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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 16 of 61

P.p.u and Butter Substitution

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 4

A motion advocating the expulsion from the Primary Producers' Union of all members who take part in the agitation against the use of butter…

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Price of Butter No Chance Of Rise Board Chairman's Statement. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 2

The chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Board (Mr. Plunkett) to-day declared that there was no possibility of a rise in the price of butter under…

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Grafton Co-op. Dairy Co

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 4

At the meeting of the board of directors of the Grafton Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., on Monday, Mr. George. Maxwell was appointed chairman, and Mr. I. C…

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Transport of Sheep

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 3

A 312ton truck, fitted up for the transport of sheep, arrived in Grafton recently with 100 sheep on board. The truck is owned by Mr. L. H. Johnston, of Grafton, and was fitted with an extra floor about three feet higher than the original floor, and this extra floor space made…

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Tenterfield Junior Farmers Successful

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 6

Teriterfield Junior Farmers carried off a highly creditable share of prizes at Newcastle Show, including eight firsts, nine seconds and nine thirds…

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Bovine Diseases £2000 A Year For Research Dairy Board's Donation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 3

To further the valuable work being carried out by the Australian Dairy Cattle Research Association in connection with investigations into bovine…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5
Also in The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 10/3/39, 11,973 boxes of…

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1D Wool Bounty Request by Graziers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

After several delegates had stated that the added costs in the wool industry had been built up at the expense of the graziers, the Graziers' Conference…

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Lawsuit Kempsey Dairy Farm Appeal To Full Court Dismissed with Costs Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

The Full Court heard an appeal against the judgment given by Mr. Justice Nicholas on November 21 last year in a suit for performance…

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Donigo Dairy Company Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

The following is the monthly report for February, 1939:— The quantity of butter manufactured during the month was 93 ton 11…

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Farm Produce Agents Uniformity Sought

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

As a result of a conference held at Erisbane recently, it is expected that the Australian Agricultural Council will consider a proposal for the…

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"Pyjama Girl" Inquiries Are Revived After Albury Suicide Border Farm Tragedies Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

Police inquiries into the Albury "Pyjama Girl" mystery have been revived following the suicide of Richard White, 42, farmer, at Albury…

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Killed Instantly Struck Chin On Cart Macleay Farmer's Death. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

Mr. Ernest Macleay Delaforce, 56, a farmer of Mooneba, Upper Macleay, was killed instantly in a simple, but unusual manner, at his farm early…

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Butter Market Quiet In London Australian Production Rains Help in N.S.W. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 6

As a result of further light to moderate general rain in Victoria, accompanied by mild weather the production of butter in this State…

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Orara Valley News. Nana Glen Junior Farmers' Club Proposed Field Day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 6

A very well-attended meeting of the Nana Glen Junior Farmers' Club was held in the school on Thursday evening, when twelve members were…

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Jewish Refugees Only One Farmer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 5

German Jews numbering 26 were among the 31 first-class refugees who arrived by a Japanese steamer to-day. Only one of them was classed as a…

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Wheat As Pig Feed Worth 3 a Bushel on the Hoof

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 7

"Mr. A. F. Gray, senior piggery instructor of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, has been advising breeders to use more wheat in…

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What Is Wrong with the Dairying Industry--and Its Remedy

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 7

Sir,--Without a doubt, the dairying industry is the worst paid industry in Australia, yet returns from dairying, from a national standpoint are one of…

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Farm Life For Trainer Russell Mohican Aftermath

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 7

Leading Sydney trainer, Cecil Russell, whose appeal to the A.J.C. against the Mohican disqualifications was dismissed on Friday, will now…

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