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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 16 of 38

Coramba Factory Proposal To Close Ballot to Be Held Coff's-orara Co-op. Dairy Socy

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 2

At the special general meeting of the Coff's Harbor-Orara Co-operative Society held in the Coramba School at Arts on April 19, the chairman of…

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Junior Farmers Maclean Show Exhibits

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 2

The exhibits staged by the different Junior Farmers' Clubs at the Maclean Show came in for most favorable comment by the public…

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Ancient Relics Suffolk Farmer's Find Hopes to Unearth Redwald's Queen's Grave. London, March 30

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 6

Archaeology has replaced farming as the main interest in life of Mr. Stanley Brown, of Rickinghall, Suffolk. His digging is now confined to the search…

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Butter Substitutes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

The Casino Chamber of Commerce at its meeting on Monday night decided to support the moves by the dairying industry in opposition to butter…

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Butter Figures for Eight Months. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

Butter production in Australia for the first eight months of 1939-40 totalled 3,038,986cwts. representing an increase of 400,000cwts. on the figures…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

During the month of March, 1940, the quantity of butter manufactured was 93 ton 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lb., being a decrease of 1 ton 6 cwt. 2 qrs. 22…

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Mr. Angus McKENZIE Sudden Death In Melb. Loss to Dairy Industry. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 5

The death occurred in Melbourne to-day of Angus McKenzie of Slonyford near Colac. He was president of the Victorian…

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Weather Review All Australian States Dairying Conditions. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 5

The Australian Dairy Produce Board reports that milder weather, with no rain, is being Experienced in Queensland. During the past week there was…

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Fighting Disease Farmers' Problems Address by Agricultural Instructor Over Station 2Nr

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 7

I have noticed the appearance of a disease known as black rot in many cabbage crops, Stated Mr. W. H. Darragh, District Agricultural…

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Butter Grading. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 5

During the week ended April 26 91.5 per cent. of the butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found to be of choicest grade…

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DEADLOCK Canberra Conference Wheat and Potato Problems. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 1

The conference of State and Commonwealth representatives which was called to discuss marginal wheat lands and the problems of the potato…

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Aid for Farmers In Milk Board's Area No Increase in Price. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 5

No increase in the price paid to producers of milk, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Milk Board will be permitted by the State Cabinet…

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Bean Farming As Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 6

Glen Innes Chamber of Commerce is using its influence in an endeavor to encourage the production of canning beans as an organised industry in the…

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Dairy Conditions Splendid Clarence Season Reports of Instructors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 6

Mr. J. D. L. McGibben, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Nambucca, with headquarters at Coff's Harbor Jetty, in…

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New View [?]S Butter's Usefulness Near End?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 3

Butter might be one of those products that had outlived its usefulness, because of applied science. The fact had to be faced that chemists could…

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Cattle Tick Control Commission Members Visit Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

Two members of the Cattle Tick Control Commission, Mr.R.N. Wardle, the chairman, and Mr. Max Henry, Chief Veterinary Surgeon,…

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Price of Butter In United Kingdom Reply to Criticism. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

Regarding the criticism of the high retail price of butter in the United Kingdom a high British authority said to-day that it was misleading to…

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Newcastle Claim As Wool Appraisement Centre Government to Consider Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Cameron, told Sir Earle Page (C.P.N.S.W.). In the House of Representatives to-day, that he would consider…

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Dairying Conditions Clarence to Nambucca

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · 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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Front Farm Hand to Gramophone Star Rise of "Buddy" Williams Yodeller and Jackaroo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

About twelve years ago, a little orphan lad came to Dorrigo, to find a home with a local farmer and his wife, a few miles out of town, and…

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