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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 56 of 68

Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

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

The quantity of butter manufactured during the month of September, 1931, was 34¾ tons, being 2¼ tons more than for the previous corresponding…

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Marking of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 6
Also in Daily Examiner

The recommendations of the Committee which recently investigated in England the application of the Merchandise Marks Act to butter, were…

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Fat Cattle Diminishing

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

Fat cattle in many parts of the district are feeling the effects of the prevailing drought and will, according to a prominent Graftonian, who is closely identified…

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Upper Clarence Cattle for Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

A mob of 150 fat heifers from the Yulgilbar district was trucked at South Grafton yesterday for Melbourne. The rail freight on this consignment was…

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Butter and Bacon Factories for Armidale

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

Dairymen in this district will be interested to learn that butter and bacon factories are about to commence operations at Armidale. Both are…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Imports to Great Britain

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 6
Also in Daily Examiner

During the first seven months of 1931, the total imports of butter to the United Kingdom were 239.727 tons. For the same period last year the…

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Dairying Silage As Insurance Its Recommendations to the Dairy-farmer

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

A consideration that must weigh heavily in favor of silage, from the point of view of the dairy-farmer, is the insurance it offers against the…

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Wool Clip Worth About £46,500,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 5

On the basis of prices now ruling for Australian wool the Commonwealth's clip of about 3,000,000 bales will realise at least £11,500,000 more than expected at…

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Dairy Factory Contracts

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

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Company last Friday, the following contracts were let for various terms:…

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New Zealan Dairy Production

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 6

Grading figures of the Dairy Division of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture for the first two months of current season ended 30th…

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Students for Farms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 1

Mr. E. A. Southee, principal of Hawkesbury Agricultural College, writes to say that on completion of the College Diploma course in…

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Standardised Dairying. The Amended Act. New Manual

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

A commencement has been made to standardise dairy premises on the farms throughout the State, and to establish uniformity of official…

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Potato Crops a Failure

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

A "Daily Examiner" representative was authoritatively informed yesterday that, except in isolated places, the potato crops throughout the district have been a…

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Tooloom Farms

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

The Tooloom Estate farm subdivision was submitted to public auction at Kyogle on Wednesday afternoon. Two blocks were disposed of, and the rest were, passed…

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New Zealand Dairy Production

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 6

Grading figures of the Dairy Division of the Now Zealand Department of Agriculture for the first two months of current son son ended September 30, show that…

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Production Wool, Wheat and Butter Approaching Record Levels. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 5

The monthly business summary issued by the Government Statistician to-day indicates the seasonal conditions to be generally favorable and that the production…

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Pastoral Trees on the Farm Their Care After Planting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 7

There are signs of an increasing appreciation of the importance of trees in relation to farm economy, and there is evidence that not a few efforts have been…

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Butter Factory for Armidale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 4

Mr. Martin Kenny has decided to commence a butter factory at Armidale. The capacity of the factory will be six tons a week. Mr. Kenny expects to…

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