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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

1,219 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 61

Sugar Cane Crops Effect Of Dry Spell Tonnage Considerably Reduced. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 7

The dry weather conditions experienced will be the means of considerably decreasing the tonnage of sugar cane to be harvested in the district this…

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PASTORAL Ophthalmia In Sheep And Cattle Two Effective Lotions

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 8

Ophthalmia, an infectious inflammatory affection of the eyes, has occurred to a greater extent than usual in both sheep and cattle in the northern part of…

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MARGARINE Restrictions Wanted Effect on Butter Industry. Mullumbimby

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 6

The Mullumbimby branch of the Primary Producers' Union at the annual meeting decided to ask the Federal and State Parliamentary…

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Cheerful Note London Stock Exchange Butter Market Quiet. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 5

Although business on the Stock Exchange has not been active it closed yesterday on a cheerful note. Early in the week the tone was…

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Tick Outbreak Cattle Near Woodenbong Kyogle Stockowners Alarmed. Kyogle

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 6

Stockowners are greatly alarmed by reported extensive outbreaks, and the heavy infestations of ticks among dairy cattle in the Woodenbong area, 35…

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Orara Valley News. Co-operation Between Butter Factories Meeting at Raleigh. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 6

At a recent meeting of the Raleigh District Butter, Bacon and Cheese Factories' Association, which embraces factories on the Nambucca and…

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Speedy Filly Waireka's Fourth Win Races At Warwick Farm June and Red Sails Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2

At Warwick Farm this afternoon, the brilliant two-year-old filly, Waireka, won her fourth race, when she ran away from her opponents in the…

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Tomato Crop a Satisfactory Season on the Central Coast. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 4

The Central North Coast Tomato Fruit and Vegetable Society, which has done much in the development of the tomato growing industry in this…

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DAIRYING Blending Of Cream Greater Care Necessary

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 8

The hot, dry, dusty conditions experienced this summer have rendered it doubly necessary to exercise every care to preserve the quality of cream. The…

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Butter Factory Record. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 5

Producing 121 tons lewt, and 103lbs of butter during the week ended on Saturday last, Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Association's Gympie…

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Farmers' Relief Board

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 2

By a recent amendment of the Far ruers' Relief Act the period for recript of applications for stay orders from farmers desirous of availing…

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Butter Export Commonwealth Gradings Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 5

During the week ended on February 18. Commonwealth graders examined for export 4330 boxes of salted, and 460 boxes of unsalted, butter at Sydney,…

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Noted Cattle Man Dies in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

The death occurred this morning at the age of 73 years of Mr. Isaac Moore, one of the best known figures in the Queensland cattle industry and…

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Cattle Judges for the Royal Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

The Royal Agricultural Society announced to-day that Mr. John O'Gilvy, of New Zealand, had been selected as judge for the Aberdeen Angus cattle,…

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Nat. Insurance Self-Employed And Farmers ABOUT 250,000 CONCERNED

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 3

In Australia it is estimated that about 250,000 small farmers, small shopkeepers, etc., would be eligible for voluntary insurance if a scheme for self-employed…

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Dairy Factories Amalgamation Plan Conference At Bellingen From Orara to Nambucca Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

At a meeting of the Raleigh District Butter, Bacon and Cheese Factories Association, held at Bellingen, to-day, at which representatives were…

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Casino Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 7

In their report to be submitted to the half-yearly meeting on February 28, the directors of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., state that butter…

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Butter Gradings 89.8 Per Cent. Choicest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended on February 17., 23,637 boxes of…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 3

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 17/2/39. 28,637 boxes of…

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Butter Substitutes Serious Menace to the Dairying Industry Raleigh District Council Takes Action

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 6

At the quarterly meeting of delegates to the Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, held at Urunga School of Arts, the…

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