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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Three War Services Farms For Comboyne

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

The Minister for the Interior (the Rt. Hon. W. S. Rent Hughes) has advised Mr. P. E. Lucock, M.P., that…

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Wants to Graze Cattle on Street

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

At the Kempsey Municipal Council meeting, on Monday night, A. E. Gill applied for permission to graze his cows…

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Three Junior Farmers on Extensive Tours

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Members of the Kempsey Junior Farmers' Club certainly believe in the saying "travel broadens the mind" for on Monday two of them commenced a journey that will take them to the Tablelands and…

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Control of Erosion on Dairying Lands

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 7

This is the first of a series of articles dealing with the important work carried out by the Soil Conservation Service. In this article, Mr. C. G. McMahon, H.D.A., soil…

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This Week In The Store Cattle Market

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

Dalgety and Company Ltd. report: For the third successive week, no representative auction…

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Land Resumed for Dairy Farms

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 4

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) has advised Mr. P. E. Lucock, M.H.R., that he has…

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Junior Farmers Tractor School Here Next Week

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Thirteen Junior Farmers will attend a three-day tractor school at Manning Motors, Taree, next week…

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Farmers Asked for Information Re Drainage Problems

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Manning River Drainage Association is anxious to find what drainage work is available in the district for Mr…

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Bank Help for Junior Farmers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 4

The Bank of New South' Wales has announced its programme of financial support for the Junior Farmer…

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Drain Digging and Clearing Machine available To Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

The length of time that a dragline machine which is capable of clearing and digging new drains remains in the Manning district is dependent upon the support given to it by farmers…

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Black Beetles Hit L. Manning Crops

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

The District Dairy Officer, Mr. Crowfoot, said to-day that the Lower Manning was experiencing a heavy infestation of black beetles in maize crops…

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Times Special Saturday Features Bank Help For Junior Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 7

The Bank of New South Wales has announced its programme of financial support for the Junior Farmer…

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Control of Erosion on Dairying Lands

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 7

In this section of the article (Part II), Mr. C. G. McMahon, H.D.A., soil conservationist, refers to ploughing and sowing contour strips in the Goulburn district…

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Store Cattle Sales Are Still Obscure

Macleay Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY. -- For the third successive week no representative auction offering of store cattle took place anywhere in N.S.W. last week. Notwithstanding the new year rains, the…

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Control of Erosion on Dairying Lands

Macleay Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

This, the third and final article in the series, deals with sowing of pastures, control of steep dairying lands, and the concluding remarks which should be of the utmost importance to those many readers…

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Gloucester Has Nice Industry in Dairymen

Macleay Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 7

Although butter production at the Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Co. last month was down on that for December 1952 the…

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Bank Help for Jun. Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

The Bank of New South Wales has announced its programme of financial support for the Junior Farmer Movement in N.S.W., during…

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Bond For Farmer Charged With Driving Ofience

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

Ronald Charles Corbett, 37, farmer, of Lansdowne, was given a two-year £20 good behaviour bond by Mr. A. D. Tyler, S.M., at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday…

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Junior Farmers Learn To Use Farm Tractors

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

Eleven district junior farmers yesterday commenced a Ferguson tractor school at Manning Motors,…

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Tamban Fatality Man Found Dying in His Dairy

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

Mr. William Searle, 59, of Tamban, was found in a dying condition in his dairy, about 4.15 p.m. on Monday…

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