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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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The Jersey Herd New England Experiment Farm Results of Monthly Test

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

The results of the monthly test of the Jersey herd at the Hew England Experiment Farm, Glen Innes, are supplied by the Department of…

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Heifer Calves Slaughtered On North Coast High Cost of Dairy Stock

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

Four abattoirs, three of them cooperative, on the North Coast last year, slaughtered 222,267 calves from the dairy farms--mostly of the…

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Rural Products Sundry Crops And Fruits Produced in Clarence and Bellinger Valleys Value Exceeds £20,009

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

Covering the area including the Municipalities of Grafton, South Grafton, Ulmarra and Maclean, and Shires of Harwood, Copmanhurst, Nymboida,…

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Butter Production Figures For N.S.W. 91 Per Cent. Choicest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 1

New South Wales butter production for the year ending June last amounted to 50,822 tons, of which 12.122 tons were exported. Cheese production was…

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Local Rural Employment Annual Wages £158,000 Men and Women on Farm, Etc

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 4

Official figures reveal that, in the Shires of Harwood, Copmanhurst, Orara, Nymboida, Dorrigo arid Bellingen and Municipalities of Grafton,…

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Price of Butter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 4

Suppliers to North Coast butter factories will receive 1 per lb. for choicest butter supplied during December. The price, which was fixed…

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Butter Rations British Regulation. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 5

The regulation enforcing rationing on Monday next maintains the retail price of butter at 19d per lb. It has been decided that all butter…

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Maclean Good Crop of Onions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 6

Messrs. Browning Bros., in their market garden near Maclean, have a good crop of onions which are now being marketed The varieties…

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Dairy Produce Easter Show Entries Close on

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 3

All entries for the butter, cheese hams, bacon and lard classes in the 1940 Royal Easter Show will close on January 5, and not on varying dates as…

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Butter Production

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 5

New South Wales butter production for the year ending June last amounted to 50,822 tons, of which 12.122 tons were exported. Cheese…

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N.S.W. Butter "The Most Nutritious in the World"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 6

Mr. J. D. McGibbon, Senior Dairy instructor, raise the question of why this country was not doing more to popularise Australian butter in…

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DAIRYING For Choicest Cream Some "Don'ts" for Dairy Farmers

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 6

The following advice was given to a gathering of dairy farmers by the manager of a North Coast factory some years ago and it is still sound--every…

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Junior Farmers Activities Report by Honorary Judge

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. W. T. Francis, who accepted the position of honorary judge of the work of junior farmers in regard to the cultivation of garden plots, has…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 1

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

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Dairy Industry the Northern Rivers District Instructors' Reports Seasonal Prospects Clarence to Nambucca

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

Pastures and crops and, with a few exceptions, stock are described as in good condition in the December report of Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, senior…

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Butter Production Summary Of Prospects Dairy Board Report. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 2

The Dairy Board made no changes, for the f.o.b. prices of salted, and unsalted butter at to-day's meeting. The summary of production prospects…

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Hail in Q'sland Fruit Crops Wiped Out. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

Hail this season in Stanthorpe for the third time in succession put fruitgrowers in the Amiens soldier settlement area in a serious position. A…

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Cattle Sales South Grafton Yards Auctioneers' Applications Animated Council Discussion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

Further reference was made at the meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council last, night to negotiations in relation to the unsuccessful…

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Lightning on Farm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

A storm was very severe at Pampoolah, says Manning' River "Times." Mr. John Maher and staff were in the milking yard when a bolt from the…

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POULTRY Stocktaking an Annual Necessity on Every Poultry Farm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 6

All poultry-farmers, should make a practice of counting their stock at the beginning of the year in order to enable a summing-up of the operation of…

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