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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 4 of 68

Wheat Position Negotiations Fail Bank Unable to Make Advances. Over Realisable Export Value Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

Wheat farmers were advised by the Acting Minister for Markets, Mr. Horde, to-day, to proceed with their market operations "in the…

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Pinned by Leg. Farmer's Ordeal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

Pinned by the leg by a burning free stump which had fallen on him and set the grass surrounding him on fire, Mr. R. Cullum, of Verriedale (Q), had…

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After 23 Years Dairy Coy. Director Resigns Mr. T. S. Baker Eulogised

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. T. S. Baker, who has been a director of the Grafton Co-dperative Dairy Company, Limited, for the past 23 years has resigned his position on the board on…

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W.A. Farm Tragedy Inquest Disclosures Story of Insurances. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

A sensational story was unfolded to-day at the inquest on Eva McCaskell, 30, her eight months old son, Robin, and William Halbert, 17, farm hand, who were…

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News of the World Decline in Wool Prices. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

The wool sales opened with a decline in prices of 15 per cent…

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Disturbance on Farm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 4

At a clearing-out sale on a farm at Lockyer (Q.), a cask of beer was made available for buyers. A disturbance occurred and while the trouble was in…

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Dairy Council Empire Organisation to Protect Producers Everywhere. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

Representatives of Australian and New Zealand Dairy Boards, British Agricultural and Cattle Societies and various producers' and consumers' organisations, at…

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Butter Consumption

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

The consumption of butter in New South Wales is so close to the total annual production that, with production falling on the North Coast owing to the…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

During the month of December, 1930, the quantity of butter manufactured was 84 tons, being 133/4 tons more than for the previous…

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Pastoral Pasture Management. Necessary for Permanent Improvement

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

Many of the shortcomings of our pastures can be traced to mismanagement, points out the Assistant Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture in the…

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Bellinger River Butter Output. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

The output of butter on the Bellinger River for the month of December was 73.4 tons, or 9.1 tons less than for December of the preceding year. Added to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · 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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Varieties of Wheat Departmental Recommendations for Different Districts

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

The following are the latest departmental recommendations as to the varieties of wheat best suited to various portions of the State:--…

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Value of Publicity Increasing Demand for Empire Butter. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

The butter marking inquiry was resumed to-day. Mr. Davis, of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board, gave evidence of an increasing demand for…

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Advance by Bank For Wheat Growers Statement by Sir R. GIBSON 24 ON F.O.B. Value. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

The chairman of the Commonwealth Bank, Sir Robert Gibson, intimated to the Prime Minister this afternoon that the Commonwealth Bank Board will make…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

"The effect of the Junior Farmers' Club movement upon many lads in country districts has been little short of miraculous." So says the organiser…

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Dairyman's Loss

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

In addition to the stock killed by lightning on Various farms in the district during the storm On the 9th inst., as recorded in our last issue, Mr C. E…

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Dairying to Get the Best From a Herd Intelligent Testing Necessary

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

Addressing the recent North Coast conference of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. G. S. Stokes, manager of Kempsey Gutter Factory, drew attention to…

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For Australia Dairyman's Text Book a Monumental Work

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

Mr. Ralph S. Maynard, formerly of Brisbane, but now residing in Sydney, has performed a prodigious task in compiling the ''Australian Dairymen's Handbook,"…

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Molasses for Farmers

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

Following a recommendation from the Richmond District Council of the Primary Producers' Union the central executive of the union decided to ask the Colonial…

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