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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

973 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 49

Price of Butter Advanced

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

The price of butter has again been altered,—in the right direction for dairymen. On Thursday the local Dairy Company received advice from…

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Paving at the Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in your report of the meeting of the Dorrigo Dairy Co., published in the issue of the 24th ult., criticism was levelled at the cost…

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"Down on the Farm."

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 3

Mr.Theo. Hill, M.L.A, speaking at Wauchope, denounced the drift of country youth to "the snares and butterfly enviroments" of the…

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The Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4

Australasia is now sending between 30 and 40 per cent, of the total overseas supplies of butter received by Britain. The figures are "in the rough," but they…

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A Crop of Oats. 91¾ Bushels to Acre. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 5

A farmer named George Derr, of Sitra kellar, Victoria, obtained 91¾ bushels of oats to the acre. He used three cwt. of superphosphate to the…

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Butter Factory Finance

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 3

At last meeting of Ballina factory shareholders Mr. E. H. Lee asked if the Berrima Coy rebate in the balance [?] did not properly…

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Cotton Crop Returns

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 4

At Woodmillar, according to the "Gayndah (Q.) Gazette" correspondent, a lolcal resident has already taken £51 worth of cotton off a little…

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Farmers' Conference. Country Party Defended. Speech by Dr. Earle Page. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 5

At the Victorian Farmers' Union Conference Mr. Gibson, P.M.G., defended the Bruce-Page Government. He declared that at it was the best form of…

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Output of Butter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 4

The report read at the sixty-first halfyearly meeting of the shareholders of The Manning River Dairy Company showed that the output of butter was…

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South Arm. Exhibit for Maclean Show. Farm Worker Injured. South Arm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 4

A meeting was held at the Tyndale Public School grounds on Tuesday morning to decide whether or not to go on with the staging of an exhibit from this…

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Farmers' Conference Speech by Dr. Earle Page. Composite Ministry Approved. Elective Ministries Demanded Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 5

Dr. Earle Page, the 'Federal Treasurer, addressing a meeting of the Victorian Farmers' Union on the composite Ministry, said that there had been no secrecy…

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Cattle-stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 4

At the Kempsey Police Court, Thomas Frederick Tyne was charged with stealing, near Willawarrin, on July 19, 1921. four heifers and one steer, the property…

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P.P. UNION. Clarence District Resolutions. Taxing Butter Factory Reserves Stab[?]isation of Butter Market Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Primary producers' Union was continued to-day when the following motions were carried: "That a committee be appointed to…

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Sand--not Butter. Woman Grocer Victimised. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

Two men visited the shop of Mrs. Jeffs, a gr[?], at Waverley, with a box of butter, and explained that they came from the C [?] astal Farmers' Co-operative Society,…

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The Wheat Pools. Further Payment to Be Made. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 1

The Minister, for Agriculture, Mr Chaff[?]y, to-day announced that arrangements had been made with the Australia Wheat Board and the Commonwealth…

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Bulk Handling. Victorians Oppose the System. Farmers Against Government Control. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

At the annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union, the marketing of wheat was discussed. It was moved that a first advance of at least three-fourths…

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Cotton Crop Returns

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 2

At Woodmillar, according to the "Gaynhah (Q) Gazettee" correspondent, a local resident has already taken £51 worth of cotton off…

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Farmers in Session. Primary Producers Executive. Taxation of Livestock. Preferential Railway Freights. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

The meeting of the executive of the Primary Producers' Union concluded to-day, when the following motions were carried:--…

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Cotton Growing. Early Crops on the Clarence. an Interesting Relic

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 4

A few weeks ago there was published in the "Daily Examiner" an account of an interesting relic of the early experiments in cotton growing on the Clarence…

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Income Tax. Important Judgments. Stock Valuation Methods. Farmers' and Graziers' Interests

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 2

A victory won by Mr. Donald Norman Cameron, of Chudleigh, a Tasmanian pastoralist, in the High Court, Melbourne, on Tuesday, knocks the pig out of the…

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