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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

1,103 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 56

I.m.s. Cattle. Cup Winner Toasted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Mr. Monty McBaron, of Raleigh was specially [?]ted at a meeting of the [?] Northern Rivers branch of the [?]warra Milking Shortnorth…

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Canadian Dairy Production

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

Canada being a possible regular customer for butter during Australia's flush period, the dairy production position in that country is of interest…

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Dairying for Clean Milk Machines Must Be BACTERIO-LOGICALLrY CLEAN

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

Many dairy-farmers are convinced that only by careful hand-milking Can the cleanest milk be obtained, and that the use of a machine results in a…

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Electricity for Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, has advised Mr. A. J. Pollack. M.L.A, regarding the connecting up of the Grafton Experiment Firm…

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World's Record Butter at Royal Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 5

The butter section at the forthcoming Royal Show will be, the council considers, the largest exhibition of butter ever held anywhere in the world. No fewer…

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Wealth From Wool Big Sydney Sales. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 5

The State's wealth from wool, as represented by Sydney sales amounts to nearly £26,000,000 for the season. For the third successive season over 1,000,000 bales of…

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Australian Butter Intensive Campaign Views of English Co-op. Company. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 5

The general manager of the Overseas Farmers' Co-operative Federation in London, Mr. A. E. Gough, who has just arrived in Australia, says that instead…

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Master and Servant Youth Sued by Farmer Absent Without Leave

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

Under the provisions of the Master and Servants Act a case was heard in the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in which Albert…

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Butter Halfpenny Dearer To-day. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

The wholesale price of butter will be increased by a halfpenny per lb. on Monday. The new rate will be 1774 per cwt…

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Wipe Out Cattle Tick to Prevent Serious Disease. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

The monthly report of the chief veterinary surgeon, Mr. Max Henry, states that the outbreak of piroplasmosis on the North Coast is a warning. This is a very…

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C.r. Pioneer Dairy Co. Report for February

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 6

The Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co. report having manufactured for the month of February 144¾ tons of butter, and the price paid to suppliers was 12¾. for…

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Farmers As Business Men

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 4

That farmers can be successful business men has been proved beyond doubt by the announcement that the Mt. Bauple (Q.) sugar mill, taken over by the cane…

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GRAZIERS 'Price Of Fair Deal' Eternal Vigilance President Reviews Pastoral Position, Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

In his presidential address to the Graziers' Association Conference, Sir Graham Waddell said though the seasonal outlook for the State was…

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New Zealand Butter Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 3

Though New Zealand suffered the effects of drought conditions in January and February, so prolific was the early season production that on the whole, there is an…

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New Co Operative Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 3

The dairy farmers of the Albury district are to have the opportunity of supporting cooperative manufacture. An up to date butter factory has been erected at…

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North Coast Crops Efforts at Improvement Experiments at Grafton Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 8

According to a statement issued by Mr. H. Wenholz, B.Sc. (Agr.), director of plant breeding, splendid progress is being made with the new system of…

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Canadian Dairy Production

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 3

Canada being a possible regular customer for butter during Australia,'s flush period, the dairy position in that country is of interest…

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Northern Potato Crop Losses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 4

The damage caused to potato crops on the northern tableland areas by the late summer rains threatens to seriously reduce the State's output for the year. Mr. A…

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Farm Produce Agents Testing Validity of Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 4

With the object of testing the validity of the New South Wales Farm Produce Agents' Act Messrs. Wm. Roughley and Walter Musgrove on behalf of the…

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Wheat

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

Figures available for this season give the estimated wheat production, of Australia as 108,350,000 bushels, and for New South Wales 27,111,000 bushels, as…

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