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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 64 of 68

Thefts of Wool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 2

Three arrests have been made in connection with thefts of wool from shearing sheds, in the Scone and New England districts…

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Advance in Wool Prices. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 5

The wool sales opened with merinos about 5 per cent, advance, and crossbieds advanced between 10 and 15 per cent…

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Crops Suffer Black Beetle Pest Defence Methods

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 7

Growers in the Maitland and Singleton district have suffered recently through the attacks of a beetle which damaged maize, potatoes, etc. Probably the beetle…

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The Farm Home Jam-making Some Important Precautions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 8

The making of jam is a very simple process, but mistakes are sometimes made through a lack of knowledge of the mam essentials, points out a departmental…

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U.S. Farm Board Spent Nearly £100,000,000 Precarious Financial Position. Washington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 5

The spectacular and costly operations of the Federal Farm Board were revealed in the annual report before the Senate Agricultural Committee…

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Dairy Cattle. Trade with the East

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 3

If dairymen will respond to the demand, a very brisk trade iD dairy cattle is likely to develop between Singapore and New South Wales…

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Wool Sales Another Record Price. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 4

Another record price was established at Sydney wool sales to-day, when France paid to 25 12d for a lot of greasy wool. This represents an advance of 3d over…

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Wool Stores Strike Employers Adhere to Awards. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 6

All employers interested in the wool stores strike in West Australia have pledged themselves to adhere to award rates against the men's claims for…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 2

Several numbers of the Junior Farmers dab are interested in the tree-planting project recently launched, Already the Advisory Committee has…

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Agricultural Notes for the Man on the Land Dairying Care of Milk and Cream Prevention of Pollution

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 3

It is a well established fact—though one not as yet sufficiently recognised by dairymen—that milk and cream are very delicate, that they…

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59 Tons Bellingen River Butter Output for October. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1931 · page 7

The aggregated output of butter for the Bellinger River factories for the month of October was 59 tons, an increase of 8 tons as compared with the…

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Pasture Improvement Advice to Dairy Farmers Lecture by Mr. A. Y. Montgomery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1931 · page 6

A feature of the quarterly meeting of the Clarence District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, held at Grafton on Thursday, was an address on pastura…

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Rail Traffic Held Up Broken Axle on Wheat Truck. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1931 · page 8

Rail traffic on the main northern line was held up this morning, following the breaking of an axle on a wheat truck while a goods train to which the truck was…

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Whiporie Cattle Cases R. G. Olive's Appeal Upheld D. Olive's Appeal Dismissed. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1931 · page 5

The appeal of Robinson George Olive, at the Lismore Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Clancy, against his conviction of having in a paddock at Whiporie…

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Heavy Hailstorm Crops and Foliage Damaged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1931 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon a thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy hail, passed over part of the Nana Glen district, doing considerable damage to crops, fruit trees…

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Dairying How to Make a Concrete Floor Best Type for the Dairy Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1931 · page 2

For many purposes on the dairy farm impervious floors are required. Concrete a mixture of Portland cement with sand, stone and water has been found…

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Empire Flour Trade the Wheat Quota Dominion Exports Menaced. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1931 · page 5

Australian and Canadian officials are most alarmed at the possible effects of the wheat quota, which the National Association of Flour Importers declares may…

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Farmer Shot Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1931 · page 5

Turning at a sudden noise to find himself confronted by an armed woman, Robert Frederick Shepherd (35), a poultry fanner, of Kogarah, was shot above the…

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Marking of Imported Butter. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 December 1931 · page 4

The Empire Dairy Council regrets that the draft order for marking imported butter will not be operative before the spring. The Ministry for Agriculture and…

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British Wheat Quota May Affect Australia's Exports. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 December 1931 · page 5

Fearing that the operation of the British wheat quota might affect Australia's exports of flour, Sir Granville Ryrie and the Agents-General conferred and decided…

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