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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Big Fire Over 200 Bales Of Wool A,w, and P, Company's Store Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 5

Heavy damage was done by a fire which destroyed the drying shed at the Australian Wool and Produce Coy's store at Beach road, Botany,…

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N.Z. BUTTER 4687 Tons for Canada Trade Treaty Row Revived. Toronto

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

Following the arrival of the steamer Port Curtis with 110,000 cases of New Zealand butter, bringing the total for the season to 10,500,000lbs, Mr. J…

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Wollongbar Farm Manager

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

Well equipped by sound training and experience, Mr. G. M'Gillivray has relinquished the office of instructor in dairying at Hawkesbury Agricultural College…

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P.d.s. Column Investigation of Butter Transport

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

The Australian Dairy Council--though the value of its work seems to be overlooked in some quarters--takes a keen interest in the various moves which…

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P.D.S. COLUMN AlON of Butter Transport

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Council— though the value of its work seems to be overlooked in some quarters— does take a keen interest in the…

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State's Wheat Harvest Nearly Fifty Million Bushels. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

The Government Statistician. Mr. f Waites, stated to-night that he estimates the wheat harvest of 1928-29 at 49,798,200 bushels, averaging 12.2 bushels per acre…

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Local and General Dairy Appointment

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. Small, of the dairy branch of the Department of Agriculture, has been appointed to the Tweed district, stationed at Murwillumbah, under the jurisdiction…

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Sheep Raising Messrs. Widdis Bros.' Enterprise

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

After successfully experimenting with fairly large flocks of sheep on their main camp (Myrtle Creek district) property, Messrs. Widdis Bros. have just re-stocked…

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Butter Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 6

Mosquito Bay butter factory, near Bateman's Bay. was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning…

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Grafton Co-op. Dairy Coy, Ltd

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

As there were only the required number of nominations for the position of directors, rendered vacant by the retirement of Messrs. Eggins, Bultitude,…

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Plane Crash Allegations Of Stunting Windsor Farmer's Death Skull Was Cut Off Evidence at Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 5

At the Richmond Courthouse today, the District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnstone, opened an inquiry into the death of the farmer, Alfred Smith,…

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Butter and Bacon Lorry Load Stolen in City. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 4

While James Norton was delivering goods to a shop in Pitt street, yesterday afternoon, a waggon belonging to Moran and Cato, well-known grocers, laden with…

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Coramba Show Orara River A. and H.A. Fine Cattle Exhibit Good Pavilion Displays Storm Interrupts First Day's Proceedings. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 4

The Orara River Agricultural and Horticultural Association's 24th annual show opened at Coramba Showground to-day. Someone has suggested that the best…

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Hail and Rain Thousand Sheep Drowned Foot of Hail at Dunedoo. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 4

Widespread damage was caused by a torrential rain and hail storm which swept the district late yesterday. Hundreds of sheep were destroyed by a…

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Successful Poultry Farming

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 6

Under above heading the Shell Company of Australia, Ltd., has just p[?]olished a practical treatise on [?]ultry farming and egg production. The…

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London Butter Awards

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

The silver medals won by the Gloucester Dairy Company and the Comboyne Rural Co-op. Society Ltd. for salted butter exhibited at the last…

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Dairy Regulations English Farmer's Humor

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4

An amusing skit on the Government attitude to farmers and farming has just been published in the West of England (says ,the London "Daily…

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The "Reso" Train Victorian Farmers' Tour

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

At Wednesday's meeting of the Agricultural Society committee Mr. W. A. Parbery referred to the proposed visit to the North Coast in April next…

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Dairying Instructor' Reports Clarence-bellinger District

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4

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

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London Butter Awards

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 7

The silver medals won by the Gloucester Dairy Company and the Comboyne Rural Co-op. Society, Ltd., for salted butter exhibited, at the last London…

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