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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 52 of 56

Local and General. Price of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 2

The price of butter in Victoria advanced 1/2d per [?] on Monday last, making the quotation 186/8 per cwt. which is the rate ruling in Sydney. As…

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Australian Butter Reworked in England "Figureheads at Australia House." Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 6

Australian laws limit the moisture content of butter and Australian butter is naturally more solid than that of other countries…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 2

During the month of October, 1928, the quantity of butter manufactured was 47 3/4 tons, being an increase of 17 1/4 tons as compared with the previous…

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N. Zealand Dairy Production

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 2

The report of the dairy division or the N.Z. Department of Agriculture shoves that during October the quantity of butter graded was 9,627 tons of…

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Junior Farmer Scheme

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

Referring to the Junior Farmer Scheme, which is looked upon by the Ministers for Agriculture and Education as an important means whereby…

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Victorian Dairying Decline

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 4

The decline that has taken place in the number of dairy farmers and in the number of dairy cows in Victoria dining the past five years (says the Melbourne…

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Dairy Instructors Wages Under New Award Payment to Be Retrospective. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 5

A wards for dairy instructors in the Department of Agriculture have been made by the conciliation Committee. The minimum salary is £222 a year, prescribed…

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New Zealand Dairy Production

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 7

The report of the Dairy Division of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture shows that during October the quantity of butter graded was 9627 tons…

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Diseased Cattle Sold for Human Consumption Startling Allegations Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 5

Speaking at the opening of the Tuttle bees Abattoirs at Goulburn, Mr. George Reynolds, a leading district grazier, said he knew it was no good trying to sell old…

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Grazier's Estate Daughters Farm Workers No Provision in Will Judge Makes an Order. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 5

Application was made to Justice Long Innes, under the Testators' Family Maintenance Act, to-day; by Margaret Jean Casey and Katherine…

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Dairymen's Registrations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 4

Registration of dairymen expires annually on December 31 in each year, and application should be made to the local authority for renewal of registration for…

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New Dairy Bill. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day the Minister for Agriculture informed Mr. O'Hearn (Labor) that no drastic alterations were proposed regarding dairy inspection in…

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Sale of a Farm Commission Claim Question of Finance Interesting Gase at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 November 1928 · page 6

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in the Small Debts Court, Maclean, on Thursday, Sydney Alfred John Small, auctioneer, of Maclean, proceeded against William…

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DAIRYING Dr. Page At Byron Bay "This Way Safety Lies" Control of the Industry by Producers. Byron Bay

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 November 1928 · page 5

The Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, addressed a large gathering at the Primary Producers Picnic at Byron Bay this morning…

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Australian Sheep for Russia. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 6

Two thousand merino sheep will be shipped from Sydney for Russia on Wednesday. It will be one of the largest consignments of merino sheep to be…

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Dairy Produce Economics Manufacture and Marketing Amalgamation of Factories

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 3

Reduction of costs of manufacture and transport plus uniformity in quality and the manufacture of the maximum percentage of highest grade…

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Modern Factory Killarney Dairy Association Story of Remarkable Progress

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 3

The largest gathering that has ever assembled in Killarney, attended the opening of the new butter factory, erected by the Killarney Co-operative…

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"Too Much Hungry" Aborigines Kill Sheep and Cattle. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 November 1928 · page 7

Fourteen aborigines were sentenced to terms of imprisonment at Port Augusta(S. A.), for having killed cattle and sheep. They declared they killed the sheep…

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Sheep for Russia Interests of Wool Growers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 November 1928 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Dunn (Lab.) asked the Premier whether his attention had been drawn to the statement that a large number of New…

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BUTTER Interstate Competition Markets Endangered Victoria Takes Action. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 November 1928 · page 4

Unregulated Interstate trading in butter was criticised at a meeting of the Central Executive of the Dairymen's Association of Victoria…

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