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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 59 of 65

Not Insurable Under National Insurance Children of Farmers. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 5

Sons or daughters of farmers will not be insurable under the national insurance scheme and no contributions will be payable by and in respect of them,…

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Dragged by Horse Cattle Buyer Injured Accident Near Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 4

John Reid, a single man, employed as a cattle buyer by Anderson's meat- works, at Byron Bay, sustained severe head injuries and numerous lacerations…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sidney apd Newcastle during the week ended 18/11/38, 33,845 boxes of…

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Butter Fat Competition

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 3

The Tweed District Agricultural Society's competition for the cow yielding the greatest quantity of butler fat in 24 hours under an official…

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Butter Box Timber Is Praised

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 1

Butter boxes made from hoop the from an eight and a half year old plantation of the Queensland Forestry were on exhibition at the office…

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Wheat Farmers Federal Assistance Home Consumption Price Sales Tax on Flour Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 5

The Wheat Industry Assistance Bill, which implements the decisions of the recent Premiers Conference for the fixation of a home…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

The following is the monthly report for October, 1938: During the month, the quantity of butter manufactured was 72 ton 7cwt. lqr. 1ib.,…

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Dairying Cleaning of Dairy Utenils Still Need for Better Methods

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 4

Although an improvement in the standard of general dairy hygiene has taken place in recent years, there still remain many instances of…

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No Change in Dairy Cartage System, Says Norco Ltd

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 3

The board of directors of the Norco Cooperative Dairy Association has decided that it is impracticable to carry out the recommendation from…

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South Arm Weather and Crops

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 9

Several light showers of rain fell on Saturday afternoon and it was hoped that sufficient rain might have fallen from this change in the weather to…

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Butter and Cheese London Market Conditions Australian Production. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 6

The high price of cask butter in, London caused by smaller supplies, is assisting the box trade, particularly in the midland and northern markets,…

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Film Stars Homes Threatened By Bush Fire Hundreds of Farms Destroyed. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 5

An army of fire-fighters ringed a 200-mile mountani area in an effort to check a series of fires which have already destroyed hundreds of homes and…

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Fall in Sterling Money And Commodities the Butter Market. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 5

The continued fall in sterling is arousing considerable comment. The "Investors' Chronicle," which regards the pound as still over -valued, opines that…

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Insurance Act Animated Discussion L.C. Farmers and Settlers Pollution of River

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 1

A meeting of Tyndale and Lower Clarence branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Shire Hall Maclean, on Saturday…

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Farmer Injured Struck by Tractor. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 4

William Tyson, a farmer of North Bank road, Bellingen, suffered agony late yesterday afternoon when a tractor he was driving on the farm…

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Butter Exports Increase of 180 P.C. Official Statistics Figures for the States Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 5

Australia exported 329,889 cwts. of butter for the quarter ended September compared. with 117,724 cwts. for the corresponding period of 1937, an…

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Small Crops Suitability of Coffs Suggestion for Migrants

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 4

The suitability of the lands and the climate around Coffs Harbour for small holdings and the cultivation of various crops was…

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Tractor Overturns Farmer Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 3

Mr. W. P. Tyson was injured and had to be taken to hospital when his farm tractor overturned with him on his farm at Fernmount last Friday…

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Welcome Rain Soaks Clarence District Acceptable Christmas Box for Farmers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 4

The hearts of many farmers throughout the Clarence district must have been gladdened at the sound of rain beating on the roof for several…

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Wounded Man Found in Hut on Farm. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 5

Found lying on a bed in a hut on a share farm at Mooroolbark to-day, an Italian, Peter Lombardi, about 50. of Lilydale, was taken to the Bush…

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