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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 23 of 66

Dairying Not Due to Dipping Dermatitis in Cattle Tick Area

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

Reference is made in a recent, report, of the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture to cases of dermatitis reported by a veterinary…

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Loading Cattle at Dorrigo. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 3

That the Dorrigo station would be availed of more frequently if proper 'loading facilities were provided is the opinion of graziers. A large consignment…

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Pastoral Prickly Pear Control the Value of Destructive Insects

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

A recent statement of the Entomologist of' the Department of Agriculture indicates that while the effect of destructive insects on prickly pear infested land is…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

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

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Grafton Show The Stockman's Day Good Cattle Drafting Exhibitions Interesting Trotting Contests Visit of Minister for Agriculture

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

During the peak hour yesterday afternoon there appeared to he an attendance at the Grafton Showground above the average for a third day. In the morning…

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DAIRYING Conditions Arid Prospects Instructors' Reports Clarence- Eellingen District

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

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

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Tomato Mite How to Treat Affected Crops

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

The Tomato Mite, which is responsible for a condition frequently referred to by growers as rust, occurred for the first time in this State in glasshouses early…

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When Bulls Fight Stirring Battle Causes Farmer Heavy Loss Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

About two years, ago, Mr. W. D. James, a North Dorrigo farmer, purchased a particularly well-bred Jersey bull from Sir Samuel Hordern, for 30 odd guineas. The…

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Good Wheat Harvest May Mean Income of £30,000,000; MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 5

Sir Frank Clarke, of the Wheat Acreage Committee, said to-day if there is a reasonably good season this year it is not impossible that there will be an…

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Mr. Thorby's Visit Illness Interferes With Programme Meeting with Advisory Committee Talk About Functions of Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. H. Y. C. Thorby) was to have been taken out to the Grafton Experiment Farm on Saturday morning last by the president of the. C.P…

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Dead Sheep in Trees

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 4

To see dead sheep high up in trees is not common in Victoria, but along the Georgina River, Western Queensland,on Carrondotti station, it is a common sight…

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"Grow More Wheat" Prime Minister's Slogan. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 5

Referring to the general rainfall throughout the Commonwealth, the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, said to-day that the reports were great…

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The Functions of an Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has stated that he hopes for big things as the result of the formation of Advisory Committees in connection with Government experiment farms and the views which he expressed to a "Daily Examiner" representative indicate that his influence as Minister will be in the…

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Experiment Farm Ensilage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 4

As soon as the ground is fit, the work of filling the silos at the Grafton Experiment Farm will be commenced, It is expected to start making the maize ensilage in about…

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Blending Butter in Britain

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 4

Lady Burnham, in a letter to a London trade review, says:--"Sir William Wayland has done a very great service in drawing attention, through the Royal…

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Better Prices London Wool Sales. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 5

The wool sales opened to brisk competition. Prices advanced 5 to 10 per cent. above the March closing rates…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 4

Well-known on the North Coast, more particularly in the Casino, Bonalbo and Tenterfield districts, Anthony James Brown, grazier of Bonalbo, again appeared…

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Crossing Road with Cattle

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Wednesday Cr. Kirkland said that complaints had been made against certain farmers driving their cattle from one…

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Charles Ii. Law Still Holds Good Dairy Farmer's Appeal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 5

A law made in the reign of Charles [?] was mentioned in the Full Court toddy when James Provan, dairyman, of Monavale, appealed against the verdict…

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Federal Session Grafton-Border Line No More Dismissals the Wheat Pool Bill. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 1

The House of Representatives resumed this morning. Mr. Theodore informed Mr. Green (Richmond) that he had no further…

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