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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 21 of 56

Herbert and Tully Sugar Crops Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 5

According to Mr. A. Gibson, northern field assistant, the sugar crop from the Herbert River this year should reach the record figure of 467,000 tons. The crop…

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An Unlucky Farm Worker

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 4

Somewhere about 20 years ago Mr. Tack Patterson, while working of Mr. Charles Walker's chaffcutter, in the Glen Innes district, had his hand taken off. About…

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British Butter Market

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 6

Mr. A. E. Gough, General Manager' of {he Overseas Co-op. Federations Ltd. of London, when meeting sectional conferences of the directors of…

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The Butter Position

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

The Interstate Stabilisation Committee held special sittings this week to consider the position, consequent on the increased duty on…

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Letters to the Editor Butter Prices

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

Sir,—May I crave space to ask Mr. House, one of the P.D.S. directors, three questions? At Grafton, Mr. Meares said that export butter,…

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Butter Prospects. Heavy Winter Production Expected

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

In view or the large quantities of butter now in cold store and the general outlook over Australia of a Heavy autumn and winter production,…

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Maclean Show Great Cattle Display Breeders Commended Concluding Ring Events

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 7

Favored by almost perfect weather, the 38th annual show of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society, entered upon the second and concluding day…

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Dairyman Fined

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

A charge of having caused a temporary stopping to be used in a hole in a milk can was preferred against A. E. Nebel, dairy farmer, of…

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Research on the Farm an Historic Conference

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

Conclusions of importance to agriculture in all parts of the Empire are contained in the report, now published, of the recent Imperial Agricultural…

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Hawkesbury College Winter School for Farmers Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

Arrangements have been made by the Department of Agriculture, to hold the usual winter school for farmers and poultry farmers at Hawkesbury…

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The Butter Market 400 Tons From N Z. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 4

The importation of New Zealand butter during the past ten month amounted to 400 tons while the Australian butter production was 100,000 tons…

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Dairying Instructors' Reports Clarence-bellingen District

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Clarence to Bellinger Rivers, with headquarters at Coff's Harbor, in his April…

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Bequeathed to Nation Farm Where Burns Wrote Poems. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 5

John Williamson of Edinburgh has bequeathed to the British nation Ellisland farm, in Dumfriesshire, where Burns wrote many of his most famous poems, in…

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Dairying Conditions. Clarence-bellinger District

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 2

Mr. senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Belllnger Rivers, with headquarts at Coffs Harbour,…

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Aid for Dairymen Rural Bank Loans. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture has announced that Cabinet approved of the distribution of £25,000 to assist the dairying industries…

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Wild Dogs Attack Sheep

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 4

Despite the fact that some time ago a number of wild dogs, which had been killing and maiming sheep in the Goorangoola and Bowman's Creek districts, near…

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Early Sugar Mills the Advent of Dairying on the Lower Clarence. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 2

On a visit to the Lower Clarence is Mr. Alexander McCowan, who is well known to the early settlers of the district. It is over 20 years since Mr. McCowan left…

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Budget Debate 'Go-Getters' And Farmers Time Payment System Oxley Member's Speech. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 4

Speaking on the Budget in the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Martin Said the Assistant Treasurer was to the congratulated on the fact that no real…

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British Butter Market

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 7

Mr. A. E. Gough, general manager of the Overseas Co-op. Federations, Ltd., of London, when meeting' sectional conferences of the directors of co-operative…

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Acres of Wool

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 4

Good progress has been made in removing the wool which was in the shed on Deepwater wharf when the Fitzroy River rose so quickly, says a Rockhampton…

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