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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

1,311 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 66

Butter Price July Pay on Richmond--tweed. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 5

North Coast Butter Factories' Association to-day fixed the price for July supplies of cream at a shilling and a halfpenny, which is a farthing…

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DAIRYING Instructors' Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 1

Senior dairy instructors in the districts named furnished the following reports regarding seasonal conditions ana prospects for the month of July:…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs Clarence River District Council Proposed Seaside Camp at Yamba Suggestion Of President To Be Investigated Inter-club Exhibit for Grafton Show? Individual Prizes For Produce In Club Exhibit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Clarence River District Council of the Junior Farmers' Club was held at Ulmarra on Saturday morning…

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Election Pact C.p.'s Separate Entity Farmers And Settlers Motions for Agenda Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 5

The agenda for the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales contains 279 motions, some of which…

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Motion Lost Pioneer Dairy Co. Meeting Directors' Ballot System

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 4

A special meeting of the shareholders of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Company was held in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on Monday afternoon. The…

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Wheat Prices Further Rise In Sydney Holders Reluctant to Sell. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 6

The Sydney wheat market advanced another penny a bushel to-day, bringing the price to 48½ on the February basis. Holders generally held grain in…

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1173 Cwt. Butter Price Guarantee N.Z. Govt. Decision Announced by Minister Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 5

The long awaited guaranteed prices for dairy produce were announced to-day by the Minister for Finance, Mr. Nash…

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Voting System Pioneer Dairy Co. Special Meeting Of Shareholders Proposed Change Defeated Failed to Secure Two-thirds Majority

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 6

A special general meeting of the shareholders of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on…

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Feeding Cattle Mix Farm Fodders. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 5

Praising men who were mixing farm fodders and getting excellent results. Mr. J. M. Pitt. Senior Agricultural Instructor for the Lower North Coast…

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WHEAT 5 Still Rising in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 4

Silo wheat advanced a halfpenny a bushel in Sydney to-day, making the quotation 411 and 7-8d, including all charges. Bagged wheat was quoted…

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Wheat Prices Further Rise in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 2

Wheat was again higher in Sydney to-day, the bulk of the grain being a penny, and silo grain a farthing a bushel above yesterday's rates…

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Wool Samples Not Wanted in Japan. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 5

The newspaper "As[?] reports that Customs officers at Osaka, Kobe. Nagoya and Yokohama, have refused to allow the entry of samples of the…

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District's Progress Areas Under Potatoes Vastly Increased. A Bright Outlook for Dairying' and Pig-Farming. Shire Grants Make Pleasant Reading

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 1

As depicted by the photograph of Dorrigo township in the year 1906. this great Alpine country of the central North Coast, as it is today, shows up in marked contrast, and om marvels at the progress made in comparatively short years. To the farmer the district offered a…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports the Tweed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 6

Mr. J. W. Scott. Senior Dairy Instructor, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Tweed to Bangalow, with headquarters Byron Bay. in his July…

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What Every Farmer Should Know

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

The regular use of Sykes's Drench at calving time ensures a perfectly healthy herd. Your mind is relieved of the worry of bad cleansing, milk fever, mammitis…

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Cane Crops Effect of Recent Frosts

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 4

Inquiries made last night regarding the effect of recent frosts on the sugar cane crops of the district elicited the fact that, while the crops on the Lower…

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Dairy Produce Marketing Under The Equalisation Scheme Fresh Commonwealth Legislation Desirable Opinion Of The General President Primary Producers' Union Weekly Notes SYDNEY. August 2

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 11

It appears to be a conviction of the General President of P.P. Union (Mr. M. P. Duniop, M.L.C.) and those with whom he has been in conference in Melbourne within the past few days, that fresh Commonwealth legislation is desirable, if not absolutely necessary, to maintain the dairy produce and…

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Meat Contract? Butter Market Good Increasing Demand. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 5

On arrival to-day to participate in the meeting of the Federal Cabinet, the Acting Minister for Commerce, Mr. Thorby, said there was a distinct…

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Butter Industry Increased Production Expected Minimum Export Prices. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 2

Good general rains throughout butter-producing areas of Australia have raised the hopes for a greatly increased production. Favorable…

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Wheat Down ½d. Sydney Market Easier. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 6

The market for wheat was slightly easier when business opened to-day. Sydney silo grain being quoted at 49¾, a reduction of ½d on yesterday's…

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