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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

744 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 38

Stab in Back the Dairying Industry Margarine In Hotels Motion to Urge Coloring Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 5

A motion wad carried at the U.A.P. Country Convention to-day requesting the Government to make the coloring of margarine compulsory…

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Price of Milk Inquiry In Sydney Drought Hits Dairymen. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 4

Opening an inquiry by the Milk Board into requests for an increase in the price of milk the chairman of the board, Mr. Ne bitt, stated to-day that…

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Butter Is Concentrated Sunshine

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 1

We hear much these days about irradiated foods, particularly milk. In Lerope, we are told, says the "National Butter and Cheese Journal."…

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Butter Cheese Price Estimates and Quotas. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee estimates the equalisation price for cheese for March will be 794.48d per hundredweight…

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Dorrigo Farmer's Enterprise Home-made Hydro-electric Plant

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

With the exercise of a considerable amount of ingenuity, the expenditure of the necessary energy and about £70 in cash, Mr. Normen Johnsen, of…

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Junior Farmers' Club Garden Competition Report of Adjudicator

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

The adjudicator, Mr. W. T. Francis, in his report, on the garden competition, held in conjunction with the above club, said:—…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

The following is the monthly report for February, 1940:— During the month of February, 1940, the quantity of butter…

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Dairying for When Pasture Is Short. a Reminder Concerning Winter Fodders

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

It is again seasonable to remind dairy farmers that for sustained production consistently ample feeding of cattle is necessary, and that the…

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Jersey Herd New England Experiment Farm the Monthly Test

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 7

Following are the results of the monthly test of the Jersey herd at the New England Experiment Farm:-- Records: 20 cows submitted to test;…

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Better Bull Scheme N.C.S.N. Co.'s Generous Offer Through Dairy Companies Grafton Factory Participates

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

The following statement has been forwarded by the Grafton Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd.:-- , During a recent visit to this district…

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Dairy Science Country Schools For 1940 Applications Invited

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

Persons wishing to attend Dairy Science Schools during the winter months should make written application, accompanied by a fee of 106 to…

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Butter Production Increase In January Commonwealth Figures. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 3

An increase in the production of butter in Australia was recorded by the Commonwealth Statistician during January. Production was 2,667,414…

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Dairy Conditions Board's Weekly Report. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Produce Board reports to-day that although light showers fell on the Queensland coast the weather was generally fine, and butter…

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Butter Ration Criticism In England Stocks Piling Up in Warehouses. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

Traders all over Britain are attacking the "farce" of butter rationing. which is resulting in stocks piling up in warehouses, while the public is rapidly…

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Cropper Plate Ajax Scores Again Mosaic's A.J.C. Plate Big Flunge on St. Constant Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3

Ajax completed the All-Aged Stakes and C. W. Cropper Plate double for the third successive year on Saturday, and plans to sell him…

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Potato Growing Championship Junior Farmers' Awards

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

The State championship (coastal clubs division) of the potato growing project, conducted by the Junior Farmers' Club Council for the…

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Opinions of Our Readers the Cattle Tick

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 3

Sir,--In your issue of Monday, 25th ult., appears a letter under the above title signed "Farmer." There is nothing new in "Farmer's" letter; just…

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Dairy Conditions Departmental Report better prospects on Clarence Stock in Fair Condition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

Mr. A. L. Astbury, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the Dairy Branch district, Tweed to Bangalow, with headquarters at Byron Bay, in his March…

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A.I.S. HERD Establishment At Grafton Experiment Farm Some of Stock Arrive

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

In connection with the establishment of a nucleus herd of Australian Illawarra cattle at the Grafton Experiment Farm, the undermentioned…

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Increase in Butter Price

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 7

Suppliers of Norco Co-operative, Ltd., will receive 12[?]d per lb for butter for March. This price is the same as that for the preceding month, and…

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