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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 55 of 55

Dorrigo Hydro-electricity New System of Control Dairy Co's. Request Rejected

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1927 · page 9

At Wednesday's meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council the Dorrigo Dairy Company's application for a franchise to control the local hydro-electric scheme…

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Butter Halfpenny Dearer To-day. Sawney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1927 · page 5

The wholesale price of butter will be raised by ½d. to 17½ lb. wholesale tomorrow. The rise is the outcome of the increase in export bounty…

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N.Z. Butter Big Shipment for Canada Australian Duty Off Until June Next. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1927 · page 5

The steamer Aorangi yesterday took a record shipment of butter, totalling 35,293 boxes, of which 33,305 boxes are for Vancouver, 1360 for Honolulu and 628…

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Pioneer Dairy Co. Registration As Rural Society

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1927 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co., Ltd., was held on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of confirming…

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Goods Trains Two Derailed--Smashed Third Crashes Into Wreck Cattle Sheep and Pigs Killed. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 5

A large number of cattle, pigs and sheep were killed or maimed in a sensational railway collision on the main Perth-Fremantle line early to-day…

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Direct Action Dipping Clean Cattle Stockowners in Revolt

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 4

Stockowners in the Tweed tick quark tine areas are in revolt against the decision of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) that Compulsory dipping of…

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Tick on Tweed Compulsory Dipping Minister Adamant Reply to Farmers Protests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, said to-night he had no intention of withdrawing in any way from the position he had taken up in regard…

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Produce for Sydney "Don'ts" for Farmers Minister Issues Warning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 5

Further complaints have been received by the Department of Agriculture in connection with fruit consigned to a ''merchant'' for sale…

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Shot Farmer Then Committed Suicide Former Employee. Peak Hill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 December 1927 · page 5

Going to the farm of William Hando, in Tomingley road, where he had been recently employed, Stanley Griffiths shot Charles Hando in the head and both legs…

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Australian Butter Paterson Scheme and Duty New Zealand Merchants Cdmplain. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1927 · page 5

Merchants complain that Australian sellers are using the Paterson scheme to undercut competitors in the British market. They contend that its first…

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N.z. Dairy Production Shows Phenomenal Increase Remarkable Result of Fertiliser War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1927 · page 6

The organised movement now afoot for the uplift of Australian average dairy production finds fresh inspiration in the wonderful results achieved this year in…

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American Agriculture the Farmer's Burden Average Profit £31 a Year

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 December 1927 · page 1

The Australian farmer imagines that he is in an unfortunate position; that he is overworked and underpaid, and that he is in no way compensated for the amount…

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Farming by Correspondence Is It Practicable?

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 December 1927 · page 6

Yes! or at least that is the contention of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, and some of the reasons advanced are worth consideration…

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Dairying and Pigs

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 December 1927 · page 5

Sir,-- Please allow me a little space in reference to dairying. The inspectors go from one to the other and occasionally, condemn some part of the dairy or cow…

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Butter Bounty Stabilisation Committee's Decision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 December 1927 · page 5

The Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee decided to revert to the export bounty of fourpence per lb. This will be paid out of the fund controlled…

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Australian Cattle Compare Favorably with British and American. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 December 1927 · page 5

Lieutenant-Colonel Caddy, president of the Red Poll. Cattle Breeders' Society of, Australia, who returned to Sydney yesterday from a tour abroad said he was…

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