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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 28 of 49

Cattle for Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 4

On Sunday the steamer Poonbar took away from Byron Bay 154 head of cattle for the Sydney market. This is the first shipment of cattle from there…

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Sale of Wool. Conspiracy Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 4

William Graham, James Meader and Andrew Whitley were charged at the Central Court to-day with having conspired amongst themselves and with one George…

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Next Season's Butter Prices

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 2

A gloomy estimate of the prices that our butter will command during the coming season comes from Lismore. We don't know who the author is,…

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Cabinet's Wheat Pool

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 5

The question of paying approximately £500,000, in connection with the 1916-17 wheat pool compensation, as demanded by the farmers' representatives, was…

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"Finest Pastoral Country." Central Australia. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 5

Telegraphing from Barrow Creek to Melbourne, Edward Cook, head of the party which is walking across Australia to Darwin, says he failed to find the…

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Butter, Cheese and Bacon

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers' Society reports for the week ending 27th July: Butter.—Steady demand for choicest, but lower grades not sought by…

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Can You Answer Them? Fodder Conservation. Dr. Elwood Mead's Inquiries. Questionaire for Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 5

Dr. Elwood Mead has been asked by the State Government to examine the various schemes and suggestions on the conservation of fodder for dry…

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Sold Butter at 3d. a Pound

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 3

Mr. John Nosley, one of the pioneers of the Macleay River, who died at West Kempsey, last Thursday, at the age of 87, sold his first standing crop of maize…

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Parents and Citizens. Meeting of Association. Work at the Farm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 3

A meeting of the Grafton Parents and Citizens' Association was held at the Rural School last night. The president (Mr. W. A. Zuill) occupied the chair, and…

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Arab's Body. Choked Wheat Elevator. Antwerp

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

The States steamer Oberon, from Tunis, was unloading grain when the pneumatic elevator choked. The body of an Arab was found inside the tube…

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Tyndale. Farmers and Settlers' Association

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Tyndale branch of the Farmers and Setders' Association was held on Tuesday night last, Mr. H. Stewart…

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Jersey Herd. for Northern Rivers. Grafton Farm Ayrshires

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 3

On Monday Cr. Buchanan (president Tweed Shire Council) with Crs. McCollum and Gillies, and Messrs. Neaitt and Perdrian, M's.L.A., waited on Mr…

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New Zealand Butter. Not Up to Standard. Competing with Australian. Customs Release Imported Article

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 5

New Zealand butter, which does not come up to the Federal regulations as regards butter fat and moisture, has been released on the…

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Value of Farm Yard Manure

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 6

With regard to farm yard manure, there is no doubt that familiarity, or a consciousness of the plentitude of the material, too often breeds…

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Dairying. (As supplied by the Department of Agriculture.) Only the Best. a Sound Motto in Relation to Dairy Stock

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 6

Nature has been very kind to dairyfarmers in this State, providing ample feed for all normal conditions, but there is one direction in which his…

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More Crops

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 2

Many farmers in the district are breaking up fresh ground this year and a good deal of com will be grown. The acreage under…

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Dairying in Winter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 3
Also in Coffs Harbour Advocate

During the winter season, when nature is resting and the milk supply is at its lowest, the dairy farmer should overhaul hie working plant…

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To Grow Flax. New Proposition. for Australian Farmers. Advantages Over Cotton

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 4

Mr. R. F. Strachan, Australian Flax Expert, writes:— "I have completed a comprehensive tour of Australia covering a…

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Government Perturbed. Wheat Pool Liabilities. Colonel Bruxner's Comments. Cabinet Consultation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 5

The Stats Government is considerably perturbed at the firm stand taken up by Colonel Bruxner in his statement published on Saturday…

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