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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 43 of 61

Quotas Butter and Cheese. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board, has decided upon the following…

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Wheat Relief Federal Plan Opposed Melbourne Conference. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 5

Interstate representatives of the Australian Wheat Growers' Federation, who will meet in conference in Melbourne on August 27, a day before the…

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Maclean Junior Farmers Advisory Committee Future Shield Competitions

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Maclean Junior Farmers' Club was held on Friday night when the president (Rev. F. G…

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Badgery's Cattle Sale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 4

H. Badgery and Sons, Pty., Ltd., South Grafton, reporting their first cattle sale, at the railway yards, South Grafton, yesterday stated that a total…

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Butter Factories Protest at Export Butter Box Price Rise

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 8

Representatives of butter factories in Victoria are protesting strongly against the increase of lid a box in the price of export butter boxes this season. It…

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Woodford Island Tick Zone Dairy Farmers And Stockowners Meet Recommendations Regarding Dipping

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2

A crowd of 50 or 60 dairy farmers and stockowners held a meeting recently at Woodford Dale Hall, to devise means of safeguarding the island from…

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Heavy Frost Young Crops Hard Hit

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2

Tomato and vegetable growers in parts of the district were hard hit by a very heavy frost on Sunday morning. Thousands of young tomato…

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Share Farmers Dispute Over Claim

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 7

A claim for £1215, alleged to be due as a share of the sale of pigs and crops, and for ploughing and other work done, was made in the Grafton…

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Embargo on Tweed Cattle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 2

A meeting of Kyogle Steckowners' Association decided to reiterate its protect to the Board of Tick Control against any proposal to lift the embargo on…

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1¼D Bonus Grafton Co-op. Dairy Co. Successes with Butter and Bacon Value of the Abattoirs

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 4

The quantity of butter manufactured at the Grafton Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., for the six months ended June 3d, was 797¼, tons, a decrease of seven…

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Butter Gradings 89.8 Per Cent. Choicest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the Week ended August 18, 9102 boxes of…

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Rescinded Permit Regulation Cattle Owners' Protest GRAFTON P.P. Board Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 3

At the Grafton Pastures Protection Board meeting yesterday morning, a notice of motion was received from Dir. A. G. Bailey, to prescind a motion…

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DAIRYING Objectionable Flavors In Cream Often Due to Unhealthy Cows

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 6

It is generally claimed that milk when drawn from the cow is free from all contamination, but there is no guarantee that the freshly-drawn…

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Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 4

At the last meeting of the directors of the Coff's-Orara Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., it was decided that suppliers be paid at the rats of 10½ per…

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SOUTHGATE P.P. UNION Impounding Of Cattle Dipping of Dairy Cows

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Southgate branch of the P.P.U. was held on 21st inst., there being present Mr. C. S. Harrison (in the chair), Messrs. W…

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Junior Farmers District Council Meets a and B Grade Clubs

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Clarence River District Council of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee was held at Ulmarra on Saturday…

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325 FARMERS Among Refugee Migrants Six Months' Figures. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 4

Political refugees in 20 occupational groups were admitted to Australia in the first six months of this year under the Commonwealth Government's' three…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 4

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during ths week ended 18/8/39, 9102 boxes of…

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Royal Show Cattle Sections Revised Reef And Dairy Breeds Herdsman's Competition . SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 5

Important revisions and additions have been made by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales to the beef and dairy cattle sections…

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Coffs Peas Some Wonderful Crops

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 1

The adaptability of Coffs Harbour for growing peas for the winter market is probably not fully realised by even Coffs Harbour people. If it…

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