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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 6 of 56

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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Butter Down a Penny

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 4

The Australian Stabilisation Committee New South Wales section, has announced that the price, of butter will be reduced by a penny a 1b., to 168 per…

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Cattle Eleven Months on Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 3

Mr. J. White, representing a Gulf cattle company, arrived at Chinchilla, Queensland, on Saturday, in connection with the passing through of 1039 head of hullo ks…

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Cattle Blown

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

There is an abundance of clover on many of the farms, and one or two dairymen have bad to watch Daisy and Strawberry. Mr. A. Beaumont…

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Butter Exhibit for Royal

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

The local Dairy Company will again be a competitor in the butter classes at the Royal Show. A Whisky Creek farmer was delighted to learn early…

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P.d.s. Column All-australian Butter Price

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne last week received the report of the subcommittee, which had been…

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A Schooner's Wheat Very Little Damaged. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

The batches of the schooner E. R. Sterling, which had such a thrilling voyage lasting nine months from Adelaide to London were opened to-day, when it…

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Five Dairy Farms for Sale Near Kalang, Eellingen District

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Areas range from 300-600 acres and prices from £430-£305. When improved the farms will carry from 3050 cows. All the farrs front the…

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A Survey of Australia's Butter Export for the First Half of the Export Season (Issued by the Australian Stabilisation Committee)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

The first six months of the Australian butter export season closed on December 31 last and, thanks to the information courteously supplied from…

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Rabbits Turn Them to Profitable Account Dairy Company's Plan

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

At a special meeting on Wednesday the Directors of the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Company discussed with. Mr. L. C. Tighe, managing director…

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Dairy Industry Pioneer Company, Ulmarra Dividend of 6 Per Cent

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 3

The 70th half-yealy report of the directors of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Coy., Ulmarra, which will be presented to the shareholders…

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Dairying in Victoria Royal Commission Appointed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 4

The State Executive Council has appointed the following members of Parliament as a Royal Commission to in investigate the Victorian dairying industry:…

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Dairy Research Importance of Pedigree Stock Designs of Marketing Board. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Markets announces that the Empire Marketing Board is advising the British Government in connection with the expenditure of £1,000,000…

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Trade Treaty Canada And Australia Alberta Dairymen's Protest Statement in Canadian Parliament. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

The cause for the alarming decrease in Alberta dairy products was inquired into by the annual convention of the Alberta Dairymen's Association,…

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P.d.s. Column All-australian Butter Price

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne last week received the report of the sub-committee, which had been considering the best…

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WORTH £17,500,000 Australia's Fruit Crop. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 5

According to Mr. J. M. Ward, Superintendent of Horticulture, of the Victorian Department of Agriculture, the Australian fruit crop is worth £17,500,000…

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To Assist Dairymen Dairy Council Scheme. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

In a statement to-day the Minister for Markets, Mr. Paterson, endorsed the scheme of the Australian Dairy Council to provide finance to enable the dairymen,…

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Gold From Butter

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Mines may come and mines may go, but butter goes on for ever! That may be taken as the slogan of Gym pie, the old mining field. Where the batteries used to…

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Royal Show Butter and Cheese Entries Eight More Factories Participate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 5

Record entries for the export butter and cheese classes at the forthcoming Royal Easter Show, have been received. In the classes for box of butter and…

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Well-known Farmer Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

James Johnson, 87, one of the best known farmers in the Hawkesbury district was drowned in the river at Pitts Town to-day. His coat, was found on the…

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