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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 46 of 61

Wool Clip May Be Bought By Britain £50,000,000 for Clip. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 6

War's first result on wool almost certainly would be acquisition, of the clip by the Commonwealth Government, followed by its purchase by the…

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Butter Factory Annual Meeting Lapsed Short of Quorum

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Coffs-Orara Butter Factory, to have been held at the School of Arts, Coffs Harbour, last Saturday morning, had…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 4

Senior Dairy Instructors in the districts named reported as follows on conditions in August and seasonal prospects:—…

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Wool Clip to Be Sold to Britain Foodstuffs Surplus Also Portion of the Wheat Crop Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 4

During the war the British Government will purchase the entire Australian wool clip and all surplus production of butter, cheese, meat,…

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August Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 3

The North Coast Butter Factories' Association at a meeting in Lismore on Monday fixed the price of butter supplied during August at 12d a lb…

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Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 3

During the week ended on September 2 Commonwealth graders examined for export 2525 boxes of salted and 40 boxes of unsalted butter at Sydney, and…

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Butter Export Rise In Insurance War Risk Arrangements Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 6

No war insurance would be effected under the pool after 11 o'clock on September 3, but steamers already declared would be covered, provided they…

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Wool Clip Price May Be 12½d Lb. £10 Million More To Cheque Opinion in Sydney Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

Opinions were expressed in Sydney to-day that 12½d lb. would be likely to be the price paid by Britain for the entire Australian wool clip…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 1/9/39, 8935 boxes of…

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900 Tons Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 1

The two co-operative butter societies on the Bellinger River had an aggregate output of butter for the year ended June 30, of 900 tons,…

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Butter for Prisoners

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

With a view to increasing the consumption of farm commodities, Wallamba branch moved at the quarterly meeting of the Central Rivers P.P.U…

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Butter Boxes Timber From Canada Protests in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 6

Opposition to the importation and use of cheap Canadian timbers in place of local, wood for the manufacture of butter boxes was expressed by…

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Dairying Conditions Clarence to Nambucca

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 6

Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Nambucca, with headquarters, Coffs Harbour…

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Help Farmers to Own Land

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 4

A scheme, similar to the existing "home-building" scheme, whereby share and tenant members could be assisted to acquire their own…

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Available Nitrogen Significance to Dairying

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 4

One of the most conspicuous features connected with the use of fertiliser by growers in Australia is the almost spectacular increase in the…

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Farm in City London Curiosity Cows Never Return to Field. London, August 19

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 8

How many overseas visitors to London know that within a few hundred yards of Aldgate Pump in the city there is a real farm, on which are…

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Royal Flax Farm Best Harvest On Record Industry Founded by George V. LONDON. August 19

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 13

Flax-growing, an industry which was, virtually founded in England by King George V. is forging ahead. The harvest now being gathered on the Royal…

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Major Pests To District Crops Damage to Tomatoes and Potatoes Address Over 2Ne

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

In an. address .on "Pests of Potatoes and Tomatoes," Mr. J. A. Wright, district entomologist, speaking over 2NR recently, said:--…

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Reg. Bowden Dairy Machinery -Expert

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 11

While Australia remains so important a primary producing country, and the North Coast district one of the richest centres of farming activity, expert…

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DAIRYING Leguminous Crops For Coastal Dairy Farms Value in Maintaining Soil Fertility

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 3

Leguminous crops--Iucerne, red clover, cowpeas, soybeans, vetches, etc, --have important claims to a place in the coastal dairying programme. They…

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