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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

1,445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 56 of 73

Dorrigo Butter Factory Increases of Butter and Pigs. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 5

During the month of August the Dorrigo Dairy Co. manufactured 24½ tons of butter, an increase of 3½ tons over the output for July. Owing to the prolific…

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P.P.U. Weekly Notes Mr. Dunlop In W.A. Enlightenment for Farmers on the New Legislation. Sydney, September 17, 1934

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 3

Mr. M. P. Dunlop, M.L.C., general president o f the Primary Producers' Union, has returned from his visit to West Australia. Previously he was…

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Potatoes Crops on Clarence Conditions Generally Favorable. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 5

In a review of the potato crop conditions in the main centres of production on the Far North Coast as on September 24 the Department of Agriculture,…

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Butter Christmas Gift Scheme to United Kingdom

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 4

With a view to advertising Australian butter, a Christmas gift scheme has again been arranged this year under which 4lbs. of "Sunny…

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Cattle Prices Down 5 Cwt. in Fortnight. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 5

The "Daily Express" says fat cattle prices fell on Saturday by 2 per hundredweight. The average for best beef was only 37. This, says the paper, makes a…

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Bellingen Butter Factory Ballot Records Heavy Poll Present Direct or S Returned En Bloc. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 4

Considerable interest was manfested in the election of members of the board of directors of the Bellinger River Cooperative Butter and Bacon Society, and…

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Severe Storms Hail, Rain And Wind Potato and Other Vegetable Crops Damaged Brushgrove, Lawrence and Lower Southgate Suffer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 4

A particularly severe storm, accompanied by rain, heavy hail and a stiff southerly wind, wrought havoc to potato and other vegetable crops at…

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Dairy Export Board Meeting in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 5

A meeting or the Australian Dairy Export Control Board held in Sydney today, discussed overseas shipping freights on dairy produce. No official…

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Wool Sales Serious Position in Africa. Proposals to Germany. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 5

The South African wool market is in the doldrums. Competition is completely absent at the auctions and many sales have been abandoned Owing to lack of…

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Dairy Export Board Meeting in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 2

The Dairy Export Control Board continued its sittings in Sydney to-day, but no statement was forthcoming as to what transpired…

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FREIGHTS Now Down 11 Per Cent. Butter and Cheese Annual Tonnage Minimum. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 5

An official report of the proceedings of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board, which met in Sydney this week, was made available to-day…

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W.U.A. MEMBERS Visit To Experiment Farm Sow, Cows and Chickens and the Champion's Mother

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 11

An outstanding example of the interesting and instructive results to be obtained by women from an inspection of scienti[?] of agricultural methods, under the…

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Farmers' Relief Board Commissioner's Tour of Coast Rural Bank Activities

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 11

Mr. H. Rogers, Commissioner of the Rural Lank and Director, Fanners' Relief Act, left Grafton on Monday on his way to Inverell, via Glen Innes…

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Downs Wheat Crops Threatened by Grasshopper Plague. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 5

Wheat crops on the Darling Downs are threatened by a plague of grasshoppers. Three Government entomologists are in the district and the Government has made…

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Butter Criticism P.P.U. Protest

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 3

Mr. L. T. McInnes, Director of Dairying, was severely criticised by delegates at last meeting of the Raleigh District Council for his adverse…

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Weekly Cattle Sale Yarding and Quality Inferior

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

The yarding at W. J. Hawthorne and Sons weekly cattle sale, held at the South Grafton municipal saleyards on Tuesday, was not up to the standard of previous…

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In Record Time 5299 Sheep Shorn at Gordon Brook

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

J. Callaghan and a party of about 12 shearers passed through Grafton on Tuesday, after having shorn 5299 sheep at Gordon Brook station. The shearers are…

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Dairying. the Spangenburg Process Is it of Value to Dairy Farmers?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

Some time back much publicity was given to, and great tilings were predicted for, the Spangenburg process, by which it was claimed, among other…

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Tariff Boomerang Belgian Ban on Meat and Wheat Official Confirmation. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 5

One of the first matters to be discussed by the Federal Cabinet when the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, announces the names of the portfolio…

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Agriculture. Maize Cultivation and Treatment of the Growing Crop

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

In the production of maize the cultivation of the growing crop is essential for two main reasons—firstly for the destruction of weeds, and,…

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