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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Co-op. Wheat Pools in Canada

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 6

There is nothing more romantic in the history of modern commerce than the wonderful development of the huge co-operative wheat pools of…

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Wanton Killing of Sheep Nocturnal Ghoul's Horrible Work

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 6

Mr. Jack Read, the well-known Armidale grazier, has recently suffered the loss of fully 100 sheep. The poor unfortunate brutes, which have…

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Tyringham Dairying

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 2

At the beginning of the month Mr. Wood, of Tyringham, commenced a cream run with his motor lorry from Hernani to Dorrigo. So far six dairy…

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Dairying in Westralia

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 6

The Chairman of the P.D.S. (Mr. W. R. Hindmarsh), recently visited west Australia to judge the Milking Shorthorn exhibits at the Perth Show, and…

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Pastoral Industry Federal Commission Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 4

The Federal Ministry has completed arrangements for the establishment of a Commission representing the pastoral industry to inquire into all the aspects of…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Exports

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 9

Comparison of total butter exported from Australia to all oversea ports for September and October during the last three years is as follows:--…

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Experiment Farm Ayrshires Purchase for Ulmarra Dairy Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 3

Notwithstanding the securing, unpopularity of the Ayrshire, as a dairy breed in this district and the representations made from time to time to have the Ayrshire…

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Terrific Hailstorm Wheat Crops Damaged. T[?]mworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

A terrific hailstorm passed over a strip of country about three and a half miles wide, extending from Duri to Piallamore. Thousands of acres of wheat crops were…

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English Butter Market Strong Demand for Oversea Product. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

The butter market continues to improve and all quotations are higher. There is a strong demand for colonial butter from the North of England and Scotland,…

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Train Loads Op Dead Sheep

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 6

Fourteen hundred sheep starved to death in railway trucks while being Carried to Cooma from the Australian Estate, at Ropo Siding near Cobar, says an exchange…

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Duty On' Butter Richmond P.P.U. Decision. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 4

The Richmond District Council of the Primary Producers' Union at Kyogle today, discussed the application for increased duty on imported, butter…

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"Canberra Wheat Seed" Greek Government's Novel Request. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 5

One of the most novel requests ever made to a made South Wales Agent-General comes from the Greek Legation, asking for three' thousand tons of Canberra…

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Sugar Crop Half a Million Tons. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 4

According to estimates received by the Director of the Sugar Experiment. Stations, Mr. Easterby, the production of the sugarcane season in Queensland will…

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Canadian Dairymen Want Trade Treaty Amended. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 5

The National Dairy Council resolved to ask the Canadian Government to cancel the clause in the Australian Trade Treaty which allows butter to enter…

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Cattle Killed by Lightning

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 4

At Mr. Dennis Carney's farm, Knockrow, near Ballina, a number of young stock were camped for the night close to the dairy buildings, and on Tuesday…

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Stolen Wool Receiver Fined £50. PARKES

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 6

At Parkes Police Court, A.P. Umpleby, a skin buyer, was fined £50 or 12 months' imprisonment for receiving a quantity of wool, well knowing it to have been stolen…

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TAINTED Butter And Cheese Mostly New Zealand Big Consignments for London. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 5

A survey of the Port Caroline cargo of butter and cheese, has not yet been completed, but it is known that 1400 boxes of butter and 800…

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Butter Duty Roland Green Pleased Eighteen Months Agitation Immediate Notice to New Zealand. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 5

There was no more satisfied member than Mr. Roland Green (Richmond), when the Minister for Trade and Customs, Mr. Pratten, introduced in the House this…

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Tariff Readjustment Duties Increased On Butter And Oregon Reduction on Goods in General Use No Additional Revenue Anticipated Important New Industries Provided for Increased British Preference Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 5

The new tariff proposals introduced into the House this afternoon by Mr. Pratten, Minister for Trade and Customs, provide for many changes and reductions on goods in general use, for important new industries, increased protection for essential iandustries, and increased British preference…

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Farms Plots' Competitions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 4

Conditions to govern the farms plots' competitions to be held under the auspices of the Agricultural Society have been drawn up by the special…

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