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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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The Federal Government and the Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 4

How closely the Federal Government has been watching the interests of the primary industries of Australia, especially dairying, was brought home very forcibly to the audience of dairymen and others which Mr. T. Paterson, Minister for Markets and Migration, addressed at Grafton yesterday…

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Federal Ministers Visit to Grafton Dr. Page and Mr. Paterson The Migration Question Dairying Industry Problems

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 6

Considerable public enthusiasm was associated with the proceedings at Grafton yesterday in connection with the visit of the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) and the Minister for Markets and Migration (Mr. T. Paterson). The two Ministers travelled from Sydney by the…

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Butter London Market Steady Shortage of 400,000 Boxes. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 December 1926 · page 5

Extracts from the London Trade Summary state that although at the moment, there is decided cause for the recent upward ttrend in butter prices, there is…

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Federal Minister Seeing the Clarence Ulmarra and Maclean Enthusiastic Dairymen

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 December 1926 · page 6

Leaving South Grafton shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday morning the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Earle Page) and the Minister for Markets and Migration…

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Page to Farmers. Must Organise and Pull 100 Per Cent

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 3

"What's wrong with the dairymen, and other farmers too. is that they won't organise and poll 100 per cent. strong." said Dr. Page at the…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 2

During the month of November, 1926, the quantity of butter manufactured was 41 tons, being an increase of 6 1/2 tons as compared with October, 1926…

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Butter Company Fined

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 4

A case of rather unusual interest was heard in the Rockhampton Summons Court, when the Inspector for Weights and Measures proceeded against the…

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Woman Arrested Charge of Burning Crop Bail Refused. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 5

A sensation has been caused by the arrest of Mary Anne Preston, a well- known identity, and her appearance before the police court, on a charge of…

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Price of Butter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 10

Detailing how the price of 111 per lb. for butter, as recommended by the Bathurst Conference, was arrived at, Mr. E. S. Bond, the Casino, district…

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Q'sland Butter Low Percentage of Choicest. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 8

The Queensland Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Smith to-day admitted that Queensland last season did not produce a high percentage of choicest butter, but,…

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Jersey Test H.A.C. Group Leading Butter Fat Competition Alstonville Herd Running Second. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 11

Over two years ago the New South Wales branch of the Australian Jersey Herd Society, decided to offer £100, in three prizes of £70, £20 and…

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Sugar Crop Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

Official figures indicate the approximate production of sugar in Australia this year will be about 420,000 tons…

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Huge Chicken Farm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 December 1926 · page 6

Two hundred thousand baby chicks were batched at the Shaw Hatchery on E[?] S[?] Avenue, Emparia, Kan., during the season which closed recently…

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Australian Price For Australian Butter N,z, Importations Protective Tariff Sought

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 6

A correspondent writes:-- The necessity of steps being taken by "the powers that be" to get away, once and for all time, from the old fetish that the price of…

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Heavy Rains Floods Likely on Coast Cloudburst Destroys Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 4

Further heavy rains have fallen, particularly in the eastern half of the Over five inches were recorded at Coolah on the central western slopes…

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Head Crushed Farm Worker Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 5

Norman Mitchell aged 18, was helping his uncle to load hay at Greenthorpe, near Young, when the hay began to topple over. Mitchell tried to jump clear, but…

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The Dairying Industry a Note of Warning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 4

Mr. G. Kelly, of Clarenza, writes:-- ''We are passing through a period of unrest in the dairying industry brought about principally by the disastrous…

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Flash of Lightning Startles Horse Team Farmer Crushed Under Cultivator. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 5

While Michael O'Brien was working on his farm at Killarney, near Jerildcrie, a flash of lightning caused a team of twelve horses which he was attaching to…

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N.Z. Wheat Crop. AUCKLAND,Wednesday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1926 · page 3

The New Zeland wheat area is estimated at 50,000 acres less than is necessary to supply the Dominion's needs. It is understood that importing will be again…

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Dual Purpose Cattle Claim for Shorthorns Interesting Experiments

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1926 · page 6

That all Shorthorns are dual purpose is the contention of Mr. R. E. Hodgson superintendent of the Minnesota Experiment Station,America,who has told the…

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