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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,246 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 63

Decent Living All the Farmer Asks Marketing Referendum Support From Queensland Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 5

The economic shock absorber of the whole community was the description applied to the farmer by the vice-president of the Queensland…

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Bellingen Butter Output. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 6

Returns from the two Bellinger River co-operative butter societies show that the Output butter for January Was 101 tons, an increase of 39 tons…

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Deep Creek Pastures and Crops

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 8

There is a marked revival in the pastures following the splendid rains of last week. Late corn crops look exceptionally well. Swamps and…

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No Permit Cattle Drover Fined P.P. Board Warning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 1

Stanley Clarence Power, of Wharf street, South Grafton, was fined £2, with 8 court costs, in default five days' hard labor, by Mr. J. McElroy,…

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Dairy Farmers Work for "Yes" Vote 11 To Address Public Support Sought in Cities Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 5

With the object of explaining the dairy farmers' reasons for supporting the referendum and seeking a "Yes'' vote from fellow Australian citizens…

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Butter Market N.Z. Control Attacked Dull Conditions in London. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 5

The butter market continues to lack flexibility. Many traders, ascribe the dullness to New Zealand control, expressing the opinion that the removal…

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"Bobby" Calves Prices Too Low P.P Union Discussion Butter Factories to Handle?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 7

Dissatisfaction with the ruling price of "bobby" calves and vealers was expressed at a meeting of the Clarence District Council of the…

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Butter for Canada Trade Treaty Proposal Motor Car Importations. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 8

An effort is being made by the Commonwealth Government to negotiate a new trade treaty with Canada on an entirely different basis from that…

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Is It Down on Coast? Farmer's Belief Heard Plane Crash Near Nimbin Police Lead Search Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 5

For several days rumors have been circulated in the Nimbin district, some 25 miles from Lismore, that the Airlines of Australia plane which…

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Norco Butter Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 4

The butter output by Norco Co-op. Ltd's. factories for last week was 360 tons, a rise of 23 tons on the previous week. It is expected that, in view of…

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Casino Butter Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 7

The report for the half-year ended December 31 last, to be presented to the meeting of Casino Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd.. shareholders to-morrow, shows…

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Freight on Butter Boxes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 3

A request for a freight reduction on the carriage from Sydney of the new partly constructed export butter boxes was made to the Chief Commissioner…

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Butter Board Victorian Report "No Dislocation." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

There has been no dislocation or butter marketing conditions owing to the decision in the James case, and manufacturers have continued to assist the…

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More Wool From Australia to China. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

Mr. Harold H. Yuan, representative of Oriental Wool Manufacturers, Ltd., ol Tientsin, and unofficial trade envoy for the Chinese Government, has…

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Butter for Holland Chance For Australia "Regain Lost Market." Amsterdam

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

Australia has been given a chance to regain her lost market in Holland for butter, according to the newspaper "Handelsblad," which states that…

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Dairy Farmers Depend on "Yes" Vote Closer Settlement Issue Premier at Croydon Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

A "Yes" vote in the marketing referendum would definitely reinforce and reinvigorate the rural industries, particularly dried fruits and…

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57 Junior Farmers at Coraki

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 4

Mr. G. Barrell presided at the annual meeting of the Coraki Junior Farmers' Club when a report on the year's work stated that 57 members…

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Tractor Farming on Copmanhurst Property

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 7

The advantage of tractor farming is well demonstrated on Mr. R. H. Davison's farm at Copmanhurst, where a larger area than usual has been planted…

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Butter War Queensland Possibility Transport Dispute

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 10

A butter war appears to be developing at Innisfail, where the butter market has hitherto been practically the exclusive domain of the produce of the…

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Wheat Romance of 50 Years Farrer and Others

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 2

The history of wheat growing in Australia may be divided into phages, from the days of the first wheat plots at Farm Cove, Sydney, to 1886, and…

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