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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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North Coast Butter Factories

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 6

At the last meeting of the North Coast Butter. Factories Association the pay for March was fixed at 12 ½d. per lb. There was a lone discussion on the distribution…

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Friesian Cattle Club. SYDNEY,Tuesday

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the State branch of the Friesian Cattle Club of Australia, held at the R.A.S. Showground to-day, it was decided, owing to financial…

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Pastoral Disputes Compulsory Conference Fails. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 5

A compulsory conference which was held to-day in the Arbitration Court in connection with two separate disputes in the pastoral industry failed to reach a…

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Royal Show Luncheon Speeches Butter and Cattle Success of Government Farm Stock. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

The attendance at the Royal Show today was 48,250, compared with 44,150 on the official opening day last year, an increase of 4100…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

During the month of March, 1927, the quantity of butter manufactured was 89¼ tons, being an increase of 4 tons as compared with February, 1927…

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Sheep Expert for Eastern Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Under-Secretary Department of Lands:—Dear—Sir,—I am directed by…

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Raleigh Cattle. Wins at Royal Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

With 13 head of milking shorthorns, Messrs. J. and H: Young, of Raleigh, were prominent prize winners in the section at Sydney Show…

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Price of Butter Advanced ½d Per Lb Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

The Butter Stabilisation Committee decided to increase the price of butter on Tuesday by ½d per lb. to 172/8 per cwt…

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'Shocking' Prizes in Cattle Section Royal Show Society Criticised. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 4

Speaking at a meeting of the Ayrshire Society at the Showground to-day, the retiring president (Mr. F. S. Morton) urged that- the prize money for cattle…

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Chicago Wheat Pit Big Firm Struck Off List. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

The U.S. Board of Trade to-day ordered the suspension from Saturday of the Armour Grain Company, which for several decades has dominated trading in the…

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Lecture on Mammitis by Practical Dairyman

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

On Monday evening last, in the Memorial Hall, quite a number of the leading farmers of Dorrigo, with Mr. J. L. Smith in the chair, heard a…

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Tho Better Farming Train Visit of Representative

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 4

We have been advised by the Under-Secretary, Department of Agriculture, that Mr. C. E. Houghton, of the Department, will be at Glenreagh on the…

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Dairying Costs Interesting Figures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

Mr. J. K. Murray, B.A., B.Sc., Agr. (Sydney), N.D.D. (Scotland), Principal of the Queensland Agricultural High School and College. Gallon…

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£500,000 Company to Handle Wool, Wheat and Meat at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 5

A company with a capital of £500,000 is being formed to handle the distribution of wheat, wool and meat from the north and north-west of the State, with…

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Royal Show Dairy Produce Awards Butter and Bacon. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 5

The following additional dairy produce awards were announced to-day. Butter, salted, ready for export (no preservatives).--Alstonville Co-operative…

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Butter Exhibits At the Royal Show Judge's Comments Texture and Moisture. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 5

Commenting on the export butter exhibits at the Royal Show, the judge, Mr. F. Wigan, Federal grader, said the quality was generally pleasing and…

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Better Farming Train

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 4

Mr. C. E. Houghton of the Department of Agriculture will visit Glenreagh on April 25 in connection with the organisation of the Better Farming Train. The…

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The Butter Industry

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 2

Sir,--Writing on the butter industry Mr. Patrick Grant, has answered, me very fairly and ably. He admits the value of the home market to Australia which…

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Four Fires 500 Bags of Wheat Burnt Mysterious Outbreaks at Young. Young

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 6

Four, mysterious fires occurred yesterday and there is a belief that firebug is at work. Three timber yards and a stack of…

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Sheep Expert for Eastern Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 4

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from the Under-Secretary Department of Lands, stating that arrangements are being made for the…

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