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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

1,651 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 83

Price of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 5

There was an advance of one halfpenny in the wholesale price of butter in Sydney on Saturday morning last, which brought the quotation for…

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Agricultural Potatoes From Frosted Crops May Be Used as Seed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 4

Many potato crops have been frosted during the past season, and the question has cropped up in more than one quarter as to whether the "immature"…

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Strange Farm in Texas

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 6

There is a farm at Comfort, Texas, where the chief crops are lamp shades, table ornaments and wall fittings. It is used to breed armadillos,…

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Dairying Scours in Calves Measures for Prevention

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 4

The occurrence in calves of one or another type of "scours" is an indication that the digestive system is not in a healthy condition, that the…

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Sugar Crop 225,000 Tons For Export Hopes of Higher Price Chadbourne Restrictive Plan. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 5

Estimated at 562,000 tons raw sugar, the 1933 Australian crop, after providing 337,000 tons for local consumption, will leave 225,000 tons…

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Looking for Russian Butter Failed to Find It Retailed As Blended or Foreign. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1933 · page 5

The "Daily Express" representative, who tried to track 3,250,0001b. of Russian butter, landed since the embargo, failed to find an ounce. He was told the butter…

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'MISUNDERSTOOD' Butter Marketing Scheme Producer Entitled to Reasonable Price Answer to Housewives' Association Mr. J. R. King Enters the Lists. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1933 · page 5

In a letter to the press, Mr. J. B. King refers to the recent meeting of the Housewives' Association at which a resolution was carried expressing alarm…

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Scheme Outlined by Dairy Council President. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1933 · page 7

The president of the Federal Council of Australian Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association, Mr. J. Proud, yesterday disclosed the details of the…

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Wells Acquitted Warwick Farm Car Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1933 · page 7

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, William George Wells, 21, was acquitted on a charge of feloniously slaying Norman Charles Newell, at Warwick Farm,…

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Not After Dark Taking Cattle-Across Punts Harwood Shire Council President Reports on Shire Conference

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 June 1933 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Harwood Shire Council was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Thursday last, there being present: The president (Cr. N. J…

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A Big Sheep

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 2

A consignment of sheep received by Mr. W. Tickle from Sydney last week contained several very large BorderLeisters. One of these was…

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Butter Exports Increase Is Fifteen Per Cent. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Stewart, reports that from July 1, 1932, to June 3, 1933, 3,950,139 boxes of butter, equal to 98,753 tons, had been shipped…

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Further Increase Wool Values Up 15 Per Cent Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 5

There was spirited competition on the resumption of the wool sales to-day. Values showed an increase from 15 to 20 per cent. compared with the May…

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Dairyville

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 3

Some interesting data is available regarding Dairyville's rainfall up to 10th June this year. Registrations are:—January 1397 points, February…

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'I'll Shoot Farmers' Quarrel Alleged Unlawful Assault a Shotgun or a Stockwhip?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 3

Versions diametrically opposed were given in a case at the Grafton Police Court yesterday afternoon in which Albert James Wallis, farmer, of Pillar Valley,…

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Butter Marketing Problems Visit of Mr. Paterson, M.h.r, Meetings at Grafton and Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1933 · page 4

Dr. Earle Page, M.H.R., has arranged that the Acting Leader of the Federal Country party, Mr. T. Paterson will visit this district on…

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Freights on Produce. Meat. Butter and Fruit Shipping and Transport Interests to Confer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1933 · page 7

Freight rates on refrigerated cargoes, principally meat, butter and fruit, for the next 12 months will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Council of…

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Butter Price Attack By Housewives' Assn. Budd's Reply What About Farmers' Wives? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1933 · page 5

Mr. Budd, M.L.A., in a letter to the press, refers to the recent meeting of the Housewives' Association at which the proposal to grant powers…

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A Large Sheep. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1933 · page 4

On Monday Mr. W. A. C. Tickle, butcher, of Coff's Harbor, killed a sheep which when dressed weigh[?] exactly 1[?]0Ib. It was of the Border Leicester breed, and…

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Vic. Butter Decline In Quality. ONLY 54 Per Cent, Choicest. Conference to Be Held. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1933 · page 5

The alarming decline in the quality of Victorian butter and the serious position of the industry were referred to by Mr. Bennett, M.L.A., to-day…

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