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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

1,285 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 29 of 65

Butter Price Rise City Housewives' Wail

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 2

On Wednesday last the price ot butter went up a penny per 1b. and was accompanied by a loud squeal from the city Housewives'…

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Opinions of Our Readers the Price of Butter

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 2

Sir.-- I see by your paper of to- day that the Housewives' Association, boarded by Mrs. Eleanor Gloncross, is going to press a campaign against the dairy…

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Junior Farmers Maclean Youths Succeed Dairy and Poultry

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 8

When Mr. E. Breakwell, director of Junior Farmer Clubs under the Department of Agriculture, first came to Maclean for the purpose of forming a…

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Butter Rise Benefits Producers Affects Storage Stocks Statement in Melbourne Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

The chairman of the Victorian section of the Commonwealth Eqnalisation Committee, Mr. A. McKenzie, said to- day that the increased price…

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Mrs. Glencross Marshalling Forces For Butter Boycott Reply to Cr. Banner Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 5

The Housewives' Association, was marshalling a formidable force of women to boycott butter, and, before long, the producers would regret that…

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Dairying Conditions Clarence to Nambucca

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

Mr. J. D. McGibbon, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Clarence to Nambucca. with headquarters, Coffs…

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Dairying Food Value of Milk Our Consumption Ear Too Low

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

Stressing the value of milk as a food and the need for increasing our present low per capita consumption, an article in the Agricultural Gazette…

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History of Dairying Interesting Data

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

Gregory Blaxland established the first dairy in Australia in 1795, on a block of land now bounded by George, Pitt, King, and Market Streets,…

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DAIRYING Four Faults In Milking Neglect That Endangers Cream Quality

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 12

There are many points at which cream can be contaminated, and if his product is to be consistently graded "choicest" it is necessary for the…

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LISMORE C. W. A. Reply To Housewives' Assn. "Come Out on the Farm." Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

The Lismore branch of the Country Women's Association to- day resolved that "the Housewives" Association be asked to make itself more conversant…

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Butter Rise Farmers Defended In Federal Parliament Publicity Seeking Critics [?]

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 5

A sirens plea for the dairy farmer was made by Mr. Francis [?] (Queensland) and Mr. Pollard (Lab., Victoria), speaking on the…

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Butter and Cheese London Market Prices. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 6

Following are the market quotations: Butter (quiet) Danish 122, choicest salted New Zealand 121. Australian 118 to 119: unsalted New Zealand…

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Bales of Wool Kill Cyclist. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 5

Sydney Peterson (12). of Pyrmont met his death in an unusual manner to-day. He was riding a bicycle along Banks street, near his home…

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Butter Market Conditions In London Production in Australia. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 6

The London butter market is slow. A surplus of Continental butter is still influencing the position. The news that stocks of butter in New Zealand…

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Price of Butter Grafton C.W.A. Decision Invitation to Mrs. Glencross

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 4

At a meeting of the Grafton branch of the C.W.A. yesterday it was decided, to ask the Housewives' Association to reconsider their hasty decision…

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Field Maize North Coast Championship 1St to Dorrigo: 2Nd to Upper Copmanhurst Crops Damafed by Ear-worm Pest

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Washington, of Paddy's Plains. Dorrigo won first place, and Mr. J. V. Hackett of Upper Cormanhurst was second. In the field maize…

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Fruit Inquiry Agent Gives Evidence farm products act. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Fruit Commissioner to-day, James Holmes said he regarded fee Farm Products Act as unworkable. In his opinion no…

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Men's Many Swims to Save Sheep

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 6

To rescue 40 rams marooned on an island created by floodwaters from the recent rains, a Mungindi grazier and an employee swam again and again across…

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Butter Market Listless in London. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 5

Butter remains listless, the Dominions product showing little change, but marked weakness has developed in Continental descriptions. There does…

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Stock Losses In North- West N. S. W. Sheep Bogged in Mud. Moree

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 5

Heavy stock losses have occurred in North- Western New South Wales, and the situation is becoming desperate for many graziers…

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