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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,307 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 66

Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

The price of butter dropped by 1d per Ib. in Sydney on Monday. Dairymen were living in hopes that the price would have held at the old…

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Bellinger River Butter Factories

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 6

At the Beillinger River Co-operative Butter and Bacon Society's factory for the month of January. 105,105 lbs. of butter were manufactured, of…

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BUTTER Meares Reviews Position Victoria Lagging Behind Greater Production Urged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 4

Before leaving by the R.M.S. Otranto for London. Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Producers Co-operative Distributing Society, Ltd., expressed the…

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Dorrigo Co-op. Dairy Co Ltd Half-yearly Meeting Satisfactory Term Discussion on Top-dressing Expert Invited to Visit Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

The forty-sixth half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Company was held at the Memorial Literary Institute on…

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Australian Dairy Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government being desirous of retaining the Australian Dairy Council as an advisory body, a meeting was held in. Sydney…

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Greater Production. Mr. Meares' Advice to Dairymen

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 3

"The great need in the dairying industry," said the general manager of the P.D.S., Mr. C. E. D. Meares, before he sailed for London on the…

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Grafton Co-operative Dairy Coy

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 4

The 37th annual general meeting of shareholders of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Coy, Ltd., will be held at the office of the company. Victoria street, Grafton…

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Pastoral When Establishing Pastures Thorough Soil Preparation Essential

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 8

Where permanent pastures are to be established, consisting of perennial grasses and clovers, which should provide feed for many years, a thorough…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 8

Those notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting Of Shareholders Record Turnover Last Year Position Of 'Dry' Shareholders More Support for Bacon Department Urged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 6

Having before them one of the most attractive reports yet presented at an annual meeting of the company, the shareholders of the Grafton Cooperative Dairy Company, Ltd., held their 37th annual meeting yesterday. The report showed that the turnover for the past 12 months represented…

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Penalties for Dairymen Selling Pigs to Outside Buyers. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 5

The Dorrigo Dairy Company has a rule in its articles of association giving power to inflict the maxmum penalty of £1 on any shareholder sellng pigs to outside…

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Australian Dairy Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 7

The Commonwealth Government, being desirous of retaining the Australian Dairy Council as an advisory body, a meeting was held in Sydney last week…

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Dairying Cleaning of Dairy Utensils the Limitations of Disinfectants

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 8

Discussing a recent survey of the conditions existing in butter factories in a North Coast district, an officer of the Biological Branch of the Department of…

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Shire Rates Protest by Farmers and Settlers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 5

A determined move for a 50 per cent, reduction in shire rates is to be made by the members cf the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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On Good Thing British Butter Blenders 'Gross Deception' Deputation to Minister. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 3

A number of representatives of farming and dairying interests and the Housewives' Society inspected the wrappers used on blended butters…

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Farm Hand Runs Amok Found Dead with Bullet in Head. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 3

A brief message from Dowerin states that a farm hand, Charles Hezel, after driving his employers, Walter Chapman and wife, away from their farm, set fire…

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Coffs as Port. First Wool Consignment

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

The first wool to be shipped at Coffs Harbour from the tableland arrived yesterday afternoon and created considerable interest in town…

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Wool Sales Withdrawal of Offerings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

The president of the Graziers’ Association claims the results to date justify a reduction of offerings at the Australian wool sales. If the scheme saved ½d. per…

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Grass in N.Z. New South Wales Dairy Farmers Impressed. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

Australian dairy farmers visiting New Zealand are impressed by the great growth of grass in the Thames Valley. One of the leaders said Australia would…

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Fiji Hurricane Twenty–five Lives Lost Extensive Damage to Crops. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

The Colonial Office has received from the Governor of Fiji further information regarding the hurricane which passed through a group of islands on December…

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