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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 48 of 50

Dairy Expert to Join Norco

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 3

Early next month the staff and students of Hawkesbury Agricultural College will farewell Mr. C. J. MacDermott, who, for a number of years, has guided the…

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Casino Cattle Saleyards

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1929 · page 4

In reply to his representations on behalf of the Casino Municipal Council regarding the removal and reestablishment of the cattle saleyards, Mr. A. J. Pollack,…

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Local and General. Junior Farmers' Clubs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 3

Mr. J. M. Blacklock, supervisor of junior farmers' clubs on the North Coast, was on Dorrigo last week. At a special meeting of the Dorrigo club…

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Junior Farmers Club Formed At Maclean Agricultural Education Interesting Address by Organiser

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 2

For some time past Rev. C. Rowe, president of the P. and G. Association at Maclean, has been endeavoring to have a Junior Farmers' Club formed at…

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Stud Sheep Embargo Lifted for Two Gift Rams. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 December 1929 · page 5

Several requests were made to the Minister for Customs, Mr. Fenton, yesterday, for lifting the embargo on the export of stud sheep. Mr. Fenton granted one of…

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UNCONSTITUTIONAL Marketing Act Clauses Butter Board Proposal Bill Indefinitely Postponed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 5

The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' this morning says there is very little likelihood of the Butter Marketing Board being constituted within the life of…

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Full of Sensations Race at Warwick Farm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 1

The second division of the Ma[?]der Handicap, at Warwick Farm to-day, was full of sensations. Mountebank reared in the saddling…

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Killed Family Then Visited Public-house Polish Farmer's Crime. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 5

Enraged because relatives were opposed to him marrying a German girl, a young Polish farmer living at Kattowitz killed six out of seven of his family with an…

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Land Act Amendment Full Conversion Rights Homestead Farms and Crown. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Lands Mr. Ball moved the first reading of a Bill to amend the Crown Lands Act…

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COMPLIMENTS! Heated Personalities in House of Reps. Sheep Acts' Goats Vocal Thrusts and Parries. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 5

In the House of Representatives the do bate on the Estimates was continued by Mr. Curtin (Fremantle) and he was referring to the abolition of the compulsory…

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Wages in Empty Tin Afterwards Packed for Export Opened by Bath Dairyman. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 5

An Australian working girl, who hid her wages in an empty tin, at the Mooroopa cannery, Victoria, little imagined she would provide a surprise,…

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Free Courses Oftraining at Government Experiment Farms

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture(Hon. H. V. C. Thorby M.L.A.), in a circular letter draws attention to the course of training which are available free of…

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Australian Wheat Boycott Campaign in Africa. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 5

Strenuous efforts, supported by the Government press, are being made here by wheat farmers to persuade Parliament to require all flour sold in South Africa to…

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Queensland Sugar Crop. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 2

The sugar crop is expected to exceed 3,500,000 tons and this is expected to produce 516,000 tons of sugar…

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Butter Transport

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 6

It being recognised that the minimising of any variation in temperature of butter between the tune of removal from cold store and loading, into the holds of…

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Dairying Conditions. Inspectors' Monthly Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 1

The generous rains in the early part of the spring made the outlook for dairying very bright in every part of the State, but the past few…

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Youthful Cattle Judge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 December 1929 · page 4

A creditable performance was put up by Master D. Brown, son of Mr. Oswald Brown of Tygalgah, in the junior cattle judging competition at the Tweed show…

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N.c. Butter Factories' Association

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 December 1929 · page 6

The North Coast Butter Factories Association met in Lismore on Friday, and the pay for November supply, was fixed at 13 a lb. Owing to the amalgamation of…

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Like Sheep

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 6

Those who have had experience on the land know how true is the saying, "follow like sheep." A whole mob of sheep will cross a stream if led by a bell-wether…

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A Small Crop Victorian Wheat Harvest. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 7

Very little, if any, wheat will be exported from Victoria this season, said Mr. Judd, manager of the Victorian Wheat Growers' Corporation. He added…

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