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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wingham Junior Farmer at Bureau School

The Northern Champion · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

Wingham Junior Farmer Bill Fotheringham is attending a leadership school being conducted by N.S.W…

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Record Canning Pea Crop

The Northern Champion · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

What is believed to be an Australian, if not a world, record in the production of peas was set this season by…

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'Poor Go' For Dairymen By Milk Board

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

The Milk Board had given the Manning District a "very poor go," Mr. G. Minett (Lansdowne) said at the annual meeting of the Taree Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council meeting…

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28¼ Acre Farm Brings £6,150

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

A 28¼ acre farm on Dumaresa Island owned by Mrs. Frank Davis, reansed £6,150 at auction…

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Big Air Lift of Cattle

Macleay Argus · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 6

The Shorthorn Society of Australia this year will carry out the biggest single air lift of pedigree cattle in the…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

The store cattle market continued to increase in activity last week, with enquiry rising particularly in the near North and Riverina. Victorian interest is still restrained owing to…

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Farmers' Threat to Kill Cows

Macleay Argus · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Three hundred dairyfarmers at Dandenong have threatened to kill their cows if the State Government delays any longer a rise in milk prices…

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Warwick Farm -- Best Racecourse

Macleay Argus · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

Mr. W. Quinn, Stipendiary Steward for the Central and Lower North Coast Racing Association, who was in Sydney recently at a conference of all A.J.C. stewards, has here recorded a…

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Farm Water Supply

Macleay Argus · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

The Premier, Mr. Cahill, said today that two additional field engineers would be appointed to the Farm Water Supplies Branch of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, and that additional funds would be provided…

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REMAND On Cattle Stealing Charge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

Two men were remanded in Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, to April 14th on charges of cattle…

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First Local Tractor School For J. Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

The first tractor school to be held in Gloucester will conclude to-night with a film evening in Dombkins Bros, showroom in…

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Cattle Snore

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 6

Cattle snore because of some obstruction in the air passages. The most common obstruction is enlargement of…

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Remanded on Cattle Stealing Charge

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 2

Two men, Thomas Vivian Nash and John Athol Watson, were remanded in Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions last week to April 14 on charges of cattle stealing…

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Farmers Threat To Kill Cows

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 2

Three hundred dairyfarmers a Dandenong, Victoria, have threatened to kill their cows if the Slate Government delays any longer a rise in milk prices. The farmers who want 310…

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Dairy Grant Increase in July

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 6

CANBERRA: The increased dairy efficiency grant of £1,250,000 to assist in maintaining the efficiency of the…

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More Milk, Butter Produced

Macleay Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA.--Milk, butter and cheese production in the first six months of this financial year was well above…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 7

The stronger tone of the store cattle market becomes more evident each week. Last week the dominating factor was the insistent enquiries for bullocks from Riverina…

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Early Cattle Entries for Taree Show

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 1

Entries in the cattle sections for the forthcoming Taree Show were coming in earlier than usual, stated…

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Dairy Emphasis Moves Breeding to Feeding

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 7

The emphasis in dairy farm management in the drive for greater production will move from breeding to feeding, principally through pastures, averred the secretary of Hannam Vale-Stewart's…

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Cattle Entries

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 1

Entries for the cattle section close to-morrow. Secretary Geoff Priestley said to-day that…

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