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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Rabbit Farming

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

It is believed that farmers in the Inverell district find rabbit farming more productive than anything else (says an exchange). At the December meeting of…

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Fire in Crops "Wonder If It Will Burn" Sensational Evidence. Ubana

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 5

The District Coroner of Urana, Mr. F. E. Whitehead, returned an open verdict after inquiring into the fire which occurred on Lindsay Crowe's farm on…

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Devastating Fire Wheat Crop Destroyed Fire-fighters' Narrow Escapes. Albury

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

Seventy acres of standing crop and 300 bags of wheat were destroyed by fire on the farm of L. de Mamiel near Howlong yesterday. Fences. on the holding were…

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'College on Wheels' Better Farming Train Premier's Announcement New Use for Great White Train Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Lang, has decided to use the Great White Train as a travelling, instructional institution in the interests of primary producers…

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Kyogle's New Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 1

The contractors, Messrs. Thackeray and Gallagher, have made a start with the erection of the new butter factory being built by Norco, at Kyogle, the ground…

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Cotton and Butter Deputations to Minister. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 5

The Minister for Trade and Customs, Mr. Pratten, spent a busy time to-day receiving deputations. In the morning members of the Cotton…

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600 Bags of Wheat Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 5

With the temperature at 102 degrees a fire broke out on the property of W. Mogennisken, at Horsham, and destroyed 500 bags of standing and 100 bags…

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Dirty Dairy

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 8

At the Broadwater police court last week Mr. W. G. Johnson (Dairy Inspector) proceeded against George Wunsch, a dairyman, charging him with having…

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Northern Rivers Butter Factories' Association

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 4

It was resolved at the pay meeting of the above association held in Lismore last Saturday to pay suppliers 14 per lb. for choicest butter supplied during December…

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Cheaper Butter 'Labor Daily' Outcry Minister Asked to Intervene What Dairymen Have Lost

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 1

"It says things about me sometimes that I would, very much like to stay," said Mr. W. F. Dunn (Minister for Agriculture), when asked at Murwillumbah…

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Short Lbs. Butter in Java Roland Green's Discovery Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 5

Addressing the Millions Club to-day, Mr. Roland Green, M.H.R., told a story of the efforts of Australian butter firms to gain a market in the East…

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Jersey Stud Farms Deputation to Minister Mr. Dunn's Replies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 1

Mr. W. F. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, Mr. R. Sproule, M.L.C., and Mr. Jolly (private secretary to the Minister), accompanied by Mr. R. T. Gillies,…

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'Confusion of Thought' Marketing Schemes Dairying Industry and Bathurst Conference

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 3

In a leading article in its issue of January 7, "The Primary Producers News" says:-- The recent meeting of dairy farmers…

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Dairying Conditions Brighter Prospects Countryside Transformed Increased Supplies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 8

The reports of the dairy instructors for the North Coast for the month of December reflect the changed conditions brought about by the rains at the end of…

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Small Butter Factories

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 6

"Northern Star," (Lismore): In view of the fact that the directors of Norco, Ltd., have been asked to consider the advisability of closing some of the…

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P.d.s. Column. Altered Butter Position

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

Recent bountiful rains have caused a complete change in the dairying outlook. All factories in the coastal districts report rapid increase in output,…

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'Absurd' Java Butter Story Reply to Roland Green. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

Mr. P. S. Carroll, Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy Exports, describes as ridiculous and utterly absurd, the statement of Mr. Roland Green, M.H.R., that…

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A "Better Farming Train."

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

After over eighteen months in office, during which it has added seriously to the burdens of the farming community without giving them any compensating advantages, the State Government has at last stumbled upon a bright idea for helping the man on the land. The Great White Train,…

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PARLIAMENT Farmers and Motor Tax Crown Lands Bill Premier's Loan to Employee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

In the Assembly to-day the Premier informed Mr. Chaffey it was the intention of the Government to sit five days a week until the business was completed…

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P.d.s. Column Altered Butter Position

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 7

Recent bountiful rains have caused a complete change in the dairying outlook. All factories in the coastal districts report rapid increase in output, which has…

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