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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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The Wiles of Magsmen a Familiar Trick Farm Laborer Victimised

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 7

A variant of the old story which so often caused public wonderment at the ease with which people may be gulled the story of the opulent lunatic, usually of…

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Bees Won't Let Him Plough Farmer's Complaint Swarm Killed Two Horses

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

A message from Warwick (Q.) states that bees are proving a serious menace in the Glengallen district, according to a farmer, J. Brown, who has written to the…

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Weaker London Butter Market Germany's Tariff Proposal. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 3

Germany's proposal to tax imported butter has caused a slight weakness to develop in the market, but prices have since recovered about a shilling per cwt.,…

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State's Wheat 53,000,000 Bushels Estimate Well Above Average. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 3

The State Statistician, Mr. T. Waites, estimates the 1931-32 wheat harvest at more than 53,000,000 bushels. Although substantially below the…

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Export Butter Standardisation Margarine Slump. (Sixth Article.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 7

Every boom is followed by a slump; every war brings its aftermath of economic depression and social upheaval; but these things pass, and international…

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Tick Scare Cattle From Cangai Infested on Richmond? Lismore Report Refuted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

The report that ticks have been taken from this district to the Richmond is considered preposterous and unfair by local stockowners…

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Twelve Fires on One Grenfell Farm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 5

Following twelve recent fires on the property of Victor Smith, twelve mile from Grenfell, mounted police, with blacktrackers, are trying to clear up the…

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Cattle Tick Allegation Departmental Heads Investigating

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

In consequence of the allegation that ticks had been taken from the Cangai district to the Richmond River, a thorough examination is to be made…

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INCREASED F.A.Q Wheat Standard Fixed at 61½Lbs Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 5

The F.A.Q. standard for wheat for this season was fixed to-day by the Grain Trade Sectional Committee of the Chamber of Commerce at 61½lbs per Imperial…

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Fire at Calliope Farmers Home Destroyed Outbreak in Absence of Occupants

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

Damage estimated roughly at about £500 was caused by a fire which destroyed the home of Mr. P. Heinz, farmer, of Calliope, yesterday afternoon…

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Cattle Sale

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

There was a very fair attendance at the clearance sale of Messrs. Portch and Kirkland's dairy herd conducted by Messrs. H. W. Kirkland and Co…

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Bellinger River Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

At the Bellinger River Co-operative Butter and Bacon Society's factories, at Bellingen, for December, the total butter manufactured amounted to…

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25 Per Lb. Record Wool Price. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

A record price for the season was paid for six bales of greasy merino fleece, at the wool sales to-day. France paid 29d. for §ix bales of wyaflia over FJ over S…

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Cattle Ticks At Hanging Rock Control Measures Adopted Co-operation of Stockowners Sought

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

"It has been definitely established that there are cattle ticks at Hanging Rock, near Cangai," the Chief Veterinary Surgeon, Mr. Max Henry,…

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To Save Husband Wife's Struggle for Knife. Death of Cattle Dealer. Gympie

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 6

Circumstances of a tragic nature characterised the death of Patrick Hogan, 47, married, at his home early this morning. Hogan, who was a well-known cattle…

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Dairying for Sustained Production Value of Conserved Fodder

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

Conservation of fodder is essential to sustained production in dairying. Even the climatic conditions of the North Coast did not justify an…

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Experiment Farm Advisory Committee

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Grafton Experiment Farm Advisory Committee will be held at the Farm on Tuesday next, February 2, at 10.30 a.m. The business…

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'Losing Money' Dairymen Tell Board Evidence at Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 5

The Milk Board opened a public inquiry to-day to determine the price to be paid to dairymen. William Percival, dairy farmer of Richmond said the average production…

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Export Butter . Norco 'S Trade Farmer's Responsibility

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 6

Norco Co- operative Company, Ltd., is to the Far North Coast of New South Wales, more than a mere co- operative organisation, it is a district institution…

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The Cattle Tick Question

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 4

The discovery of cattle ticks on a property at Hanging Bock, near Cangai, is a serious matter as, hitherto, this district has been free from the pest. Whilst this is so, there is no need for panic, which never does any good in any circumstances. The situation is one which calls for calmness and…

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