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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 54 of 56

Cheaper Butter Boxes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 7

It was recently stated in this column that the Co-operative. Box Company had under consideration a reduction in the price of butter boxes. This has now been…

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Canadian Butter Position

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 7

The trade treaty, which Canada negotiated with Australia some three years ago, was very adversely criticised by the Canadian dairying interests as…

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Dairymen Fined. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 7

At the Hornsby police court Albert Seymour, dairyman, was fined for a breach of the dairy regulations. Evidence was given that the defendant covered his…

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Butter in Melbourne Halfpenny Per Pound Dearer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 4

Wholesale butter prices were advanced a halfpenny per pound to-day to 196 per ewt…

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From Plouch to Pen. Editor and Novelist Who Were Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 3

Some time ago a rough census was taken of the occupations followed by young men who had passed through one of our greatest agricultural…

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"Not Played the Game" Machinery Firms and Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 December 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture told deputations that some machinery firms had passed on to the "small" farmer machines that he could not possibly pay for the…

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Dearer Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 2

Another advance in the price of butter was announced in Sydney yesterday. The new rate is 200/8 per cwt., or 1/9 1/1 lb., wholesale. On only one other…

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Stock on Roads Appeal Dismissed Interesting Cattle Driving Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 7

After hearing argument by Mr. G. P. Hungerford (instructed by Messrs. McIntosh and Best), for the appellant in the appeal by Michael Connors against his…

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Rural Wage Tweed Dairyman's Evidence Must Fix Prices of Produce If Award Fixed for Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 5

Giving evidence before the rural wage inquiry to-day Elijah Marsh, dairyman, farmer, fruitgrower and grazier, of Tweed Heads, said the…

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Dairying Notes District Conditions Clarence-dorrigo-bellinger

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 6

Reporting to the Department for the month of November, Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the dairy branch district Clarence to…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 5

During the month of November, 1928, the quantity of butter manufactured was 47 3/4tons, being a decrease of 14 1/2 tons as compared with the…

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Clean Dairy Campaign Cases at Bowraville Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 4

That the [?] are making a determined effort to enforce the provisions of the Act relative [?] dairies was emphasised at the…

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From Plough to Pen Editor and Novelist Who Were Farmers

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 7

Some time ago a rough census was taken of the occupations followed by young men who had passed through one of our greatest agricultural colleges…

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Maclean Water Supply at Dairy Factory a Long-standing Problem Solved

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 7

Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. D. J. Dineen, manager of the Lower Clarence Dairy Coy, in-devising and carrying to completion a scheme for the…

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Dairy Factories Queensland Association Question of Interstate Trade. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Queensland Co-operative Dairy Factories Association was held in Brisbane to-day. Mr. T. Tod, president, occupied the chair, and over…

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Dairying Instuctors' Reports for November Clarence-bellingen District

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 10

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

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£100 Worth of Butter Stolen From Motor Lorry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 5

Alter their father, who was a carrier had lost his loaded truck on Wednesday, two boys unsuccessfully scoured, the city and suburbs to find the thieves…

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A Sheep Dog's Sagacity

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 3

The faithfulness and sagacity of the sheep dog were well exemplified in the Wyreema district a few days ago, when the owner of a small mob of sheep had…

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Trucks Derailed Sheep Killed and Line Damaged. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 4

Considerable damage was done to the permanent way and a large number of sheep were killed when thre[?] trucks attached to a mixed goods train from…

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Claim for Wages Dairy Farmers Sued Verdict for Defendants

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 6

Joseph Benjamin Loutitt, of Bonville, laborer, in the Bellingen Small Debts Court last week, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., sought to recover £40164…

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