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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,347 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 68

PACIFIC Not A Trouble Centre Europe the Storm Area Russian Wheat at 2 Bushel. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

Speaking at the Constitutional Club luncheon, Major Casey, former liaison officer for the Commonwealth in London, said the belief that the…

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Employment for Youths Education Minister's Plan the Unfit to Go Farming. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

Addressing the annual conference of the Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations in Sydney last night the Minister for Education Mr. Davies,…

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For Farmers Proposed Loan Abandoned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

A special committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce and representing the banking, commercial and farming interests, which proposed to raise private…

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Fought Pluckily Intruder Has Rough Time Struggle in a Dairy Slashed with Knife. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

Repton promised a sensational scuffle last night when young Jack Godfrey closed with an intruder at Mr, Caban's dairy and fought…

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Butter London Market Danish Declines 34. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 April 1931 · page 3

With heavy quantities of butter coming forward from Australia and New Zealand, while Continental production is increasing, prices of all descriptions moved…

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Royal Show Awards Grafton Dairy Co.'s Success

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 April 1931 · page 2

The Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company met with pleasing success at the Royal Show in Sydney. Advice has been received by the manager (Mr. C. Stoner)…

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Butter Export Phenomenal Increase Due to Favorable Season. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Markets, Mr. Parker Moloney, states there was a phenomenal increase in butter exports from Australia from July 1 last to March 28, compared…

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Cattle Drafting at Boonah Ebor Competitor's Success

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 4

The competitors at the Fassifern Agricultural and Pastoral Association's annual camp draft on the Boonah Showground (Q.), included horses and riders from Esk…

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Grafton Show Some Entries Close To-night Horses, Cattle, Woodchopping

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 4

The announcement that entries will close to-night for the horse and cattle sections and the woodchopping events at this year's Grafton Show serves as a…

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Swift Punishment Sheep Stealers Tracked Special Court at Right. Goondiwindi

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 5

Two sheep stealers and a receiver received swift punishment when they were apprehended yesterday. Early in the morning John Mc'Casker…

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Farmer Burned to Death. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 2

Charles Kydd, 46, a farmer, was burned to death at Labortou[?] yesterday. He was burning off heaps of ti[?]tree when [?] apparently fell into the fire. He was…

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DAIRYING Conditions and Prospects Instructors' Reports Clarence-bellinger Rivers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 8

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

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March Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 4

Butter pay to suppliers for the month of March was fixed by the North Coast Factories Association on Tuesday at 10½, compared with 11½ for February…

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Cattle Industry New Blood for the Clarence Further Purchases for Gordon Brook

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 4

The fine Hereford herd at Gordon Brook Station is to be further reinforced by the introduction of a number of stud Hereford cattle, which were…

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Sunshine Butter Favored

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 6

The "Produce Markets Review" (London) states that the London County Council has set an example to authorities throughout Great Britain by…

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Royal Commission Slaughtering of Cattle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 5

The Executive Council to-day appointed the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior, as a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the slaughter of cattle for…

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The Tocsin an Open Letter to the Farmers Farming Friends and Fellow countrymen!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 3

When years snouted Rule Britannia, When you've sung God save the Queen, When you've finishing killing Kruger…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports Tweed River

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 4

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

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Shelter for Stock Another Argument for Trees on the Farm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 4

Trees provide a very necessary shelter for stock of all descriptions. To see a mob of cows or sheep huddled beneath a tree during the bitter…

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The Farm Vegetable Garden Importance of Good Drainage

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 4

The question of drainage should be considered in relation to all classes of soil, but especially in relation to those that are at all heavy. Neglect…

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