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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 27 of 61

Butter Fat Test Wingham Jersey Cow's Production. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 5

Aramac Princess, a Jersey cow, six years and two months old, owned by Mr. A. E. Fowler, of Karaat Flat, Wingham, has just completed a 365…

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Wartime Refuge Australian Wool Clipper Once Used by Germans. London, May 6

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 2

A veteran wool-clipper of the Australian trade has been chosen as the A.R.P. "hide-out" for more than 200 boys of the Greenwich Sea School, if…

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Political Sidelights Tributes To Sir E. Page Aid for Wheat lNDUSTRY All-party Cabinet Question. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 2

Miss Grace Pattu[?]o, the High School gi[?] who won the Commonwealth Government's essay prize in 1935, and travelled Australia as the…

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Nana Glen Junior Farmers' Club

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 6

A well attended meeting of the Nana Glen Junior Farmers' Club was held on Thursday evening last, when the District Supervisor, Mr. Sims, was…

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Butter Production Higher

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 4

Butter production throughout the Far North Coast is being maintained at a considerably higher figure than for the corresponding period of last year,…

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State Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week-end May 19, 11,869 boxes of…

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Rotation Crops For Soil Fertility Soya Bean, Cowpea, Peanut Lecture to Ulmarra Presbyterian Men's League

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 3

There was a good attendance at Ulmarra Presbyterian Men's League tea on Sunday night, when Mr. A. R, Atwill, president, welcomed Mr. A…

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Mortgage Bank Will Assist Farmers Big Saving in Interest Mr. Nock Replies to Propaganda. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 2

"Sedulous attempts to arouse their opposition to the Mortgage Bank Bill introduced by the Lyons Government last November, but not yet…

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Butter Factory Ballot

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 9

A ballot is to be held to appoint a. director to the board of Casino butter factory in the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. A. E. Robinson. Six…

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Butter Shipments to U.K. Cut 1000 Tons Weekly Dairy Board's Decision Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 5

The Australian Daily Produce Board at its meeting, which ended in Sydney to-day, decided to fix the weekly shipments of butter to the…

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Bellinger Butter Month's Output Below March. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 8

The total output of butter on the Bellinger River for the month of April was 80 12 tons, or approximately 20 tons below the March output. Pay to…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 19/5/39, 11,869 boxes of…

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Wheat Bounty

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 6

A meeting of the Dunedoo Farmers and Settlers Association carried a resolution urging the State Government to expedite the payment of the wheat…

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Butter 12/ Per Lb.!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

A price of 12/ per lb. for butter seems exorbitant, but George Scott, a prospector on the Palmer goldfields, paid it recently. Before recent floods…

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"Havilah" a Famous Pastoral Home Romantic Origin of Name

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 9

One of the most noted pastoral properties in New South Wales is "Havilah,'' twelve miles from Mudgee, owned by Mr. Hunter White, says…

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Primary Producer's Union Clarence District Council Quarterly Meeting at Grafton Cattle Tick Eradication Campaign Sale and Control of Butter Substitutes Potato Council Delegate's Report

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 6

After discussing the question of butter substitutes for some time yesterday the Clarence District Council of the Primary Producers' Union carried a resolution that a letter should be forwarded to the Central Executive in Sydney expressing appreciation of their efforts in respect of the sale and…

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Oil From Coals and Crops Resources And Prices Cost Estimates High

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 11

In reference to the general question of the production of liquid fuels in Australia the Minister for Supply and Development (Mr. Casey) has made…

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Weekly Cattle Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report a medium quantity of cattle of all classes yarded at their weekly sale. Fat bullocks and fat heifers were a little…

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Dairying Menaced By Butter Substitutes. Conference at Canberra. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, will meet the State Minister for Agriculture at Canberra on June 13, to discuss the problem of…

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Butter and Cheese London Quotations. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 5

Following are the market quotations: Butter (firmer), Danish 118; choicest, salted New Zealand 109, Australian 107; unsalted, New Zealand 110,…

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