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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 58 of 73

Improving Oats Crops Co-operation at Grafton Considerable Progress Reported. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 5

For some years the Department of Agriculture has been endeavoring to produce varieties of oats, more productive and disease resistant than those generally…

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Dairy Act Ballot

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 4

Dairy farmers are reminded that it is imperative that they should record their votes before October 11, if they wish the…

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Essential for Profitable Dairying Importance of a Good Bull

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 7

A sire of unquestionable quality is essential if dairying is to be carried of with maximum profit. Referring, in they course of his report as judge of a recent…

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Butter for Slimming

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

Those inclined to stoutness have no need to be afraid of eating butter, according to Mr. C. Stoner, manager of Grafton…

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Butter Marketing Stabilisation Scheme Vote

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

According to reports received by the directors of the Equalisation Scheme, an overwhelming "yes" vote is likely at the poll now being taken…

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Weekly Cattle Sale Market Shows Improvement

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

There was a good yarding at the weekly cattle sale at the South Grafton municipal saleyards on Tuesday conducted by W. J. Hawthorne and Sons. An…

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Spangenburg Process Value to Dairy Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

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

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Farmer Fined £1 Dirty Dairy Bails "Milk Should Be Refused' Ulmarra Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 7

In fining Vivian Forsythe, dairy farmer, £1, with £2186 inspector's costs, and 12 costs of court, for having failed to keep has dairy clean, Mr. S. J. Bliss,…

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Strange, But True Marvels About Butter Grafton Men on Wonders of the Cow

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

Butter, centuries old, dug up from beneath the surface of the bogs of Ireland, and the breaking down of the taboo against cows and milk,…

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Cattle Tick Spreading in N.S.W Statement by Minister Denied. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 5

The admission that cattle tick was spreading in New South Wales and that it was proposed to proceed with further eradication schemes in fresh areas…

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The Farmer Grinned

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

Chicago news says a half acre of soy beans plained around an old unpainted barn in this city are having an audience to watch them grow this…

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Dairying Conditions. Instructors' Reports Richmond River

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 6

Mr. F. Wilkinson, Senior Dairy Instructor, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Richmond River, with headquarters Lismore, in his…

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Junior Farmers' Club. Meeting of Advisory Committee

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 6

The Advisory Committee of the Dorrigo Junior Farmers' Club held the usual monthly meeting in the Memorial Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Those…

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Roads to Farms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 2

In an address to last Quarterly Meeting of the P.P.U. Executive in Sydney, Col. M. F. Bruxner, Minister for Transport, outlined a policy by…

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N.Z. Dairymen Presentation to Governor-general. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 5

Appreciation of the Governor-General's interest in the welfare of their industry will be expressed by the dairymen of New Zealand in an illuminated address…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest Will Not Exceed 20,000,000 Bushels. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 5

"If the present weather conditions continue the Victorian wheat harvest may not exceed 20,000,000 bushels," said Mr. C. Judd, manager of the Victorian Wheat…

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Butter Box Timber White Pine Being Exhausted. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 1

The shortage of timber supplies for butter boxes in the southern States of the Commonwealts is causing concern among mannfacturers, and the experiments being…

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Opium Haul £250 Worth on Mangola Sheep Carcases and Fish. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 4

The biggest opium haul of the year—£250 worth, comprising 24 ½lb. and 14 2oz. tins—was discovered by the Customs searchers on the steamer Mangola just…

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Junior Farmers Shield Win at Maclean Show Presented to Ulmarra Club

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 4

On Thursday morning at the Ulmarra Public School, the Junior Farmers Club shield was presented to the members of the Ulmarra Junior Farmers' Club by the…

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Butter and Eggs Exports From Australia Figures Still Increasing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 5

Between July 1 and September 29, Australia exported 13,119 tons of butter compared with 9877 tons for the corresponding period last year. During the…

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