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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 57 of 66

Farmer Fatally Injured Caught in Reaper and Binder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 2

James Edward Smithenbecker, 42, sustained frightful injuries to his leg, through being caught in a reaper and binder while working on a farm in Pleasant Hills,…

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U.S. Maize Crop 520 Million Bushels Decline. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 5

The crop report indicates that 1930 maize production will be 209[?] million bushels, a reduction of 520 million compared with 1929…

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Experiment Farm Advisory Committee Meeting Motion in Favor of Shorthorn Herd Suggestion for Aberdeen Angus Stud

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 6

Members of the Grafton Experiment Farm Advisory Committee, to the number of 17, met at the Farm yesterday morning, when there were present: The…

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New Low Wheat Levels. Winnipeg

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 5

Wheat futures broke four cen[?]t in all months except November. The first half-hour to-day saw new low levels recorded all along the list, and shortly after, prices…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 6

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

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Big Price for Wool Last Season's Record Beaten. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 4

There was a scene of great enthusiasm at the wool sales to-day when an American buyer paid 28¼d for a lot of Burrowa wool. This price exceeded the…

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Canadian Treaty Advantageous Agreement Likely French Market for Australian Wheat. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 5

The Australian Minister for Markets, Mr. Moloney, has received Canada's reply to the treaty proposals and satisfactory progress has been made…

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Wheat Harvest Difficulties Of Finance Moratorium Probable Conference of State Ministers. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 5

Opening a conference this morning at which the Minister for Agriculture of the States and representatives of growers, millers and…

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All for Nothing Neither Yea Nor Nay Preferences and Wheat Quota British Government Silent. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 5

In justification of to-day's inconclusive four hours meeting of the heads of delegations to the Imperial Conference on preferences and the…

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The Primary Producer Danry Supervision Act Notes and News for Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 6

Dairymen still have vivid recollections of the widely spread opposition offered to the transfer of the administration of the Dairy Supervision Act from the…

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Revived Interest in Horse Breeding As Result of Lower Farm Profits

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 6

The difficulties which farmers are experiencing in regard to prices, observes the Director of Agriculture in a recent report, has forced upon them the need…

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Dairying Quality Products Cheaply Produced the Key to Prosperity in Dairying

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 6

A still better article more cheaply produced--such, in the opinion of the Director of Dairying, must be the aim of those engaged in the dairying industry. Dairy…

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Farmer's Leg Broken

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, Edward Smith, an elderly farmer of Bilambil, sustained a fracture of the right leg. It appears he was lifting a saddle out of a cart…

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African Wheat Farmers Want Prohibitive Duty. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 5

The increased duty on flour will be considered by Cabinet after General Hert- zog's return. Wheat farmers are pressing for a prohibitive duty, pointing out…

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Price of Butter. Lowest for Many Years

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 3

Butter was 1/2d a lb. cheaper again last week, when wholesale agents sold on the basis of 147/2 a cwt. which includes 2/6 a cwt. for boxes…

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Record Wool Price. 28¼d lb

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 3

Applause broke out at the Royal Exchange wool sales on Wednesday afternoon when 28⅓d was bid by an American buyer for a lot of Barraba…

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Heavy Dumping Duty Australian Butter in Canada. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 5

Two thousand cases of Australian butter arriving by the Aorangi were assessed for dumping duty at six and a half cents a pound. New Zealand butter by the…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 2

The Advisory Committee of the above held a special meeting on Tuesday last, the main business being the selection of a boy who will be given the…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports Tweed River

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 6

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor C S. Kentwell in charge of the Dairy Branch District (Tweed River) with headquarters at Byron Bay, in his…

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Oil Duties Protest By Farmers Deputation to Minister "Duty Need Not Be Passed On" Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 4

A deputation of wheat growers waited on the Assistant Minister tor Customs, Mr. Forde, to-day, and asked to be released of the necessity of…

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