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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

1,419 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 32 of 71

Well-known Farmer Found Dead Under Cultivator. Quirindi

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 5

Mr. Smith Pollock, one of the best known wheat farmers in the State, was found dead on his property, Glengarry, late yesterday afternoon. He had been…

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Dairy Industry Export Board Meeting Preparations for Ottawa Conference Benefits of Extensive Advertising. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 2

A meeting of the Australian Daily Produce Export Board held in Sydney on Monday decided to grant Mr. H. W. Osborne discretionary powers to act as he…

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Frost Damage To Cane Crops Growers Lose Heavily Sugar Executive Discusses Situation

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 4

The first business to engage the attention of the Clarence Sugar Executive at its meeting was that of frost damage in the canefields…

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Cold Kills Sheep

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 4

Nearly a thousand sheep have died in Charleville (Q.) district owing to severe frests which have also damaged tomato and tobacco crops at Bowen…

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'A Vicious Thing' Wages of Youths the Pastoral Award. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 3

Referring to the union's claim for equa pay for youths and men working in sheds during the hearing of the pastoral case at the Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Deth…

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Hope for Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 1

Prosperity, not transitory but longlived, may probably come to the Australian farmer from the decisions of the forthcoming conference at Ottawa…

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Extraordinary Dairyman Hoaxed Dozens of Callers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

A dairyman living at Marrickville was the victim of an extraordinary series of hoaxes during the week-end and police inquiries have been instituted. The first…

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Skeleton Found Near Deserted Farm Local Suspicions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

The police are inquiring into the finding yesterday of a skeleton of a man [?] a thickly wooded section of Condumbal Mountains, near Cumnock. The place is…

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Demand for Farms

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 4

Not since the 1920 "boom" when butter sold for 26 a ln., has there been such a demand for Richmond River district farms to lease as there is to-day, says…

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Rain on Lower River May Increase Damage to Cane Crops

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 4

After threatening weather during yesterday afternoon, with some thunder, rain set in at Maclean last night, with indications of more to follow…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs Ulmarra and Maclean Committees Revise Competition Schedule

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 7

A meeting of the committee of the Junior Farmers' Clubs of both Maclean and Ulmarra centres was held at the Ulmarra Public School on Saturday…

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Australian Wheat N.Z. PURCHASES 850,000 Bushels. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 6

An announcement that the Wheat Marketing Board would purchase 850,000 bushels of wheat from Australia was made by the Minister for Industries and…

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Tick Menace Cattle Treatment Fee

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 5

Mr. W. Webster, Veterinary Officer at Coff's Harbor, and who Was in Dorrigo on Wednesday, has advised us that as the Coff's Harbor tick…

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A R[?] Wool Sell[?] Over One M[?]

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 5

The "wool selling "so The total sales for cord, namely, 1,190,531 an increase of 149,000…

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For Dairy Farms Training Unemployed Boys More Jerseys Wanted Gift by Mr. Missingham, M.L.A. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 7

Alter expressing satisfaction at the work of the Government Training. Farm at Scheyville, the Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Dunningham,…

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Australian Wool Growers Lost £7,500,000 Last Year. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 7

Addressing the shareholders of Godsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., the chairman said Australian wool growers lost £7,500.000 last season…

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Letters to the Editor Hope for Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 3

Sir,—Prosperity, not transitory, but long lived, may probably come to the Australian farmer from the decisions of the forthcoming conference at…

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Agricultural to Widen Margin of Farm Profits Reduction of Costs by Improved Management

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 4

The farmer is engaged in a complex business, and his aim, like that of every other business man, is to make the difference between his cost of…

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Sheep Stealing in N.Z. Graziers Patrolling Properties. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 5

Owing to the prevalence of a new form of sheep stealing Iii New Zealand many graziers are now patrolling their properties over the week–ends armed with…

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The Cattle Tick An Interesting Catechism Habits and Methods of Eradication

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 1

The following informative catechism concerning the habits and methods of eradicating the cattle tick, which we are publishing in serial form…

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