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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 44 of 65

Coal From Britain Wheat Ship's Outward Cargo London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 4

An inquiry as to the possibilities of loading coal from Britain to Australia, in view of the threat of labor trouble on the Australian coalfields has resulted…

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Butter Exports 13 Per Cent. Increase Still Below 1935-36 54 P. C. Advance in N. S. W. CANBERRA

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 5

Although exports of butter from Australia during 1937-38, totalling 1,759,000cwt., represented an increase of 203,000cwt., or 13 per cent, on the…

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£1860 BETTER Coff's- Orara Dairy Co. Annual Meeting Held Presentation to Director of Dairying. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 3

The annual meeting of shareholders of the Coff's Harbor -Orara Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., was held in the School of Arts on Saturday. Over…

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Sugar Crop Outlook In Queensland "Far From Satisfactory" Lower Export Expected

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 3

Recent estimates indicate that the total crop available for harvesting will be substantially larger than appeared probable several weeks ago, and it now…

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The Farm Home Spotted Wilt Of Iceland Poppies Symptoms and Measures for Control

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 6

Spotted wilt, well know as a serious disease of tomato crops, occurs on numerous other plants, including many of the ornamentals. Iceland poppies…

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Farms Inundated New Zealand Floods. Wellington (N. Z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 5

Severe floods in Auckland Province have resulted in considerable damage. Streams running across Hauraki Plains reached a high flood level, and…

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"Brisbane" Butter Complaint in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 5

The question of whether inferior quality Queensland butter was being sold at highest prices in Sydney was raised by Mr. Sanders (U.A.P.) in the…

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Rumanian Wheat for Britain. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 5

A contract has been completed between the Rumanian Government and an important British grain firm to supply Britain, with one-third of…

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100 Cattle Die After Dipping On Clarence Dungog Owners' Loss

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

Five hundred cows, purchased at Gordon Brook Station, on the Clarence River, by Messrs. John Allison and Ken Mackay, of Dungog, were dipped…

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Wood Pulp Fibre May Outweigh Wool Clip. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 6

The production of staple fibre made from wood pulp in 1938 is likely to be greater in weight than the combined wool clip, clean and scoured, of…

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Co-operation Value to District Pioneer Dairy Co., Ltd. Chairman Urges Support

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 9

The value to dairy farmers in the district of supporting their own cooperative society, in preference to proprietary companies, was stressed…

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Dairy Act Question in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

Mr. Budd (U.C.P., Byron) asked the Minister for Agriculture, in the Legislative Assembly to-day, could he indicate when the Dairy Industries…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 1

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 26/8/38, 7440 boxes of…

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Planes Annoy Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 10

At a meeting of the Charters Towers branch of the Central and North Queensland Graziers' Association the following motion was agreed to:…

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Casino Butter Factory's Record

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4

Casino Dairy Society's sales of butter and ice for the past six months increased from £190,567 to £290,309. Butter manufactured totalled 1603 tons…

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Choicest Butter Best in the World Tribute To Australian Continuity of Supply Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4

"The quality of much of our choicest grade butter is doubtless the best that the world produces. This fact is accepted and endorsed by…

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Coffs Dairy Coy. Dividends on Shares a Shareholder's Queries

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 6

Mr. V. F. Bacon, formerly of Coffs Harbour and now of Sydney, writes: About fourteen years ago I, with many other business people of Coffs…

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Junior Farmers' Supervisors

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4

Complete agreement with the suggestion of the Minister for Education. Mr. D. H. Drummond, that more supervisors should be appointed for Junior…

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Northern Butter Pay. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 4

The North Coast Butter Factories Association, at a meeting at Lismore to-day. fixed the pay for suppliers for August at 12, the same as for July…

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Butter Market Conditions In London Australian Production Report of Dairy Board. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 6

Dairy production in Victoria is increasing, states the weekly summary of weather conditions and production prospects issued to-day by the…

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