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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Surplus of Wheat Prices Fall on Continent. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph" says the sudden all round fall in the price of wheat is attributed to primarily, attempts by the Canadian and Australian wheat…

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Dairying Conditions. Diminishing Production

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

Reports from the dairy instructors located in the coastal and central divisions indicate that production is diminishing except in one or two…

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Wheat Market Cause of Slump. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 5

Discussing the Avlieat. slump a prominent Liverpool broker said that no doubt the Avliole cause is the large quantity of grain in the Avorld. The Argentine had a big crop, but, not haA-ing a pool or…

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Gold Mining Reef at Sheep Station Creek Argosy Company's Operations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 7

Some time ago we reported the discovery of a rich gold reel, which was being worked and developed by the Argosy syndicate at Sheep Station Creek,…

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DIPPING Effect On Stock Absorption of Chemical Poisons Mortality of Treated Cattle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 4

Dealing with the question of the relation of dipping and spraying to the mortality of stock, at the Australian Veterinary Association's Conference, Mr…

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Grafton Experiment Farm Advantages of Electrical Equipment Visit of C.r. County Council Members

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 1

The advantages of the installation of electricity are fully realised at the Grafton Experiment Farm and the manager, Mr. G Marks, is anxious to demonstrate…

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DAIRYING Industry on North Coast Reso Tourist's Report High Cost of Factories Low Bacon Prices--no Fodder Conserved. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 5

Mr. John Rankin, chairman of the Australian Dairy Council, who was a member of the recent Reso tour of the North Coast district, submitted…

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A Victorian View of Our Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 4

There is much of interest to the North Coast dairy farmer in the report which Mr. John Rankin, chairman of the Australian Dairy Council, has submitted to that council as the result of his recent visit to this part of the State with the Reso train. What Mr. Rankin says may not be new, but in several…

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Two Acts and Two Departments Testing Diseased Cattle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 4

In a report to the Canterbury Council Health Inspector Ferrett declared was an anomaly in the Acts relating the testing of diseased cattle…

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Our Butter Better Than Victorian Packing Could Be Improved. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 4

A paper from the Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy Exports, Mr. P. J. Carroll, who is now abroad, was read at the annual conference of butter factory…

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Butter Industry Menace of Margarine Victorian Protest to Be Referred to States. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 5

Declaring that margarine, is wrongfully described as butter and was harmful to the dairying industry, a deputation representing the Butter Manufacturers'…

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Amalgamation Dairy Factories Richmond River P.p.u. Discussion

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 4

A motion to advocate the amalgamation of district butter factories was well supported at the quarterly meeting of the Richmond District Council of the Primary…

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Plane Crash at Bowral Caused by Flock of Sheep. Bowral

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 5

Attempting to make a landing on the Bong Bong racecourse to-day an aeroplane, piloted by a Bowral resident, L. Burrows, crashed into a flock of sheep,…

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Commerce Chamber Yamba Post Office Country Killing Question Proposed Farm School at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 1

A meeting, of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce was held at the Town Hall, Grafton, last night, when there were present the president (Mr. J. B…

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Experiment Farm Electrical Power Equipment Convenient. Arrangement of Motors

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 2

During the period occupied in making ensilage at the Grafton Experiment Farm, numerous visitors were able to see the manner in which the electric motor was…

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Margarine 'Menace to Dairy Industry' the Victorian Deputation. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 5

"Nothing menaces the dairy industry so much as the increasing use of margarine sold to resemble pure butter," said Mr. J. Rankin, speaking as a…

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Argentine's Improving Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 8

The dairy industry in Argentina progressed during the past year and the in creased home consumption enabled larger quantities of butter produced to be…

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Spread of Cattle Tick. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 7

The stock branch report for April states that the cattle tick, unfortunantely, has appeared in an area just outside the northwest corner of the quarantine area, which…

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Strychnine Story Poison Upset at Dairy Farm Tester Becomes Ill. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 5

An extraordinary story is being investigated by the police. It is stated that a few days ago a bottle containing strychnine was…

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Australian Farming

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

Sir John Rusell, the eminent agricultural authority, who visited Australia last year, recently addressed the Farmers' Club in London, and…

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