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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 47 of 66

What Cattle Will Eat Seeds Of Bean Ball Trees Stock Die in Grass Paddock

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 4

"Cattle are eating things now which they have never been known to touch before," said Mr. W. M. L. Hughes, of Ramornie station, yesterday in…

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New Zealand Plan. to Stabilise Butter Industry Too Early to Express an Opinion, Says P. P. U. PRESIDENT

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 2

At the last quarterly meeting of the Dorrigo branch of the P.P. Union it was decided to inquire from the executive council the positive of the…

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Dairying Tallowiness in Cream a Common Off-flavor and its Control

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 1

A common off-flavor in cream, tallowiness results in serious economic. losses because it is practically impossible to remedy this flavor defect by…

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Dorrigo Junior Farmer Wins Meggitt's Special

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 4

Master Charles Macrae, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Macrae, "Kelvin Park," Dorrigo. has been advised that his letter had won the first prize for…

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Racing Dogs' Appetites Boon to Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 3

Addressing a big gathering of dairy farmers Mr. Fred S. Morton, chairman of Nowra Dairy Co., drew attention to the growth of dog racing…

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Farm House Razed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 2

At midnight on Friday last the residence on the farm occupied by Mr. S J. McMinn was burnt to the ground. The members of the family…

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Lime for Farmers Railway Freights

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 6

The General Secretary of the P.P.U. has received from the Minister for Transport (Col. Bruxner) a letter in reply to a resolution, carried at last…

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Junior Farmers and Shows

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 2

Adopting an amended resolution from Alstonville club, the North. Coast District Council of Junior Farmer Clubs, at its quarterly meeting in Lismore…

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The Farm Home Pruning Of Garden Shrubs

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 10

Pruning is one of the most, important factors m the successful cultivation of shrubs, but the operation requires expert knowledge in its application and…

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Protect Butter Tariff Board Inquiry Duties On Edible Fats Margarine Competition Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1936 · page 6

The Tariff Board to-day continued from the Melbourne sittings the inquiry into the necessity, for the existing duties on edible fats and lard…

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Junior Farmers Project Championships Tamworth District Success Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1936 · page 2

The results of three more annual State project championships, conducted by the Junior Farmers' Club Council of New South Wales, have been…

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Burnt Farmhouse W.A. Allegation. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1936 · page 2

After ordering Agricultural Bank officers off his property at Westonia, on Wednesday, Frank Evans, a settler, it is alleged, set fire to and destroyed the…

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Uniform Designs Butter Box Brands Dairy Board Approves Export Regulations. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 8

Designs for uniform brands on butter boxes were submitted to the Dairy Produce Board to-day and met with general approval. The necessary…

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Still Falling London Butter Market Tooley Street Gloom. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 5

Tooley street traders gloomily incline to the belief that the butter market has not yet touched bottom. Operators are definitely nervous, especially…

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S. African Wool Japanese Buyers Attend Sales Capetown

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 5

The advent of Japan as a new competitor in the South African wool market gave a splendid send-off to the first sales at Capetown…

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Referendum Dairying Industry Will Support. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 5

On his return to-day from a meeting of the Australian Dairy Industry Board in Melbourne, the chairman, Mr. T. F. Plunkett, said the dairying industry…

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Starving Stock Farmers Hard Hit Public Meeting Called

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 3

Many of the oldest residents of the Clarence River are unanimous that the present period which the farmers are now passing through is possibly the…

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Irrigation for the Clarence "A National Work" "Not Affair of Few Farmers" Government Action Urged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 3

An irrigation scheme for the Clarence River was strongly advocated by Mr. C. Stoner, chairman of the Club's Community Service…

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STABILISATION Dairy Act Extension Bill in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 September 1936 · page 4

A Bill providing for the extension of the Dairy Products Stabilisation Act for a further three years was read a first time in the Legislative Assembly…

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Higher Prices London Wool Sales. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 5

Firm to higher prices were obtained at the fifth series of London wool sales, which opened to-day. Merinoes were unchanged, but fine crossbreds advanced…

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