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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 68 of 83

Wool Is Firm What Brisbane Sales Reveal Gutting on Sheep's Back Again. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 6

With prices firm at late rates the wool sales concluded to-day when 36[?]d was secured for scoured wool from Lougreach, which was the best price realised since…

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The Ideal Pasture for Dairy Cattle Importance of Leguminous Plants

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

The ideal pasture should contain an admixture of grasses and clovers. A leguminous content is important in any pasture—it is essential in dairy…

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Pastoral Pasture Improvement Some Essential Preliminaries

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

Prefacing in an address at the State Conference of the Agricultural Bureau an account of his experience in pasture improvement, Mr. W. J. Scott,…

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Pastoral Subterranean Clover Value As a Soil Fertility Improver

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 9

One of the most valuable uses of subterranean clover is as a pioneer pasture plant on country of low fertility on the coast, tablelands, and parts of the slopes,…

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Wheat Country Party's Proposal. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 5

The Country party's scheme for handling the wheat crop includes a recommendation for the Federal Government to purchase the now estimated…

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Butter Boxes a Bid for Reduction of Primage

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 6

The President of the P.P.U. (Mr. M. P. Dunlop), Mr. Garrett (manager of the Co-operative Box Co.), and Mr. G. W. Gordon, of Raleigh, visited…

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Butter Stabilisation Legislation States and Commonwealth Moving. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 5

Replying to Mr. R. Green in the House of Representatives to-day the Minister for Commerce said that yesterday he received from the New South Wales…

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Dairying the Value of the Silo In Dairy-farming Economy

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

Pasturing is no doubt the easiest method of feeding a herd, but it is within the mark to say there is hardly a single district in the State where…

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Junior Farmers' Club Bull Calves Available at a Liberal Figure

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 6

The Secretary of the Advisory Committee of the Dorrigo Junior Farmers Club (Mr. A. Short) has been advised that an opportunity now exists…

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Fodder Crops

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 6

The present seasonal conditions indicate favorable spring and summer months and with such excellent prospects ahead there is always a…

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Agricultural Maize Cultivation of the Growing Crop

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

Harrowing the young made crop is a very efficient means of killing young weeds, conserving moisture, and aerating and warming the soil to…

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Rural Links Electricity for farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 2

References to rural lines in the report of the chief engineer and manager (Mr. N. V. S. Wilton) at the meeting of the County Council on…

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Dairying for Productive Herds Pastures Alone Insufficient

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 9

Many dairy farmers erred in their methods of management in that they allowed good cultivation land to grow pasture, said Mr. A. J. Dorsman, of Broke,…

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Drought, Fire, Etc. Adversities Of Farmers Appeals for Relief Casus Before Land Board

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

Special interest centred yesterday in the business of the Grafton District Land Board, consisting of Messrs. E. Emerton (chairman) and…

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Sheep-killers' Ways

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 4

Considerable ingenuity is being displayed by sheep-stealers in the Coonabarabran district who kill sheep in the paddocks of the owners and remove the…

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Dairy Produce Stabilisation of Butter Measure Introduced in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 5

The Paterson scheme is gradually passing out of existence and a new scheme would take its place, said the Minister for Agriculture in the Assembly to-day…

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Wheat Surplus Marketing Scheme Suggested Government Assistance Urged. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 5

Urging the Government to provide for the immediate purchase of the excess wheat surplus of this season's crop and finance for subsidising wheat growers,…

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A Point in Farm Planning Grouping of Buildings

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 2

It is not always possible to lay out the farm on lines which will last for all time, but if a definite plan is made in the first place it will usually be found that any…

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Moved Quarantined Sheep

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 4

A case of an unusual nature was before the Wagga Police Court when a farmer of Boree Creek was charged with having moved his sheep after they had been…

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Butter Down a Penny To-day Butter Supplies Increase

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 4

In view of the increased butter production and continued dec[?]ine in United Kingdom values, the price of butter will be lowerd ld per lb. as from to-day…

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