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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 26 of 68

Struggling Farmers Failed to Destroy Rabbits. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 5

In fining Dennis Moran and William Arrow 10 each at the Rockley police court for having failed to destroy rabbits the Magistrate said when imposing penalties…

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Butter Substitute Placed on Local Market Packed in Butter Boxes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 5

In the Assembly to-day, Mr. R. S. Vincent asked the Minister for Health if it was a fact that quantities of a substitute for butter were being placed on…

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Wheat to Come Under Marketing Act Another Poll to Be Taken. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, said to-night that following upon the petition by the requisite number of wheat growers, the Executive Council approved…

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Wheat Pool Another Poll to Be Taken Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1931 · page 5

A special Government Gazette to-day proclaims wheat a commodity under and for the purpose of the Marketing Act, and orders a poll for the purpose of…

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Butter Substitutes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

Mr. L. Lowsby, Assistant Manager to the Gippsland and Northern Coop. Co. Ltd. of Melbourne, is tailing an all absorbing interest in this menace…

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Danish Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

"Lur", the national brand for all accredited choice grade, is accompanied by a symbol of three small bugles indicative of the Viking days of old,…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

The quantity of butter manufactured during the month of April, 1931, was 811/4 tons, being 11/4 tons more than for the corresponding period of April,…

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Packing of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

Attention of dairy factory managers is focussing just now upon the necessity for the mechanical packing of butter. The present manual system…

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Bellinger River Butter Returns

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 4

The output of cream at the Bellinger River Co-operative Butter, and Bacon Society's factory at Bellingen for the month of April totalled 99,680…

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Butter Substitutes Question in Assembly

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

In the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. R. S. Vincent asked the Minister for Agriculture "whether it is a fact that quantities of a substitute for butter…

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Cattle on Streets. Petition From Jetty

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

A petition signed by 43 residents of Coffs Jetty was received by Dorrigo Shine Council at Wednesday's meeting asking permission to run one cow…

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Canadian Agreement Australian Butter Importations Removal of Restrictions. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 5

The removal of the restrictions against the importation of Australian and New Zealand butter was revealed in the House of Commons with the statement by the…

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Wheat Production Surplus for Present Season. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 5

In answer to Mr. Keane, the At Minister for Markets (Mr. Moloney) stated that the estimated unsold wheat surplus for the present season was 93.265,650 bushels…

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Nambucca Dairy Co

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 4

At the monthly board meeting of the Nambucca Co-op, Society the new plant for the Taylor's Arm factory was decided upon, and negotiations…

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Miscellaneous the Complete Farmer Would These Handy-man Pamphlets Help You?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 3

In times so lean as the present he is an unwise farmer who spends where it is possible to contrive. In the words of a speaker at a recent…

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The Farm Home Health From Wholemeal Some Attractive Recipes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 3

Because it contains valuable elements which are lost in the process of refining, wholemeal is much to be preferred as a food to that used in the…

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Maize Crops Competition North Coast District Dorrigo Planed Third

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 6

The results of the North Coast field maize competition. conducted under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society, in conjunction with the…

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Dairying Quality in Cream How to Safeguard It

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 3

Of the various defects which result in cream being graded other than "choicest" it is surprising how many are due wholly or in part to…

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Upper Orara Roads. Deviation From Dairyville

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 1

In a letter to Wednesday's meeting of the shire council Mr. H. J. O. Watt revived the old question of the deviation on the southern side of the Orara…

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Alleged Thefts Cattle Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1931 · page 4

In the Casino Police Court on Thursday morning, before Mr. C. J .M. Hade (Chamber Magistrate), and Mr. C. Kelly, J.F., George, Robinson Olive was charged with…

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