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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 66 of 68

Dairying Silage From Paspalum Conservation of Surplus Growth

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 4

Recent rains have been favorable to rapid growth of paspalum in many coastal districts, and dairy-farmers would be well advised to close up one…

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Unusual Case in Equity Court Mullumbimby Farm

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 3

An unusual case was heard before Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court, when Mrs. Henrietta Synott, widow, of Mullumbimby, applied for a direction in…

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No Foreclosures Farmers to Be Given Chance

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 5

TORONTO (Ontario), Wednesday. The Government has notified the Provincial Agricultural Development Board, which holds 35,000,000 dollars of farm…

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Butter Factory Shortages

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 4

About 400 shareholders and suppliers or Casino Co-operative Dairy Society at tended a special meeting to consider the alleged defalcations in the moneys of the…

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Russian Butter in England. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Sir Ernest, Hilton Young, Minister for Health, in answer to a question, said there was no evidence available to justify the…

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Wheat Buyer Killed Instantly Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 7

James Arthur Worthington, 43, a wheat, buyer, was driving his car, which skidded on the road five miles from Dubbo, dashed into a fence and overturned…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 7

These notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the department…

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Sydney Show Prize Schedule Issued World's Biggest Dairy Produce Exhibition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 5

The prize schedule for next, year's Royal Easter show has been issued. The prize money is the largest offered for any such purpose in the Southern Hemisphere…

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The Farm Home Water From Wells to Ensure a Safe Supply

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 7

For a water supply to be safe, two prime conditions must be observed in constructing the will, the first being tie choice of a safe location. Drainage…

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Agricultural Production of Maize Cultivation of the Growing Crop

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 7

Important as is the thorough preparation of the soil for maize, it is no more important than thorough after cultivation. The cultivation of maize should…

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Dairying Systematic Grassland Management Striking Evidence of Its Value

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 7

The test of a farming practice is in production, and one from which there has resulted a 33 per cent, increase must at least be characterised as sound. Such…

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Dairy Farmer Robbed Thieves Take Savings of 16 Years. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 5

Thieves entered the home of Stephen Fitzpatrick, a dairy farmer, living near Bega, while the family were absent in the milking yards…

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Terrific Blaze Million Acres Burnt Thousands of Sheep Destoryed Glare Visible for 100 Miles Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 5

A terrific bush fire is raging on a 50 miles front between Innesowen and Tildadoona stations, in the Cobar district. More than 300 men are fighting the…

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Wheat Quota Dominion 55 Pee Cent. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 5

The trade newspaper, "The Miller," says first Dominion wheat quota will be 55 per cent., home 15 per cent., leaving 30 per cent. for the rest of the world…

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The Same Objective Both Labor Parties Pulling Wool Over Countryman's Eyes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 4

Country electors should net allow themselves to he deluded into the belief that, unlike Lang Labor, Federal Labor is a benevolent institution with…

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P.P.U. Central Executive Introduction of Butter Substitutes Appreciation of British Preferential Treatment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 5

There was a full attendance of delegates at the quarterly meeting of the Primary Producers' Union Central Executive, which commenced to-day…

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Farm Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

Official statistics issued by the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture give the total Australian butter production in factories for…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

The quantity of butter manufactured during the month of November, 1931, was 65 tons, being 10¼ tons less than for the previous corresponding…

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Pat Butter Scheme

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

During the sittings of the Dairy Produce Export Board in Sydney last week, a conference of delegates from all States, representing both…

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Backfiring Tractor Machine Lost, Man Injured, Wheat Crop Destroyed. Barellan

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

Backfiring by a harvesting tractor at Barellan yesterday resulted in the loss of a machine, the severe burning of the tractor attendant, and the destruction of 2000…

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