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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 17 of 38

Ex-Dorrigo Resident Suggests New Avenue for Guyra Farmers Money in Pigs

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

Mr. N. W. Fr[?]win[?] one time manager of the Dorrigo branch of the Commercial Banking Coy. of Sydney, who was well and favourably known for…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

Senior Daily Instructors in tlie districts named reported as follows on conditions in April and seasonal prospects:—…

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Maize Crop Better Yields Expected

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

Regarding maize crop prospects for 1929-40, the State Marketing Bureau, Department of Agriculture, states that, from information received, indications…

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Margarine Sir D. Rivett's Advice Challenged In The House Dairy Industry Menaced Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

An assurance was given in the House of Representatives to-day by the Minister tor Commerce, Mr. Cameron, that the Government would do…

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The Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 7

Sir, At that glorified picnic, the Empire Producers' Conference, held in Sydney just two years ago, a liaison committee was formed to protect the…

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Aid for Dairymen Fifty Thousand Pounds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 7

The State Treasurer, Mr. Richardson, stated to-night that assistant to dairy farmers under the Cabinet scheme would probably amount to about £ 50,000…

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Dairy Production C'wealth Conditions Board's Weekly Report. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 7

In its weekly report on weather conditions and production prospects for the Commonwealth, the Australian Dairy Produce Board says that…

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BUTTER Consumption Falling Publicity for Margarine. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 5

The butter position is becoming worse from the producers' point of view. Traders now estimate the United Kingdom consumption as little as under…

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Wheat Relief Marginal Areas No Grant for Victoria. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 4

Allocations from the Commonwealth Government's £500,000 grant for relief to marginal wheat areas were announced to-day by the Minister for…

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Butter Ration Reduction Foreshadowed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 5

The Minister for Food, Lord Woolton, warned the public that they must be prepared for an early reduction in the butter ration to 4ozs. a week in view…

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Butter Price Too High in England. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 4

Although Australian butter is landed in England at a cost which would enable it to be sold at ¼lb., the authorities had fixed 17 as the ruling…

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Year's Supply Butter From Empire. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 4

"If the butter ration is reduced to its former level of four ounces a week, I have no doubt we could obtain adequate supplies from the Empire to make us…

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Our Butter Room for Improvement Counteract Margarine Criticism by Mr. F. Wigan Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 4

Dairy farmers should improve the quality of their butter to counteract the competition of margarine, said Mr. F. Wigan, supervisor of dairy…

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Field Day at Lower Southgate Primary Producers' Problems Address by Experts Cattle, Pastures and Poultry

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 7

Field days are regarded as the best means of disseminating knowledge amongst the primary producers under congenial conditions and about…

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Price of Milk Better Return For Dairymen Debate in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. H. W. Bate (U.A.P. Wollondilly) secured permission to move the adjournment of the House to discuss a…

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American Maize Smut a Potential Menace to Australian Crops

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 3

A very serious disease of maize known as American [?] is now known to occur in the Bathurst district and every effort is being made to…

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Home-made Hydro Dorrigo Farmer's Ingenuity

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 2

With the exercise of considerable ingenuity, the expenditure of the necessary energy and about £70 in cash, Mr. Norman…

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Profitable Farming Suffolk Schoolboys' Initiative. London, April 20

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 2

One year ago schoolboys at Wenhaston. Suffolk, decided that, despite what father said, farming could be made pay…

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Palmer's Channel Weather and Crops

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 9

The weather is indeed all that could be wished, and crops and grass are as good as ever seen here. The two-year- old cane has put on a good growth, and…

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Clarence an A.I.S. STRONGHOLD The Australian breed of dairy Cattle[?]

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 4

officially known as the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, is strongly in favor in the Clarence River district, and it is to tire credit of the breeders that the…

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