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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Butter Trade Sighs of Recovery. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 5

Extracts from the London Trade Summary show that there are at last signs of recovery in the butter trade and dealings in Australian and New…

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Season's Wool £55,363,000 to Date 63,000 Bales Unsold

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 1

The value of the Australian wool clip sold from July 1, 1927, to March 31, 1928, totals £55,563,152. This estimate is based on the figure of £2533 a bale,…

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Local and General 46 Sheep Killed by Lightning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

In a thunderstorm last week, 46 sheep on Moscow station, near Longreach (Q.), in a break containing between 9000 and 10,000 sheep were killed by lightning in…

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Dairy Science School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

The annual dairy science school for this district, conducted by the Department of Agriculture, is to be held at Coffs Harbour factory from…

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A Perllous Swim. Lad's Narrow Escape in Flooded Stream. a Dairyville Incident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. H. G. Fawcett, aged 21, whose home is at Central Bucca, had a narrow escape from being drowned in the flooded Oraro at Dairyville last…

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Farmer Killed by Falling Tree

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

Arthur Snell (29), single, who was working a farm in conjunction with L. Tereny, at Wamuran (Q.), was killed by a tree falling on him. Snell and his…

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BUTTER The Export Trade Advertising Campaign in England Reports From London Agency. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 5

Members of the Dairy Export Control Board to-day concluded a two days session at which many matters of interest to butter producers were…

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Cattle I.m.s. Section

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 6

In the Illawarra Milking' Shorthorn section there were only a few exhibitors, but they brought along teams that were a credit to the Australian breed, Besides…

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Four Rich Brothers Sons of a Farm Laborer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 2

The death of Mr. Thomas R. Wilson, of Newcastle (England), last month, removed another member of a family of four brothers who made fortunes after…

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Farm Work Refused Unemployed at Winnipeg, Winnipeg

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 5

Two thousand unemployed paraded the streets, bearing banners and demanding work or full maintenance. Ald. Five declared there would be…

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Grade Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

The display of grade cattle, in the opinion of the judge, Mr. Don Dunean, was very satisfactory. The young stock this year showed a marked improvement…

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Beef Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

Unfortunately there was only one exhibitor of beef cattle. This was in the Devon classes. Mr. G. T. Pitkin brought down a fine collection of stud cattle, with…

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London Butter Market

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 3

Cables received on 23rd inst. indicated market was considerably brighter and buying heavy. "Kangaroo" has vanced to 130, and because of improved…

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Shifting the Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

During the week a large quantity of the butter which had been accumulating at tho local factory has been consigned to Sydney via Raleigh…

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Marketing of Wheat

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

In dealing with the wheat pool, Dr. Page pointed out that for a wheat pool or control board to be completely effective in dealing with…

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Export Freight London Butter Market

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

The quantity of butter exports from Australia this year has added interest in the rebate of 2 1/2 per cent, on freight on exports to the United Cables received on 23rd instant indicated market was considerably higher and buying heavy. "Kangaroo" has advanced to 160/-, an…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Boxes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

With the rising packing costs those interested in cheapening production costs in the butter industry have during the past few years been…

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P.d.s Column Butter Boxes

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 3

With the rising packing costs those interested in cheapening production costs in the butter industry have during the past few years been endeavoring to procure…

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I.m.s. and A.m.s. Cattle

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Sir.—In recent issues of coastal journals appeared a highly colored and somewhat misleading report of the recent amalgamation conference…

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BUTTER Australia And N.Z. Co-operation in Marketing Dominion Visitor's Impressions. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

I desire to emphasise the magnitude of Australia's butter production and point out the imperative necessity for some co-ordination between…

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