs

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 6

Record entries have been received In the beef cattle section for this year's Sydney Royal Show, but on a tour of the…

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Migrant Labour To Be Made Available - - to District Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 3

"Farmers, graziers and all other primary producers In the district who need labour, can now apply for specially selected…

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"Pig Crop Report"— Upward Trend

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

The Bureau of Agricultural Economies has released for publication the first "Pig Crop Report," giving details of recent…

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Extension Of Federal Dairy Grant Urged - -

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 3

A continuance of the Dairy Industry Efficiency Grant for a further five years has been recommended to the…

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Electric Shock While Preparing Show Cattle

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Well-known Jersey stud breeder Mr. Harold Adams, of Dumaresque Island, received a severe electric shock…

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Drought-Proof Farms Are a Possibility

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

The present very low level of production in most primary industries revives the problem of finding an antidote for drought…

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