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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Dyed Butter London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 November 1932 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Mr. Biirgin asked whether the practice of dyeing foreign butter to give it the characteristic yellow…

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Farm Training for Boys

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 November 1932 · page 4

The Senate of the Queensland University is expected to sanction the proposal of the building site committee to make available to the Minister for…

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Good Tobacco Crop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 November 1932 · page 4

A valuable lorry load of primary produce was seen in Moree a few days ago when Mr. J. Oldham's crop of tobacco was taken to the railway station for…

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Cattle for Indian Stud

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 4

The s.s. Quiloa which left Newcastle on Saturday last for India, in addition to a large quantity of coal and bunker coal and 60 horses, took 32 Guernsey heifers for…

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Biggest Dairy Farmer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 4

Twenty-five, years ago. Mr. P. J. Patterson relinquished blacksmithing at Manaia (N.Z.), and took on dairy farming in Taranaki. He started with Milking…

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20 Pence Per Lb. Season's Record for Wool. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 5

The top Australian price for the present wool season was secured at Geelong wool sales to-day when Dalgety and Co. sold fine crown merino fleece branded St…

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Good Potato Crop

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 4

Potato crops are somewhat fickle on the Far North Coast, but there have been some good results this season, says the "Tweed Daily." Mr M. Moffat, on his…

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Wheat Growers' Plight Bounty Renewal Sought What Will Lyons Do?

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 7

With the possibility of harvesting bigger crop than that of last year, wheat Murmurs are again tweed with the paradox of lower prices. Action is plainly called…

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Why Farm Forestry Pays Iii Care and Improvement of Farm Timber Lands

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 3

The wooded acres of every farm should be looked upon as an essential income-producing asset. Attention given to providing good conditions…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Special Meeting Discusses Cream Cartage Question Tenders to Be Called

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 2

There was a large attendance of dairymen at the Memorial Hall yesterday when a special meeting of the Dorrigo Co operative Dairy…

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Dairying When Cows Kick Hints on Handling

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

Young cows which may have suckled their first calves, as well as the calving heifers, are sometimes not very amenable to hand-milking at the…

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Students for Farms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 2

The Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College writes:—"On completion of the College Diploma in Agriculture at the end of the year…

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Local and General Tomato Crops

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 2

The tomato crops entered in this year's crop competition of the Central North Coast Tomato, Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Society were…

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Farmers' Relief Priority Of Creditors Country Storekeepers' Fears Question in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 5

During discussion in the Legislative Council last night on the committee stage of the Farmers' Relief Bill, Mr. E. C. Sommerlad asked the Attorney-General…

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Shot Dead Nambour Farmer And Son Murder and Suicide People's Palace Tragedy. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 5

The People's Palace was the scone of a double tragedy this morning, the victims being Richard Croker, a middle-aged farmer of Nambour, and…

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Mould in Butter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 3

In this column last week reference was made to complaints from Great Britain of mould trouble in butter received from Australia. A cablegram from the…

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Advertising Australian Butter Butter Parade in Glasgow. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 5

Thirty lorries, headed by a pipers' band, paraded through the Glasgow shipping districts before delivering the Orestes' butter and eggs to the warehouses. Most…

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Rabbit Menace Discussion at Dorrigo Dairy Co. Meeting. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 4

At a special meeting of the shareholders of the Dorrigo Dairy Company yesterday it was decided to uphold the zone system of cream cartage, and that a sub-committee…

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Canadian Wheat Worth 1 a Bushel to Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 3

Mr. S. McKay, of H. V. McKay Pty., Ltd., Sunshine (Victoria), who returned to Sydney by the Niagara to-day, said that Canada and the United States had…

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Local and General October Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 2

The North Coast Butter Factories' Association met in Lismore on Friday, and fixed the pay for October supplies at 10¼d. per lb. Compared with the pay for…

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