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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 5 of 56

Cattle. Jerseys

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 2

Cow, milking, skewing not more than 6 permanent teeth: H. Radcliffe. Heifer, under 12 months: W. J. Anderson J. F. Morris 2. C. P. Moran…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

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

During the month of December, 1927, the quantity of butter manufactured was 90 tons, being an increase of 48 tons as compared with the…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

Collection of term produce: T. B. Pollock. Maize, white stalks; J. Neal. Maize, yellow, stalks: T. Ravell. Maize, white, cobs: J. Neal…

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Farming the Farmer

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

Maclean "Advocate" says that notwithstanding the good intentions of the Farm Produce Agents' Act of 1926, producers are still being shamefully…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 4

At Casino Police Court on Tuesday, Thomas Llewellyn, of Leeville, appeared on a charge of having, on October 30, 1927, at Mongogarie, stolen one cow to…

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Butter Men Confer Want All-australian Price Bill Drafted and Read. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

At the Interstate conference of dairy men, recommendations for establishing an all-Australian price for butter and cheese with equalisation in each State, on a State…

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Imported Butter Menace To Industry Fixation of Local Values Recommendations of Stabilisation Committee. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

A very serious view was taken at a meeting of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee of the importation to Australia of butter from New Zealand, and the…

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Experiment Farms to Be Reclassified. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, who has just returned from a tour of the country believes that the various Government Experiment Farn[?]s should specialise it…

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Pioneer Dairy Company Monthly Report

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 6

The Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co. report having manufactured for the month of December, 154½ tons of butter. The price paid to suppliers was 11¾ for…

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Dairy Act Departmental Transfer to Secure Uniform Control Opposition of an Agricultural Society. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thor[?]y, referring to the proposed transference of the administration of the Dairy Supervision Act from the Health…

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Mysterious Poisoning Tragedy Three Dead and Six Others in Hospital Sheep Dip in Drinking Water Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Three members of two families, residing in the same house at Torrens Creek, 50 miles from Hughenden, are dead and six others are in hospital three in a serious condition, as the result of a mysterious poisoning tragedy…

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Fell Out of Window Maitland Farmer Killed. West Maitland

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Peter Campbell, a well-known farmer, of Rosebrook, was killed when he was thrown from a sulky yesterday. He endeavored to pass a man who was driving…

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Butter Exports 15,430. Tons for Six Months. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 5

Butter exports from Australia for the six months ended December 31. amounted to 15.430 tons, compared with 16,000 tons for the same period in the season 1926-27…

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Prison Farms System to Be Extended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

The Minister for Justice, Mr. Lee, said it was his intention to extend the system of prison farms and afforestation camps. He said such methods were preferable to…

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Overcome by Fumes Butter Factory Manager's Escape. Mudgee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

Harry Rope, manager of the Mudgee butter factory, received severe burns when a discharge of ammonia occurred while he was adjusting a screw in some…

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Serious Drop State's Wheat Harvest Only 27,111,00 Bushels. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 5

Estimates of the wheat harvest for the season 1927-28, as announced by the State Statistician, Mr. T. Waites, to-night, show the poorest yield since…

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Farmer Gored While Breaking in Heifer

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

Whilst engaged in breaking in a heifer on his farm at Fern Vale, Mr. George Watson had the misfortune to have two of his ribs broken. The animal suddenly…

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Too Expensive? Better Farming Train Agricultural Bureau Conference. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 5

At a meeting of the western district sub-branches of tlie Agricultural Bureau, held at Wellington, a resolution was carried that owing to the great expense in…

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Maize and Pigs Councils to Meet Disposal of Maize Crop. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 5

It is announced that the Australian Maize Council will meet at Canberra on February 20. The main question to be considered is the disposal of this year's…

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Sheep Stealing Rife

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 4

That sheep stealing is rife in the Tamworth district, was an assertion made by Mr. F. F. Albertson at a meeting of the Tamworth branch of the Graziers…

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