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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 6

Another week without store cattle auctions has left the market without a yard-stick of current values. At Homebush, values of summer lightweight…

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No Dictation to Farmers. Liberal Party's Rural Policy

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 6

The stabilisation of primary products is one of the questions which the Liberal Party will deal with in the approaching…

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Dresses in Wool

Macleay Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 6

A semi-town dress in grey wool jersey which features the unusual combination of draped bodice with flatly -pleated skirt…

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Wool Afternoon Dress by Jacques Heim

Macleay Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 7

A soft, rose-coloured wool dress which is notable for its side skirtdrapery, knotted through the belt and buttoned onto a patch…

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Sydney Royal Dairy Produce Entries Down

Macleay Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 8

Dairy produce entries for this year's Sydney Royal Show are 45 fewer than last year. There were 314 entries made…

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Farmer Sent to Gaol for Cruelty

Macleay Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 8

LISMORE. -- Harold Frederick Vidler, 43, farmer, of Wongavale, in Lismore Cour, was senenced to…

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Second Cattle Stealing Charge

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

A second man has been charged at the Gloucester police station with cattle stealing. He was arrested in connection with…

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Rain Boost to Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

Excellent rain this week has given a big boost to the local dairying industry. Farmers are delighted with the…

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Dairymen's Pay. Drop In December Production

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

The dry weather in December caused a slight drop in milk and cream production in the Gloucester district…

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Wealth From Wool Wax

Macleay Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 6

The C.S.I.R.O. Division of Industrial Chemistry reports a major advance in chemical techniques for producing wool wax acids and alcohols from wool grease…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

The extraordinary inactivity in the cattle market still shows no signs of lifting. There are few enquiries, practically no mobs travelling on the road, very few auctions, and few lines offering in…

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Protest From N.z. on Dairy Imports

Macleay Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON .-- New Zealand has officially protested against the decision of the United States…

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Farmer Killed in Riding Fall

Macleay Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

Athol Edwin George Lee, 42. of Browns Crossing, Worrel's Creek, near Macksville. died in Macksville…

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Contour Strip Farming

Macleay Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

"Efforts to establish pasture improvement on steep, hilly country are often greatly reduced in value due to erosion of the prepared land following heavy rainfalls," said G. T. Dawson, Field…

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Selecting Good Type of Dairy Calf

Macleay Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 8

If a calf is to mature into a go od dairy cow it should possess all the physical requirements necessary in an animal which will be expected to produce a large output of milk season after season, according to an article in the "Herd Recorders' Letter," published by Department of Agriculture…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

Mr. L. C. Turton, General Secretary, reports: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Milk Zone…

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Young Australian Farmers Leave On American Exchange

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 4

Three young Australian farmers—Miss Felicity Gowing, of Kempsey, NSW, Mr. Allan Macdonald, of Stacey's Bridge…

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Importance of Zebu Africander Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

The Minister-in-Charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (the Rt. Hon. R. G. Casey) expects the safe arrival by sea from America of a shipment…

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Three Junior Farmers for U.s.a

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

Three junior farmers photographed at Kingsford Smith Airport before they left by B.C.P.A. for the United States to study farming methods for eight months there. They are (left to right): Robin Halbert (W.A.), to study wheat and sheep farming; Miss Felicity Gowing (Kempsey, N.S.W.),…

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Rain Great Benefit Says Dairy Officer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

The widespread benefit of the recent rain is emphasised by the District Dairy Officer, Mr. J. S. Wilson, in his report for January. Mr. Wilson said crops and pastures have…

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