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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 55 of 66

Dairying. Superphosphate As a Germicide Experiments Do Not Support Claims

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 3

Some time ago reports were published to the effect that the use of superphosphate on the floors of cow bails resulted in the destruction of disease…

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Coronation Fund Train Farm Boys Suggestion at Canberra. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 10

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) stated in the House of Representatives to-day that consideration would be given by the Government to the…

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Under Milk Board Dairymen Better Off. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 3

The statement that dairy farmers were better off now under the Milk Board than they had been previously was made by Mr. V. J. M. Martin, a…

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Dairy College To Be Established In Vic.? Deputation to Minister. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 12

An assurance that he would strongly recommend to Cabinet the establishment of a dairy college at Werribee was given by the Minister for Agriculture…

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Dairy Products Act Re-enactment Necessary. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H. Main, introduced a Bill extending the operations of the Dairy Products Act, which will expire on January 9…

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Butter Export May Be Restricted Drought in Two States Dairy Board Considering. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 2

Serious drought conditions in Queensland, and to a lesser extent in New South Wales, may lead the Australian Dairy Produce Board to…

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Butter Contest Factory Grading 32 Competitors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 2

Thirty factories have entered for the continuous grading class for export butter, the results of which will be announced at the 1937 Easter Show…

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For Cane Tops Keen Competition Good Potato Crops at Chatsworth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 1

(From Our Chatsworth Correspondent.) Drought conditions still prevail, and the plight of the dairymen is becoming more serious every day. Supplies to…

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Referendum Labor's Attitude "Deny Crust To Farmers" U.A.P. Member's Criticism Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 5

The charge that the Labor party was denying a crust to the primary producers because it could not obtain the whole loaf for itself was made by…

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Dairy Registrations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 4

Dairymen throughput the district are reminded that the registrations of dairies, expire, on November 14. Forms of application are available at the…

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Butter and Cheese London Market Conditions. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 5

Butter remains irregular, and Tooley street traders anticipate that the drift will be towards even lower levels. There was little business during the…

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Boycott of Wool Little Effect On Australia British Firms Bought Heavily. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 5

Statistics relating to the South African wool season tell an eloquent story of changed conditions. The number of bales sold at auction from July to…

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Armed Maniac Burned to Death at Farm Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 5

Paul Ughetto, the mad youth who killed seven people in the Basses Alpes, took refuge in a farm building near Digne, and began shooting when the…

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Next Royal Show Butter Export Entries

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 6

Among the first classes for which entries close for the 1937 Easter Show is that for the Blue Star Line continuous grading class for export butter. The…

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Year's Highest Price for Wool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 3

The highest price in Sydney for the current season was established at the resumption of the wool sales today when 230¼d was paid…

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Butter in London Australian Supplies Fail Review of Season's Trade. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 5

A review issued by the English firm of W. Weddel and Co. on the butter trade in England for the last year says that one of the disappointments of the…

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Grafton Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Grafton Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee will be held at the High School on Thursday, at 7.45 p.m. Attendance…

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To Federal Referendum Alteration Of The Constitution Speech by Dr. Earle Page Marketing Legislation To Be Made Effective Value to Dairy Producers of Australia

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 3

The value of the continuance of a system of organised marketing to the dairy industry of Australia was stressed by Dr. Earle Page (Federal Minister for Commerce) in his speech to the House of Representatives on Thursday, dealing with the Referendum Bill…

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Tweed Cane Crop

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 4

Mr. E.. D. Wilkinson (manager of the C.S.R. Company's mill at Condong) states it is thought the mill crushing season would terminate about the…

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Lowest Since 1929 Australia's Wheat Crop Effects of Dry Weather. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 5

Although the total acreage under wheat in Australia this season is 720,000 acres more than in 1935-36, the production is officially estimated at only…

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