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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 3 of 66

Potatoes Big Crop at Dorrigo £1400 Patch Offered for £300. DORRIGO

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

Large quantities of potatoes will be sent to Sydney market from Dorrigo this season. The tubers are of excellent quality and should command good prices…

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Storm at Dorrigo Severe Wind and Hail Damage to Property and Crops Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

A cyclonic storm hit Dorrigo on Saturday. Out on the fringe of the Dorrigo Mountain, farmers' homes and buildings suffered from the wind, which blew with…

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Farm Boys’ Camp

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

During the currency of the 1929 Royal National Show in Brisbane visiting representatives of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales were…

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Cracksmen at Tumut Dairy Factory Safe Blown Open Tumut

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

Cracksmen blew a safe in the premises of the Tumut Co–operative Dairy Co. last night, but obtained only £69 for their trouble. The books and records in…

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Found Hanged Blayney Farmer's Wife. Blayney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Alfred Death, 45, wife of a local farmer, was found hanging in a shed near her home to–day. She had been despondent following a motor accident twelve…

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Advances to Settlers Arrangements Being Expedited Advice to Necessitous Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, states that arrangements for bringing into operation the Advances to Settlers (Government Guarantee) Act are…

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Advertising Australian Butter Posters for Britain

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. A. B. Webb, a West Australian artist resident in Perth, is at present on a visit to Grafton and is staying at the Crown Hotel. Mr. Webb has been…

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Good Cream Cheques Favorable Season for Dairymen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

The present season is proving very favorable for the dairying industry and the butter factories report substantially increased outputs…

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Blight in Dairy Cattle Method of Treatment

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Ophthalmia, or blighter "pink-eye", as it is sometimes called, is an inflammatory affection of the eyes and adjacent parts. Because of its very…

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Fatal Mistake. Drank Cattle Dip for Tea

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 6

On Tuesday morning, an elderly man named James O'Brien (71). living in a humpy at Kirra, drank some cattle dip in mistake for tea, and though a doctor was…

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The Potato Crop

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Large quantities of potatoes will be sent to Sydney from Dorrigo this season. Reports to hand from farmers indicate that the tubers are of…

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Dairying Instructors' Reports for December

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Clarence to Bellinger Rivers, with headquarters Coff's Harbor,…

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Farm Properties Sold

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. J. B. McDougall reports having sold several properties during the holidays, varying from 360 acres to 1280 acres, and at satisfactory prices. Several…

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Live Stock Liver Fluke. Control in Cattle and Sheep

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 8

Some interesting points have recently been raised in connection with the control of fluke, particularly on properties on which both cattle and sheep are run,…

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Pastoral the Best Stock Food. Importance of Good Pasture

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 8

"Good grass is the Lest single stock food, and should be regarded as the most important crop on the farm--no artificial food can compete in cheapness with…

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Sugar Cane Improvement Experiment Farm Work What Is Being Done at Grafton Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

One important section of the experiment work carried out at the Grafton Experiment Farm is the improvement of sugar cane. Now that the glass house is…

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'Misleading Inference' Experiment Farm Exhibits Manager Replies to Statement at C.p. and A. Meeting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 4

In the report of the proceedings of the C.P. and A. Society appearing in to-day's "Daily Examiner," when the secretary stated that he had made the usual request…

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MIGRATION Britain And Australia THE £34,000,000 Agreement Domestic Workers and Farm Boys. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

The following telegram was despatched by the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, with regard to migration:--…

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Wool Growers Deputation to Scullin Depression in Industry. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

Representatives of the wool growing associations of the Commonwealth inter viewed the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), the Minister for Markets (Mr. Moloney)…

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Farmer Shot Dead Friend's Gun Exploded. Bundanoon

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

Joseph Amos, a settler of Bowral, was shot dead when a gun carried by a friend accidentally exploded while they were out shooeting yesterday…

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