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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 32 of 66

Hours on Dairy Farm Milk Inquiry Board Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 4

Giving evidence before the Milk Inquiry Board to-day Joseph Kemp, of Ingleburn, said he had men on his farm working 90 hours a week, rising at four o'clock, and…

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Cattle Industry Less Stock, But Better Prices Satisfactory Extension of Export Business

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 2

Commenting upon the cattle industry in Australia during The past 12 months Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., in their annual review, have this to say:--…

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"Wear More Wool" Campaign New Tariff Rates Cause Concern Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 4

The new tariff rates on woollen piece goods are viewed with concern by those interested in the "Wear more wool" campaign. Heavy increases on light. weight…

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Reso Tourists Visit To Queensland Butter Fat Production in New Zealand Visitor Gives Interesting Figures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 4

During the visit of the New Zealand farmers to Toowoomba this week, Mr. Lynch, a member of the party, after Visiting the local factory and in returning…

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Maize Farmers' Strike. Cairns

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 6

A strike of maize farmers is threatened on the tableland. It was stated at Kairi yesterday that no maize has been delivered to the silo, which is closed. The Tolga…

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Dairying Feeding of Dairy Cows Necessity for Supplementing the Pasture

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 8

Speaking at a gathering of Agricultural Bureau branches at Maitland recently, Mr. Lindsay Evans directed attention to some points that appealed to him…

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An Important Factor in Farm Profits

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 8

The farmer generally pays more attention to the price of his products than to the cost of producing them, but the prices of those commodities sold on a…

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Great Britain's Butter Imports

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 3

The British Ministry of Agriculture states that the arrivals of butter during the first three months of this year were slightly larger than in the same period…

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New Federal Tariff Effect on Fine Wool Fabrics. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 1

In an official statement the Retail Traders' Association expresses alarm at the effect of the increased duties on fine wool fabrics. It is pointed out that to…

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New Zealand Farmers' Tour

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 3

A party of New Zealand farmers, numbering a about 70, arrived in Sydney last week to commence a four of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The…

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P.d.s. Column Danish Farms

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 3

Mr. F. Wigan, who recently returned to Australia from England where he acted as Commonwealth Dairy Officer, gives the following interesting…

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Rabbit "Farming" at Mudgee

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 4

There is evidence, according to the rabbit inspector of the Mudgee P.P. Board, that some landholders in that district are deliberately "farming" the…

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Trees on the Farm Some Points in Planting

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 3

Where large numbers of trees are being planted, or when the species selected is not obtainable from outside nurseries, the farmer should raise his own stock,…

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Cheap Dairying Land

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 4

One of the visiting New' Zealanders, captain O. P. McGuigan, retired regular [?]dier of the New Zealand military forces, [?] is dairying in the Westland district,…

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N,z, Farmers Tourists at Lismore. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 4

The New Zealand farmer tourists arrived from Brisbane to-night A number of them met the residents informally, at the Council Chambers, and…

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Advertising Australian Butter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 1

For some years past, the Commonwealth Government has subsidised the advertising of Australian foodstuffs in Great Britain. The work has been done by the…

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£205 Worth of Butter Stolen From Dairy Factory. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 5

Thieves who broke into the South-West Co-operative Products, Limited, at Harvey stole 42 cases of butter valued at £205. They smashed several locks, and carried…

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Grafton Butter Factory Interesting Inspection

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 7

The party lunched at the Crown Hotel and at 2 p.m. about half of the visitors paid a visit to the Grafton Dairy Coy's factory, in Victoria street…

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New Zealand Farmers on Clarence Grafton and South Grafton Civic Reception Inspection of Experiment Farm Visit To Grafton Butter Factory Interesting Trip on River Steamer Visitors Favorably Impressed with the District

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 7

The presence in Grafton yesterday of the large party of New Zealand farmers who are touring the eastern States of Australia in pursuance of the precept, "Education by Travel," created considerable public interest. Early in the morning the "Reso" train conveying the tourists arrived…

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Saw Red Farmer's Fighting Mood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 2

"Defendant caught me by the throat, throw me on the bed and then beat me on the body with his hands. I screamed out, and his daughter and my daughter came…

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