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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Box of Butter From Ship Sunk During War

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

When the North Coast company's passenger ship "Wollongbar" was torpedoed off Port Macquarie during the…

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Home Flooded When Farm Dam Burst

The Northern Champion · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 7

When a 200,000 gallon dam burst at Mount George on Sunday, escaping water rushed down a natural gully…

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Farmer Provides Flood Interlude

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

On Monday afternoon, when scores of idlers were watching the traffic passing through the flood waters in…

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Butter From "Wollongbar"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

When the North Coast Co.'s passenger ship "Wollongbar" was torpedoed off Port Macquarie during the war nearly 11 years ago, great quantities…

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Kempsey Council Concerned About Cattle Droving

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 4

Kempsey Municipal Council has appointed a sub-committee consisting of the Mayor (Ald. N. C. Long), Ald. R. Tye…

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Commercial Special Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

On Tuesday last under extremely humid weather conditions a very fine yarding of fat and store cattle was cleared at auction in…

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Week in Store Cattle Market

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

With ideal conditions for winter fattening now pertaining throughout the northern half of the State, inquiry for store cattle continues…

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Good Autumn Assured for Most Farms

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

A good autumn is assured for the majority of dairy-farmers in the Manning and Gloucester districts, states…

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Farm Owner Fined For Selling Adulterated Milk

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

A farmer who pleaded guilty to a charge of selling adulterated milk was fined £4, and ordered to pay 12/-…

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Huge Crop at Top Town Concert

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

Wingham Town Hall was packed out for the Top Town Concert last night (Monday). It was a splendid Concert,…

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Cattle Facing Starvation

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mar. 2: Thousands of cattle worth more than £300,000 are facing starvation in the…

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Cattle Die From Heat

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 10

Five fat cattle died from the effects of the hot weather at the cattle sale at the Gloucester shire yards last week…

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Cattle Washed Two Miles Downstream

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

At the height of the recent weather Mr. Alan Farrawell, of the Telegraph Point district, had the unpleasant…

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On and Off the farm. U.S. Lead In Beef Cattle Indnstry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 10

Australia is as far behind the United States in her selling organisation in the beef cattle industry as Australia is ahead of the United States in her wool industry organisation…

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Record Pea Crop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 7

Orchardists and vegetable growers, at Upper Cooperabung, are preparing to sow a record acreage; and, given…

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Dairy Officer Reviews Conditions in District

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 7

In his report, on weather conditions, for February, the Senior Dairy Officer (Mr. J. S. Wilson) said that although the recent floods were not disastrous in the Macleay and Hastings districts there was…

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Fats Outstanding at Gloucester Cattle Sale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

Feature of the cattle sale conducted by Tom Hicks (Paul Ryan and Joe Corbett) at the Gloucester saleyards on…

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This Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

A 500 yarding of store cattle at Merriwa was the only measuring stick of auction values last week, but the flow of inquiries for store cattle is running strongly, and many orders, particularly for male…

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Wingham Junior Farmer's Impressions From Tour of N.z

The Northern Champion · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 9

Dairy farm homes in Australia are a good deal below the general standard of such dwellings in the South Island of New Zealand, but dairy hygiene in the handling of milk is better here…

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Improved Facilities to Benefit Dairy Costing

The Northern Champion · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

"We have now reached a point when the use of great quantities of water, together with sealed roads and improved communications, will have a decided effect on future dairying costing,…

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