Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

988 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 50

Experiment Farm Grafton Ayrshires Foe Sydney Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4

As in former years, the Grafton Experiment Farm will be a big exhibitor of Ayrshires at the forthcoming Royal Agricultural Show, to be held in Sydney at…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Canadian Dairymen Discuss Australian Treaty. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

Officials or the National Dairy Council met representatives of the Lumber Manufacturers' Association to-day to discuss ways and means of securing relief from…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Grafton Dairy Co. Record Year Turnover Nearing Quarter-million

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4

A record turnover for the year is revealed in the annual report of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, for 1928. The total value of the output of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sugar Cane Experiment Work at Grafton Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

In connection with the sugar cane experiment work that is now being undertaken at the Grafton Experiment Farm, a large number of plants will be raised…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Warwick Farm Course All Right Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

The A.J.C. states that unless further heavy rain falls, the going will be excellent at Warwick Farm to-morrow…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Bellinger River Butter Society

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 1

For the month of January, 1929, the Bellinger River Butter and Bacon Society paid its suppliers for 91,353lbs. commercial butter, of which 90,469lbs. were…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Pioneer Dairy Go Healthy Finances Rebate of 1¼d. AND 1½d. in Butter and Bacon Departments

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 1

The Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co., Ulmarra, reports having manufactured for the half-year ended. December, 1920, 5[?] tons of butter, being one ton in excess…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

£10,000 Claim Windsor Farmer's Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 5

The widow and children of the late Albert Charles Smith, who was decapitated by an aeroplane on his farm at Windsor recently, have lodged a claim…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Farmer and Chemist Adaptation of Products Science and Agriculture

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 6

Every farm is a chemical factory, and it always has been, says Dr. Edwin E. Slossan director of Science Service, in a contribution to its "Daily Science News…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Dorrigo Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 4

The Dorrigo Dairy Company will hold its 44th half-yearly meeting next Friday. The directors' report for the six months ended November 30, 1928 states that…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sorghum Poisoning Danger of Feeding Young Crop Departmental Warning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 3

An Albion Park dairyman recently lost 14 cows that broke into a sorghum paddock and are the young crop. Such reports are received practically every…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Pioneer Dairy Co

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 4

In the half-yearly report of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co., Ulmarra, which appeared in yesterday's issue, it was inadvertently stated that…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dairy Produce Control Board Nomination of Producers' Representatives. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 6

The Minister for Markets and Transport (Mr. Paterson) has announced that the term of two years for which the present producers' representatives on the Dairy…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Price of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

There was a drop of ½d per 1b. in the price of butter yesterday. At the rate of 210/- per cwt., which has prevailed for several Weeks, dairymen of this…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bread Coupons Wheat Shortage in Russia. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 5

The Soviet is introducing a new system of bread coupons, for which the workers pay present prices and non-workers more. It is explained that although grain…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Dairying in South Africa

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

There is evidence of a very strong desire on the part of South Africa to improve dairying conditions in the Union by organisation on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Down on the Farm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

Dear Editor,—Things down on the farm are very wet—very wet indeed, and Ma and Dad and all the blooming family are quite prepared to vote for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Victorian Farmers' Tour

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

The meeting held on Monday last, and which was convened by Mr. N. McKenzie, President of the Chamber of Commerce, was representatively…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Supply of Electricity. Dairy Co. Alleges Breach of Contract

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

In a letter read at the shire council meeting on Wednesday the Dorrigo Dairy Co. gave its opinion that the agreement between the council…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Primary Producers' Union Clarence River District Council Annual and Quarterly Meeting Successful Year's Operations Organising the Victorian Farmers Minister and Jurymen's Fees

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

The annual and quarterly meetings of the Clarence River District Council of the P.P.U. were held at Ulmarra Council Chambers yesterday, when there were…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →