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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

988 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 50

Canberra Hog Farm

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 6

The Federal Capital Commission has established a hog farm at Canberra at cost of about £8000, consisting of 120 acres, all necessary outhouses, and every…

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Wool Competition From Artificial Silk. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 5

Addressing the Constitutional Cl[?], Mr. J. E. Wardell declared that the pastoral industry had lost, and apparently lost for ever, the strong statistical…

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Land Court Grafton Homestead Farms Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 5

In the Land Court a reference was submitted by the Minister for the return to the Local Land Board for rehearing of further consideration of application by…

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Levy on Butter to Contest Tick Control Pp. Union Proposal

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 3

An important proposal with the object of setting up a fund to brief the best counsel available to apply for and injunction to restrain the Minister for…

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Dairy Council London Butter Market C'wealth Supervisor's Report Room for Improvement in Quality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

At a meeting of the Australian Dairy Council in Melbourne at which six States were represented, Mr. P. J. Carroll, Commonwealth…

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Early Maturing Cattle the Demand for Stores How Fashions Are Changing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 2

Colonel H. F. White, of Bald Blair, Guyra, remarked the other day how, as a result of the necessity for early-maturing cattle, the store cattle demand is changing…

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Butter and Cheese Export Board Reports Shipment's for Season Comparative Increases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

Reports submitted to a meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board showed that the quantity of butter held in cold stores in Australia on June 20…

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Lower Age for Beef Cattle Every Beast a Picture of Breeding Younger Still

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 2

Prime beef and breeding now go hand in hand, thanks to the greater interest of the R.A.S. in cattle-for the butcher. The old-age scrubber has gone out of the…

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Crit of Girls Outback. Clear 300 Acres of "Dad's" Farm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 3

Bad times and hardships drive a lot of young people off the land, but there are still some who stay with their parents, despite the fact that…

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Factories Help Farmers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

Farmers in the Traralgon district report having experienced the benefits of hand feeding milking cows this season. By this means the dairying season has…

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Tick Infested Sheep From Victorian Government Farm. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 5

Great surprise was expressed by sheep experts, on learning to-day that the examination of 100 sheep at the State Research Farm, Werribee, had proved that…

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North Coast Butter in Japan

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 4

When the Attorney-General (Mr. F. S. Boyce) was officially opening Mount Warning as a national park on Saturday last, he spoke of how well known the…

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Missing Butter Two Seamen Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 5

When the steamer, Eurpides arrived in Sydney yesterday from Brisbane 13 boxes of butter, each containing 56 pounds, were missed from the…

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Sheep Killers Alsatian Dogs in N.Z. AUCKLAND

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 5

Revere losses have been inflicted on sheep owners in the Styx listrict of Canterbury by the alleged depredations of Alsatian dogs. One man reports the loss…

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FARMERS Some Plain Speaking Government Criticised Child Endowment Scheme. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 4

"In spite of many achievements I regret to say wo are disappointed, if not alarmed, at the fact that with a few minor exceptions practically the…

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Local and General July Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 4

At a meeting of the North Coast Butter Factories' Association on Tuesday the price of butter for July was fixed at 15½ per lb…

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Telegrams Wheat Pool Referendum. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference curried a motion, urging that a referendum be held throughout the Commonwealth, on the question of establishing a…

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Export of Merino Sheep. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference, by 111 votes to 21, carried a motion requesting the Federal Government to prohibit the export of stud merino sheep…

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Fur Bearing Rabbits Conditions for Farming. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

Mr. Sydney Smith, jun., secretary of the Stocks and Brands Branch, Department of Agriculture, stated to-day that the Minister, Mr. Thorby, has approved…

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Primary Producers Farmers and Settlers' Conference Bid for Migration Agreement Money. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 5

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference was continued to-day. Mr. John Perry (Quirindi), moved that the executive should endeavor to produce…

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