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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Butter Factories' Association. Election of Officers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

Delegates from Wingham, Lower Manning, Wauchope. Dyer's Crossing, Macksville and Bowraville butter factories attended the annual…

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Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held on Tuesday morning last. In the infancy of any movement there is much to be done; and…

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High-Grade Jerseys Purchased by Dorrigo Dairymen

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

Some aristocrats in the Jersey strain of daily cattle were recently brought to Dorrigo from Richmond River studs. The purchasers were Messrs…

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Cricket Dairy Co v. S. McMINN'S ELEVEN

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

The Dairy Company team suffered defeat by the narrow margin of seven runs at the hands of S. J. McMinn's Eleven on the recreation ground last…

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Dairy Supervision Act Administered by Department of Agriculture

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

In answer to a deputation from the Primary Producers' Union, which waited on Mr. Thorby, Minister for Agriculture, recently to protest…

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Great Britain's Dairy Imports

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

A recent article in "Empire Production and Export" supplies some interesting figures in relation to Great Britain's imports of dairy produce. The…

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Dairying Conditions on Coast Instructors' Reports Tweed River

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 4

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor A. C. Small, in charge of the dairy branch district, Tweed River, with headquarters Murwillumbah, in his September…

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Primary Producers' Column Fur Farming

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1

In the early part of August last, the farming of fur-bearing rabbits became a recognised primary industry in New South Wales, but for the time being…

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Dairying Industry Conditions and Prospects Clarence Bellingen District

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 4

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Bellinger Rivers, with headquarters at Coff's Harbor, in his…

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Farming Out Children Deplorable Conditions. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5

During the inquiry following the death of a seven-months-old child, removed from the home of Mrs. Mary Kane, at Hallam, Dr. V. P. Johnson said that when three…

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Export Butter Market

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 7

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

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New Butter Computing Tables

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 7

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 Britain,…

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Increased German Butter Duty

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 7

Germany has increased the import duty on butter to 50 marks per 100 kilograms. Roughly that is £210 per ton, and it is almost double the previous duty which…

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Great Britain's Dairy Imports

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 7

A recent article in "Empire Production and Export" supplies some interesting figures in relation to Great Britain's imports of dairy products. The total…

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Boy Farmers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 7

The American innovation, or experiment, of junior farmers' clubs has caught on surprisingly, according to the accounts furnished to press. So far they are…

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FLOODS On The Hawkesbury Windsor Isolated Dairy Farmers Lose Heavily. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 5

One of the most disastrous floods in the the Hawkesbury River for many years was feared last night. Already damage estimated at…

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Appeal to Cattle Men Threatened Beef Shortage Mb. J. B. Cramsie's Comments. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 1

The chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industries Board, Mr. J. B. Cramsic, in an appeal to Australian cattle producers and exporters to-day, said a serious…

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Family of Six Dead New Zealand Farm Burnt. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 5

At the inquest on the victims of a fire at Himitangi, a family of six named Weight and a farm hand named Westlake, a medical man gave evidence that a hole…

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ANSWERS Oil From Coal Marketing Act and Butter Recent Electoral Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Budd (C.P.) asked tse Minister for Mines a lengthy question regarding the extraction of oil from coal, and asked the…

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C.P. AND A. SOCIETY Show Arrangements Experiment Farm Committee Clashing of Show Dates

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 7

The General Committee of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society met at the Grafton Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There were present: Messrs. W. T…

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