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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Dairy Science Schools

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees, arrangements have been made by the Dairy Branch…

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Canadian Winter Dairying

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2
Also in Daily Examiner

Seasonal fluctuation of supplies has always been a drawback to the dairying industry in Australia, and it is much, more so in Canada, where a…

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Dairyman's Troubles

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

A dairyman on the Upper Bellinger built a punt to get his cream across the river during the flood. On one trip across the punt sank. The…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

The Grafton Dairy Company staged a fine exhibit of factory products in the centre of the pavilion. The goods included butter, lard, bacon, etc., and was…

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Dawson Valley Cotton Crop Washed Away Another Body Found Nine Cotton Pickers Safe. Rockhampton

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

Although the Fitzroy River is rising and there are prospects of a flood in Rockhampton, all interest now centres in the Dawson 'Valley, where…

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Farm Produce

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 7

The Farm Produce section of the Show was not as strong 3s it otherwise would have been, owing to the floods which swept over many of the agricultural…

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Dairying Prices

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 7

Sir,---Mr. Ager fairly hits the mark when he says what the dairyman requires is a just price, if that Individual will not accept Dr. Page's advice given in and…

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Grafton Experiment Farm Exhibit

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 7

In the pavilion a fine and comprehensive exhibit was staged by the Grafton Experiment Farm, which attracted a great deal of attention. Sheaves of wheat,…

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Shifting Dorrigo Butter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

During last week a large quantity of the butter which bed been ' accumulating &t the local factory has been consigned to Sydney via…

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No Increase Price of Butter Stabilisation Committee Meeting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 5

A meeting of the Butter Stabilisation Committee considered the advisability of raising the price of butter. It is understood, however, that…

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Our Butter Belter Than New Zealand Reply to Critic. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 5

Mr. L. T. McInnes State Dairy pert, referring to a statement by a New Zealand visitor that Australia is years behind his country in dairy…

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New Ford Story. First of the Crop

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 1

An the old stories about Lizzte Ford hare died;but here is the first one heard about her aristocratic sister:—…

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Next Tomato Crop. Estimate of Area Wanted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 4

If the secretary of the local fruitgrowers' Association knew approximately what area of tomatoes will be planted In the district this season,…

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Sale of Ships The Poor Farmer Labor's Crocodile Tears Country Party Statement. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 5

"Labor is trying to fashion the sale of the Commonwealth Line into a weapon of attack against the country," states the weekly builetin of…

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Off to Java Queensland Entomologist to Study Pests and Crops. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Stock, Mr. Forgan Smith, stated to-day that Mr. J. Froggatt, Government Entomologist, will visit Java, on behalf of the…

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Butter Speculators Stabilisation Committee Watching. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 5

The Interstate-Butter Stabilisation Committee has decided to take a periodical census of the stock of butter in store and also to appoint an Interstate…

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Bee Farmers Conference. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 4

A bee farmers conference, representing delegates from all parts of tlie Commonwealth, opened in Sydney to-day. Mr. Chaffey, Minister of Mines, stressed his…

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On the Move 80 Acres Farm Lands Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 4

"We cannot stop a man's farm Walking away," said the Terania Shire Council president, Cr. T. W. Green, when the council was considering a letter from…

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Armidale Butter Factory Sold

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 4

The liquidator (Mr. W. S. Forsyth), of the New England Trading Co., Ltd., reports having disposed of the Armidale butter factory to the Tenterfield…

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