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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 61 of 63

Special Cattle Sale at Armidale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 4

Messrs. A. H. McArthur and Co. advertise particulars or cattle for offer at their special sale on Tuesday, December 14. The yarding comprises exclusively…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 4

Senior Dairy Intsructors in the districts mentioned reported as follows on dairying conditions and seasonal prospects for the month of…

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Butter for Export 14,286 Boxes Last Week. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 6

During the week ended December 4, Commonwealth graders examined for export 20,144 boxes of salted, and 573. boxes of unsalted butter at Sydney…

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Junior Farmers District Council Holds Quarterly Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the Clarence River District Council of Junior Farmers Clubs was held at the Grafton High School on Saturday, November…

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Severe Hailstorm South Grafton Many Windows Smashed Iron Roofs Pierced Crops and Gardens Suffer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 4

Windows were smashed, iron roofs pierced, trees stripped and flower and vegetable gardens cut to pieces, resulting in hundreds of pounds…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4
Also in The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate

The Stale butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 3/12/38, 13,114 boxes of…

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N.Z. BUTTER 20,000 Boxes for Germany. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4

The Dairy Produce Board advised to-day that Germany was taking 20,000 boxes of New Zealand butter from London on Friday…

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Mongrels That Save Lives on Railways Straying Sheep Are Their Special Care

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 10

Probably they are worth only a few, shillings each to the dog fancier, but 25 mongrels employed on the Great Western Railway of England save…

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5000 Years Old Seven-eared Wheat Seeds Grown By Dutchman Two Days Before Full Moon London, November 20

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 13

Because of his amazing success as a farmer at Ruan Minor, Cornwall, his neighbors are saying that Mr. George Henry Muller is "in league…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports Clarence to Nambucca

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4

Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, Senior Dairy Instructor, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Clarence to Nambucca, with Headquarters, Coff's…

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Butter Production Review The London Market Tendency Is Uncertain Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 4

Butter production has shown a steady increase this week in Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales. Queensland pastures are…

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Wheat Arrives at Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

Officials of the Railway Department and the Department of Agriculture watched with interest while the first 800 tons of wheat to be placed in the…

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At Ulmarra "Coldstream" Sunk Butter Factory Unroofed Stock Killed: Crops Flattened Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

Ulmarra received the full force of the storm this afternoon and there was widespread damage. The Clarence River Pioneer Dairy…

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Severe Cyclonic Storm Grafton District Suffers Badly Buildings Unroofed And Trees Shattered Heavy Damage to Crops Hits the Farmers Telephone And Power Lines Down Everywhere

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

Houses, stores and other buildings were unroofed, street trees were blown down, Jacaranda Avenue was badly damaged, telephone, telegraphic and power lines were put out of commission and crops were flattened by a severe cyclonic storm which lashed Grafton about 3.15 p.m. on Saturday…

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Crops Damaged Farmers Lose Heavily

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

Farmers suffered heavily by Saturday's storm the damage to crops running into hundreds of pounds. At Great Marlow the maize, which…

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Down to 108 Kangaroo Butter Price Uncertain London Market. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 5

The butter market is behaving in a most peculiar fashion. Kangaroo brand is quoted down to 108, but a shortage of available supplies is…

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Manhunt Murder in Riverina Farmer Shot Dead Wife R[?]ard Voices Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 5

When he went to investigate a noise in his garage last night, John Dickens, farmer, of Oaklands, near Berrigan, was shot dead…

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Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 2

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle uring the week ended December 10, 13,793 boxes of…

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Building Up Fertility in the Farm Garden

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 10

A flower and vegetable patch, however small, should be a feature of every farm home. Most soils can be made to produce successful gardens…

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