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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 18 of 61

Butter Market Slightly More Active. Conditions in London. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

Although business is slightly more active, buyers lack confidence owing to the international situation, states the weekly report received from the…

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Butter Output Higher This Year. Despite Effect of Drought. Australian Analysis. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

Despite the slump of 90,000 cwt. in January butter production in Australian factories is higher this year than for 1937-38…

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English Farmers Fight Cattle Rustling Serious Loss of Livestock "Theft Register" Started. London, March 4

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 8

Alarmed at the growth of cattle rustling in England, particularly in the eastern counties, farmers are uniting to fight the thieves. This…

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Farm Laborers Shortage On Richmond Youths Refuse Work. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

There is an acute shortage of farm labor in the Richmond River district. The inability of some farmers to gel assistance is being overcome by women…

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Butter Factories Proposed Amalgamation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 3

At a further meeting of the Raleigh District Butter, Bacon and Cheese Factories' Association, held at the Bellingen factory, delegates fully…

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Wheat Surplus Twice World's Needs Conference At Canberra Industry in Serious Position Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

The world's wheat surplus is 1,100,000,000 bushels, while the annual demand from importing countries is only 550,000,000 bushels, half the…

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Farm Tragedy Coroner's Predicament. MELBOURNE,Monday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

The inquest into the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Anne White, 56, whose body was found beneath an overturned and burned car near the Walwa-Shelley…

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Pink of Condition Clarence River Cattle Hawthorne's 48Th Annual Sale Keen Competition for Fat Stock

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 4

"It is a wonderful sale, the best you could find for prices, I should say, outside of the metropolitan area" was the comment of one prominent…

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For Royal Show Cattle From Grafton Experiment Farm Exhibit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 4

A team of 14 head of cattle will represent the Grafton Government Experiment Farm at the Royal Show in Sydney. The leader of the team is…

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North Coast Dairy Farm Competition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 7

The "Farmer and Settler" announced to-night that the entries for the coastal dairy farm competition, organised by that journal, in connection…

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Superior Stock Hawthorne's Cattle Sale 2500 Head Change Hands Enthusiastic Operators

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 4

Keen public interest was again evinced in Hawthorne's 48th annual cattle sale, which was continued at the municipal saleyards, South Grafton,…

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Wheat Glut a World Problem Conference Of States Australia's Position Explained by Sir E. Page. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 5

Australian participation in the world wheat conference proposed to be held in May would mean that the Commonwealth, as signatory to any…

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Uneconomic Farmer Criticised By Treasurer Rural Reconstruction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 5

The problem of rural reconstruction was no easy one. While he yielded to no one in his sympathy for the producer, if a policy of indulgence was pursued…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 24/3/39, 21,09S boxes of…

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Margarine and Butter Substitutes Questions in the House

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 3

In the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly recently. Major Shand asked the Minister for Agriculture: Will he inform the House:…

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Campaign Against Butter Substitutes "Primary Producer" and Country Party Publicity

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 1

The Australian Country Party's news bulletin issued last week makes strange reading in dairy farmers' eves. Under the heading: "Storm in…

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OVER 5000 HEAD Clarence River Cattle Hawthorne's 48Th Annual Sale Tributes by Visiting Operators

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

Over 5000 head of stock changed hands during the three days of Hawthorne's 48th annual cattle sale, which was brought to a successful…

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CONFERENCE P. P. U. AND C. P. REPS Butter Substitutes Further Conference Suggested Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

Messrs. H. J. Bate, Jeff Bate. Budd. Chaffey, Frith, Wingfield, Bennett, Elliott and J. T. Reid, Ms .L. A., accepted the invitation of the P.P…

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The Farm Home Water From Wells to Ensure a Safe Supply

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

For a water supply to be safe, two prime conditions must be observed in construction of the well, the first being the choice of a safe location…

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North Coast Tomatoes Crop Worth £57,000

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

Tomato growers in the Central North Coast Tomato, Fruit and Vegetable Society's district have received over £57,000 for the past season's…

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