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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Butter Competition Under Auspices Agricultural Society Conditions Arranged Forty-eight Hours' Test

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 2

At the September meeting of the Agricultural Society committee an offer of a special prize of £2/2 was made by Mr. G. R. Brooker for a butter-fat…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 2

At Tuesday's meeting of the Agricultural Society committee it was decided to provide a section at the next Show for members of the Junior…

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Dairying in West Australia

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 6

Butter production has been making substantial headway in W.A. but there is a long way to go before that State will be self supporting, as the…

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Improvements to Dairy Herds

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 4

At a recent farmers' convention at Warragal (Vic.) Mr. W. J. Zuill, senior dairy supervisor on herd improvement, quoted statistics showing that…

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Dairying Conditions. Slow Recovery in Production

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 2

The spring outlook throughout the dairying districts is promising. The effects of the cold winter, however, were still apparent last month, and…

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Cheers and Hoots Picture Theatres And Elections Crop of Alleged Libels Writs Totalling £25,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

Union Theatres to-day issued writs totalling £25,000. £10,000 is claimed against the "Sydney, Morning Herald,". £5000 gaainst…

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''Obsolete" Dairy Supervision Act Condemned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

The Health Inspectors "Annual Conference recorded its belief that the Dairy Supervision Act is obsolete. The executive was requested to arrange a…

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"Collar and Tie Farmers"

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 4

With each passing year there is a notable change in the garb and persona appearance of representatives of farming interests on deputations to Ministers of the…

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Pastures Improvement Superphosphate Top-dressing Dairy Company's Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

The top-dressing of pastures with super phosphate has been proved to be not only a success, but a necessity, and after careful consideration the Board of Directors…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 4

A chain cf junior farmers' club is being organised from Tumut to Coota- mundra. At a big meeting the other day the startling progress made by such…

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London Butter Position Better Prices Expected. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 5

The butter position continues favorable and holders are taking ail optimistic view. The drought on the Continent has seriously curtailed…

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Gaol Tragedy Stabbed With Carving Knife Prisoner a Shell Shock Subject Formerly a Respected Farmer. Cootamundra

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 5

Walter Hunter, 29, a prisoner in the Cootamundra gaol, was early this morning fatally stabbed by, it is alleged, a fellow prisoner. Hunter, who was a Scotchman…

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Movies Teach Farmers

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 4

The Leicestershire education authorities have conducted a successful experiment in using moving pictures as an educational medium in rural areas. They…

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Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 4

The North Coast Butter Factories' Association met in Lismore on Friday and fixed the pay for the September supply at 15½--the same as for last month. It was…

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Mining Shaft for Residence Menu of Wheat, Bran and Raw Cabbage. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 5

Following complaints concerning the strange behaviour of a young man at Payneham, the police instituted a search. In the disused shaft of an old copper…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs. an Advancing Movement

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 4

Junior Farmers' Clubs are being established all over the State and are being given every encouragement by the agricultural societies, schools and…

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Export Butter Market

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 6

The strong London market will make speculative buyers anxious to obtain supplies of butter, and factories in New South Wales would be…

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Science in Butter Manufacturing

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1

The Director of Dairying (Mr. L. T. Maclnnes) advances the opinion that, the position of a factory manager has become so complex owing to the high standard…

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Increased German Butter Duty

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 6

Germany has increased the import duty on butter to 50 marks per 100 kilograms. Roughly that is £2/10 per ton, and it is almost double the…

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New Butter Computing Tables

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 6

The old approved butter computing chart used by factories was based on a water content of 12½ per cent. The law, both in Australia and Great…

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