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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Pastoral Outlook Comparative Figures Sheep Increases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 4

The outlook for the forthcoming year is not at all favorable to pastoral and stock owners and unless good rains are forthcoming the present position, which…

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Wool Substitutes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 6

The Graziers' Conference to-day carried a resolution to the effect that while growers did not fear reported improvements in the manufacture of wool…

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Honors Even District Court Action Dairy Farming at Nana Glen Alleged Breach of Contract

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

When the sittings of the District Court was resumed yesterday morning there were two cases part heard from the previous day, and his Honor, Judge…

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Six Farms Sold

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 3

The largest cash transaction in land ever effected in the Mullumbimby district took place last week, when Mr. Digby Pearce, of Seven Hills Sydney [?]…

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Artificial Wool. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 7

An experimental consignment of eight bales of artificial wool arrived in Melbourne yesterday and will be distributed among the mills in Victoria for the…

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Adulterated Butter Sydney Company Fined £20. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 5

A fine of £20 was imposed on the Sydney Consumers, Milk and Ice Coy., Ltd., for having sold adulterated butter. The case was heard at the Central Court…

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Price of Butter in Brisbane. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 4

The price of butter in Queensland will be advanced a halfpenny per lb. on Monday. The new wholesale price will be 1914…

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Produce Pool U.S. Senator's Bill Small Profit for Farmers Only Five Per Cent Over Production. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 5

Under a Bill introduced to-day by Senator Brockhart, £50,000,000 will be appropriated from the United States Treasury to create a joint federal farm…

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Dairying Conditions on Rivers Instructors' Reports

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 7

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Clarence to Bellinger Rivers, with headquarters at Coff's Harbor, in his February…

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Price of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

There is no change in the price of butter, but Sydney agents expect that there will be before the week is out Victoria is expected to go to 191/4 a…

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Butter and Milk. Prices Increased in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

Butter and milk have been increased in price. First quality butter is being retailed at 21 per lb. and milk is selling at 8½d a quart. Shortage of feed and the…

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BUTTER The Paterson Scheme "Approaching Debacle" Sydney Paper's Views. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 5

The "Sydney Morning Herald" says those who predicted the early failure of the Paterson stabilisation scheme see in the present situation a sign of the…

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Dorrigo Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. 38th Half-Yearly Ordinary General Meeting Successful Term

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Co. was held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday morning last, for the…

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Excluding Rats From the Farm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

A correspondent writes to the English "Farmer and Stock Breeder" as follows:- An infallible means of banishing rats is the keeping of a goat loose about…

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Victorian Farmers Appeal For Unity Dr. Page at Ballarat Frank Speech at Annual Conference. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

Dr. Page, Federal Treasurer, speaking at the annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union at Ballarat[?] said he recently perused his policy speech of 1922…

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Atherton Maize Big Crop Expected. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 5

A very favorable season for maize has been experienced on the Atherton tableland, and there is every promise of a big yield. The area under maize is over…

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Rappville Cattle Case Jury Disagrees. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 4

After being locked up for the night the jury failed to agree at the Lismore Quartre Sessions to-day in the case in Which Thomas Shorten Cole, a well-known…

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Butter Position. Victorian Complaints. Local and London Markets

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 1

A firm associated with the butter industry in Melbourne, in the course of a statement, on the buter position, made the following comment:—…

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A Radio Joke the Boy and the Butter

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 8

An amusing incident which must have been heard by thousands occurred it broadcasting station 2BL last week Miss Monica Scully's juvenile pupils were…

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Victorian Farmers Moderates in Majority. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 5

After the annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union last night agreed to a motion affirming the principle of composite Ministries, President…

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