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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 5 of 61

Sale of Ulmarra Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 4

Messrs. Maurice and Johnson, report selling, on account of Mr. Spencer Green, farm at U Ulmarra, known as Jeffries', containing 50 acres. Mr. John…

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London Butter Market. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

The butter market during the week was quiet owing to the majority of buyers having recently accumulated stocks. Some reselling affected prices,…

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600 Sheep Die After Dip

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

Between 600 and 700 merino wethers were found dead on Mr. F. Carr's Chatsbury property at Goulburn after they; had been through a dip. Rain…

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Fireball Falls Amongst Cattle. Mullumbimby

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

A fierce electrical storm swept the Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay and Bangalow districts to-day. At Main Arm. a fireball fell in E…

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A Dairy Farmer's Utopia

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

According to the latest issue of the "Australian Dairy Review," an alarm clock is being used by a farmer near Invercargill (N.Z.) to wake his dog…

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Junior Farmers on Tour

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

Thirty-six boys will leave Lismore to-day, at 9 a.m., for the tour of the tablelands and north-west, organised by. the North Coast Council of Junior…

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Cattle Discs Suggested For Dorrigo Daytime Grazing on Roadside

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 3

In a report to the Dorrigo Shire Council, the assistant health inspector, Mr. T. To well, stated: "There is at present a very strong feeling that this…

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Junior Farmers Party Visits Grafton Richmond Boys' Tour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

The 35 Richmond River boys who are making a week's tour of the tablelands and the north-west, under the control of the North Coast Council of…

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Butter Gradings Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 4

The State butter graders during the week ended January 20, examined at Sydney and Newcastle 13,649 boxes of New South Wales butter for local…

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Potato Crops Conditions Adverse Rain Urgently Needed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

The season being experienced throughout the main potato growing districts of the State is most adverse, says the report of the Department of…

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Synthetic Wool Report to N.S.W. GOVT. Tremendous Increase Italy, Germany and Japan Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 5

Remarkable progress has been made by Italy, Japan and Germany in the production of synthetic wool, according to a statement furnished to…

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Same Directors Grafton Dairy Co., Ltd

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

Each of the five retiring directors of the Grafton Co-operative. Dairy Co., Ltd., has been nominated again for his position…

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Butter Quality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended 20/1/39, 13,649 boxes of…

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How Yass Man Saved His Home Sheep Dogs, Sheep and Headwork

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

Humor is an inborn characteristic of Australians. Were it not for that saving grace we would have not survived 150 years in this country of…

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Himalayan Goats And Barberry Sheep at Taronga Park Zoo

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

The Himalayan goats or thars, which are seen in the large rocky enclosure at the Zoo, are found on the slopes of he Himalayan mountains in India…

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Wool Display at Next Royal Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

To make Australia wool conscious and to dissipate any ideas that might exist as to the virtues of synthetic wool, the New South Wales Sheep…

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Parliamentary Ignorance on Position of Dairy Farmers Democracy a Failure?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Referring to the passage of the Dairy Products Act through Parliament, the Secretary (Mr. G. Macrae) of the local branch of the P.P.U., at…

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Better Dairy Yield Manning Farmer's Success

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

The practical advantages to be derived from the building up of purebred dairy herds are gradually being recognised by farmers throughout the…

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High Standard for N.S.W. Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

The F. A .Q. standard for New South Wales wheat was fixed to-day at 64 ½lbs. This is the second highest grading on record and the highest for…

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No Cattle on Roads All Straying Stock to Be Impounded Drastic Decision

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

In another part of this issue there is a copy of a report submitted to last meeting of the Shire Council, by Mr. J. Towell, assistant health…

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