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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 3 of 61

Maize Crops Effect Of Dry Conditions Reduction of 50 Per Cent. of Prospective Yield. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

The weather conditions during December were the most trying for maize over the whole of the maize belt for many years, says the monthly crop…

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Plant Diseases Heavy Toll Of Crops Losses From Cereal Rust. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

Instancing the heavy toll which plant diseases take of crops, Dr. W. Waterhouse, reader in Agriculture at the Sydney University, told the…

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Inverell Dairy Co

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

At the January meeting of the Inverell Co-operative Butter and Bacon Co. Ltd., Mr. W. Waddell, of Oakwood, was elected chairman. Mr…

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Opinions of Our Readers Co-operation and the Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

Sir,-- Before dealing with the subject of co-operation and dairying, may I ask readers to review an article by "Rambler," written over 14 years back…

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DAIRYING Grass Silage Procedure in Opening Up the Stack

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 11

As the best quality silage is produced in the heart of the stack, care must be exercised when opening it up to expose as small an area as possible…

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Butter Production Affected By Heat London Market Conditions Butter Board Reports. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 3

In view of the continued hot, dry weather and the serious decrease in production throughout the Commonwealth the Dairy Produce Board has…

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Sudden Death Well-known Hereford Cattle Breeder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

Mr. Cyril Alexander Wiseman, a well-known stud Hereford cattle breeder of the north-west, was found dead on his property at Clerkness,…

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Butter Price Rise in London Expected. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 5

The butter market, dominated by the Australian weather conditions, combined with Australian and New Zealand low production, is expected to rise…

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Theft of Sheep Guyra Police Court Case. Guyra

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Matthew James Fletcher Carroll, in the Guyra Police Court, pleaded guilty to stealing a sheep, the property of William Drabsch, grazier, of Crystal Brook…

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Moonray Warwick Farm Win Many Scratchings Braidwood Boy's Handicap Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 3

Terrific heat reduced the attendance by half, and was responsible tor many scratchings at the Warwick Farm races to-day…

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Great Losses From Soil Erosion Fallowing Hastens the Process Wheat Farms Depreciating

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 8

The problem of soli erosion has leapt into significance in Australia only within the last decade, but so seriously is it viewed by both the scientist and the practical farmer that a close study of its causes and of measures to combat it is now being made…

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Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

The Director of Dairying, Mr. MacInnes, states that the butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle…

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Synthetic Wool "Before Many Years."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

"There is little doubt that before many years a' synthetic fibre, possessing the crimp and elasticity of Wool, will be on the market," said Professor…

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£642,875 Estate Victorian Wool Broker. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

A Victorian estate valued at £642,875 was left by Robert Bond Wesley McComas merchant, of Hawthorn, who died on August 19…

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Royal Show District Exhibitors Mobilising Six Contenders Rearrangement of Butter Division

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

Producers and energetic committee throughout New South Wales and in the most populous parts of southeastern Queensland are cooperating for…

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Poultry Farmers Suffer In Heat Wave Egg Prices Higher. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

As a result of the heat wave and bush fires retail prices of eggs have risen by an average of threepence a dozen to 19 12 or 110. in most places…

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Collective Advertising Scheme Farmers to Consider It

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 3

"The Parliamentary, Press and Publicity committee of the National Farmer's Union is to consider early next year the question of collection…

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Dairymen Objects. Cooling Systems for City Milk

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 8

A deputation of milk suppliers from the Dungog district was appointed at a meeting last week to protest to the Milk Board against the decree that all…

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Wheat Position

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2

The Assistant Minister for Commerce, Mr. V. C. Thompson, who delivered an address at Tamworth on Tuesday night on the marketing of Australian…

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Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

During the week ended January 14 Commonwealth graders examined for export the following quantities in boxes of v butter:-Sydney, salted 4744,…

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