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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

1,096 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 48 of 55

Butter

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 1

Since the breaking of the drought, useful intermittent showers have fallen, and most dairying districts are now in good shape. North of Newcastle several…

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Accident at Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 4

Mr. Reg Hottes, a buttermaker, severely dislocated his right knee while working at the Grafton Butter Factory yesterday morning. It appears that the apron…

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Canadian Butter Decline in Prices. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 7

Butter will drop two cents a pound tomorrow, the new prices being 40 and 42 cents to retailers according to grade. The decline is attributed to heavy…

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Butter Consumers Australians Biggest in World. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 7

According to a witness at the Dairying Industry Commitee's inquiry, Australians cat 30lbs. of butter per head of population a year, which is believed to…

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Farm Plots' Competition

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 2

At Wednesday's meeting of the cultural Society Committee it was decided to inaugurate a farms' plot competition, which will be open to…

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Better Farming Train. Visited by 160,000 People

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 3

The Better Farming Train arrived in Sydney last Saturday after a most successful tour of the north-western part of the State. Mr. Thorby,…

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Cheque of £3350 for Tobacco Crop

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 4

Messrs. Chaffey Bros.--Fred, Sid, and Frank M.L.A.--of Nemingha, Tamworth in a season of almost general failure of tobacco crops throughout Australia, have…

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Coolidge and Farmers Criticism of President Barren of Constructive Proposals. St. Louis (Mis.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 5

Three hundred agricultural leaders from twenty Mid West and Southern States made sweeping criticism of President Coolidge's rural policy, while in…

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London Dairy Show Further Australian Awards. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 5

The directors of the Dairy Show which was held last month made the following additional awards:--Salted butter, Dungog factory, a silver medal, and Pambula…

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Not Cattle Ticks

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 8

Regarding the finding of ticks on a lizard, particulars of which were published in a recent issue, Mr. J. Martin, Kyogle, is in receipt of the following letter from…

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Dairy Cattle and Sudan Grass

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 3

Since the rain, there has been a profuse second growth of Sudan grass and other sorghums in the Dalby (Qld.) district. Reports have been received of…

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Potato Crop. "Small, But What There Is Si Good

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 1

So says Mr.W. J. Benson, representative of the New South Wales produce Company. Mr. Benson's duties carry him all over the district, and…

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Increased Production North Coast Dairying Instructors' Reports

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2

The reports of the Dairy Instructors in charge of the Northern Rivers Districts for the month of October, dealing with conditions and prospects, showed a vastly…

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Kyogle's New Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 4

Norco's new butter factory at Kyogle is nearing completion, and a month or two should witness the churning of the first lot of cream. The building…

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Duty on Butter and Cheese Government Still Considering. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 5

Two months ago, the Tariff Board forwarded to the Federal Government its report and recommendations concerning the application for increased duty on…

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Suggested Abolition Australian Dairy Council Last Week's Meeting in Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 6

A meeting of the Australian Dairy Council was held in Brisbane last week and the official reports of the proceedings will be of special interest to dairy…

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Duty on Butter Findings of the Tariff Board Inquiries by Mr. G. Kelly

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 4

While in Sydney a few days ago Mr. George Kelly, of Clarenza, who is the representative of the Clarence River District Council on the Central Executive of the…

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Experiment Farm the Ayrshire Herd Proposed Removal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 3

Several questions of interest to the primary producers of the Clarence River district were brought under the notice of the Minister for Agriculture,…

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Price of Butter Further Reduced

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 2

There was a further reduction in the price of butter yesterday of 1d per lb., the wholesale rate now being 186/8 per cwt., or 1/8 lb. This is the third…

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The Best New South Wales Butter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 5

Stanley Phillip Briggs, Dairy College graduate and former factory manager, giving evidence before the Dairying Industry Commission, said that in New…

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