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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 6 of 68

Pastoral Pasture Improvement Necessity for Subdivision of Paddocks

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 7

Systematic pasture management is necessary for maximum benefits from pasture improvement, points out the assistant agrostologist of the Department…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 7

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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Dry Spell Rain on Richmond and Tweed Welcomed by Dairy Farmers. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 5

Intermittent showers since Monday, registering anything from an inch to two inches, have given the dairy farmers from the Tweed to south of Lismore new…

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Ultra Vires Fixing Wheat Price Equivalent to Excise Tax Difficulty to Be Overcome Marketing Amendment Bill. Discussions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 5

During the discussion on the Marketing Amendment Bill, in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Agriculture announced that…

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Bellinger Farmer Tossed by a Bull

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. M. McBaron, of "Riverview," Bellinger River, who had a string of his valuable stock on exhibition at the annual Coff's Harbor show on…

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Experiment Farm Exhibit. a Feature of the Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

A feature of Coffs Show was the splendid non-competitive exhibit staged by Grafton Experiment Farm. It was an attraction and an education to…

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A "Pomeranian Farm."

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

Objections to what is described as a "Pomeranian farm" at Clayfield are expressed in a petition which will be considered by the Health Committee of the…

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The Dairying Industry. What It Means to Dorrigo. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

While other coastal centres are apparently up against it, insofar as seasonal conditions are concerned, Dorrigo seems, to be a favored spot just now. In fact…

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The Markets Surplus of Potatoes Expected Satisfactory Business in Dairy Produce. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 4

Although good clearances of potatoes have been effected during the week, it is likely there will be a surplus of at least 3000 bags of Tasmanian tubers at the…

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Wheat Farmers All Help Withdrawn Government and Storekeepers Collapse of Credit System Grave Developments Likely. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

On Monday many wheat fanners in this State will face a crisis. Their credit with country storekeepers will cease and they will be unable to meet…

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To Stop Work and Cease Paying Taxes Decision of Molong Farmers. Molong

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

A large meeting to-day carried a motion that failing the carrying out of the request of the Advisory Council regarding the restoration of…

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False Promises Bavin Attacks Govt. Doing Nothing to Help Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

Referring to the position of the farmers Mr. Bavin to-night said it was impossible to exaggerate the seriousness of the position, not only from the point of view of…

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Junior Farmer Club Maclean Branch

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

Mr. G. M. D. Carse has paid his quarterly visit to the district, and reports satisfactory progress. Good work has been accomplished in all sections, except in the…

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Will Government Help Wheat Farmers?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

The seriousness of the position of farmers in the wheat growing districts is revealed by the enormous amounts for which they are indebted to the storekeepers and the announcement that for many of them credit is likely to cease during the next few days. The Premier, looking around for someone…

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Butter in Undies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

An astonishing story was related at the Campsie Court when Ivy Davies, aged 21, was sentenced to a year's gaol, Sarah Smith, aged 38, to nine months, and…

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Wheat Farmers Federal Cabinet Sub-committee Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

Mr. Scullin announced that the Cabinet had a long discussion on the serious position of the wheat growers, and the prospects of their being able to carry on until…

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F.A.Q. wheat Standard Fixed at 59½Lbs. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met to-day and fixed the f.a.q. standard of wheat at 59½ pounds per bushel…

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The Dairyman's Loss

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

"Dorrigo Gazette":--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…

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Four Ways to Assist Wheat Growers Cabinet Sub-committee Considering. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

The sub-committee of the Cabinet, consisting of the Prime Minister, Treasurer and Minister for Markets, which has been appointed to deal with the question…

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"Will Eat the Whole of His Crop."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 4

Describing how badly oft the farmer was to-day, in an address at the meeting of the Tamworth branch of the Country party, Mr. G. H. Dunn stated…

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