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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 64 of 65

Farm Home Burnt Out

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 2

The home of Mr and Mrs. Stan. Jarrelt, who occupy Mr. W. H. Shaw's farm at Dorrigo, was destroyed by fire last week. Alter having afternoon…

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Butter Exports. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 2

During the week ended December 17 the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following quantities of butter (in boxes): Sydney, salted…

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Felled by Bale of Wool

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 9

While working at the Sloane street wool store of Ray Bladwell and Company, at Goulburnon on Tuesday morning, a man was struck on the head by a bale…

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Retarded Dairy Production on North Coast. Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 10

Dairy production of the Far North Coast is being seriously retarded by present dry conditions, which have now extended over four months…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 2

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 16/12/38, 14,500 boxes of…

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PASTORAL. Rabbit Control Effective Gates Essential

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 3

In the combat of the rabbit pest it is necessary to give the most careful attention to the question of gates and gateways. They should be conveniently…

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Bag of Wheat Carried Two Miles

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 4

For a wager of £7, D. Ryan, of Texas, who is at present carting wheat to the Yarranlea dump, carried a full bag of wheat just over two miles last…

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Northern Territory Life on Cattle Stations MR. J. Smail's Experiences

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 4

In a lengthy budget, Mr. Jock Small tells his relatives in this district of his experiences in the Northern Territory, whither he went some months…

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OVER 100 TONS Bellinger River Factories November Butter Output. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 6

The aggregated output of butter at the two Bellinger River factories for the month of November, pay for which bias been distributed this week, was…

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Danish Farmers To Visit Australia Interested in Dairying. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 5

Danish farmers keenly interested in investigating Australian agricultural conditions and problems, particularly in the dairying industry, are on their way…

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The Farm Home Jam-Making Importance of Sound Fruit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 1

The making of jam is a very simple process, but mistakes are sometimes made through a lack of knowledge of the main essentials. The chief cause of…

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DAIRYING Surplus Pasture Growth Conversion Into Silage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 2

The recent good rains in all dairying districts and consequent abundance of pasture growth makes timely a reminder of the wisdom of conserving…

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Jersey Cattle Society's Notes

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 3

Mrs. Alice Macrae, of "Kelvin Park," Dorrigo, reports having sold another heifer calf, by Strathblane Prince Bravo from Kelvin Park Desire, to Mr. W. A…

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A.I.S. Cattle Successful Producers

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 3

Heading the list of butter-fat productions for the month of November is Logie Bank Maud III., owned by H. A. Smith, "Logie Bank," Whisky…

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PASTORAL Pasture Strains Their Significance in Improvement Work

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 2

As far as the general farming community is concerned, "grass farming" is still in its infancy in New South Wales; the pasture improvement concept…

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Trade Talks U.S.A. Not Ready the Butter Position. Washington

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 5

While American officials recognise there will be deep disappointment in Australia concerning the present unreadiness of the United States to…

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Peanut Farms In Kingaroy District a Visitor's Impressions

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 2

Writing on a trip through part of Queensland, a visitor speaks interestingly of the peanut industry in the Kingaroy district. In a letter to a Clarence…

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Sydney Markets Dairy Produce Firm Demand for Fish Slackens. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 4

Steady inquiry was reported for Victorian onions in Sussex street and the market was firm at late rates. Tasmanian potatoes were in request and…

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Farmhouse Destroyed

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 4

An outbreak of fire, which on Wednesday morning while the occupiers were at the cowbails, destroyed a weatherboard house at Upper…

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Dairy Board London Office Report Prices And Stocks Butter and Cheese Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 December 1938 · page 5

The Australian Dairy Produce Board's London office has cabled that sales of Australian butter during the week ended last Wednesday were 66,000 boxes…

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