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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 19 of 38

Farm Tragedy Suicide By Son After Shooting Mother. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 6

An 18 years old youth shot his mother dead and then committed suicide this afternoon, at a property about seven miles on the Armidale side of…

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Sugar Crop Britain Buys Surplus From Empire Countries. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 5

In the House of Commons it was announced that arrangements had been completed for the purchase of the entire export surplus of the season's…

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Farmer Soldiers In Camp And Overseas Voluntary Groups to Safeguard Their Interests

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 7

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Colin A. Sinclair, in the course of an interview, made reference to the work being carried out by voluntary groups…

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Farm Pests and Control Entomologists Address at Fernbrook

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Wright, entomologist of the Dept. of Agriculture stationed at Grafton delivered the following address at the field day at Fernbrook…

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Lime Supply Co-operative Society's Progress Service to Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 3

Recognising the necessity for adequate supplies of agricultural lime of good quality at an economic price for use on pastures in most coastal…

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Dairy Coys. Managers' Conference Mr. W. F. Stoner President Crafton in Prize List Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 7

At the Dairy Factory Managers' Conference to-day, Mr. W. F. Stoner, manager of Nowra Factory, was elected president…

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Dairy Farms

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 3

120 ACRES, freehold, 10 acres cultivation, dairy, bails, piggeries, barn, car shed. Only few miles from South Grafton, £2160…

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Cane Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 3

53 ACRES, 9 acres permit, 9 acres one- year- old, 9 acres 2- years- old, ready to cut, estimated at about 420 tons, 6- roomed house, dairy bails. Close…

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Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 3

87 ACRES CLARENCE FLATS, house, 7 rooms, river frontage, 9 acres lucerne, 7 paddocks, hay shed, dairy and bails. Right close to city. We…

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Dairy Conditions Production Low In N. S. W. Board's Weekly Report Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 7

The Australian Dairy Produce Board reports that the weather in Queensland during the week was very mild. Green fodder crops benefited as a…

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Kyogle Move Butter Defence Council. Kyogle

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 6

Butter producers decided at a meeting at Kyogle to-day to form a butter defence council to combat the danger of butter substitutes, popularise butter…

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Dairy Farms

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 3

120 ACRES, freehold 10 acres cultivation, dairy, bails, piggeries, barn, car shed. Only few miles from South Grafton, £2160…

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Co-operative Farm Planned In South Aus. Ten 800-Acre Blocks. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 6

South Australia's first experiment in community farming is being planned by Mr. R. R. Rymill, who has 8000 acres in the Penola district…

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Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 3

87 ACRES CLARENCE FLATS, house, 7 rooms, river frontage, 9 acres lucerne, 7 paddocks, hay shed, dairy and bails, Right close to city. We…

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Cane Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 3

[?] ACRES, 9 acres permit, 9 acres one-year-old, 9 acres 2-years-old, ready to cut, estimated at about 420 tons, 6-roomed house, dairy bails, Close…

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Butter and Cheese £15,000,000 Worth For U.K. Estimate for 1940-41. CANBERRA

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 6

During 1940-41 the United Kingdom will probably purchase under contract from Australia 73,500 tens of butter and 13,000 tens of cheese, valued at…

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Butter Grading. SYDNEY,Tuesday

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 3

During the week ended May 31 92.9 per cent. of the butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found to be of choicest grade…

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Price of Butter Production Costs

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 3

The Hon. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., forwards the following communication which he has received from the Premier (Hon. Alex Mair):…

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Primary Producers' Union Clarence District Council. Quarterly Meeting At Grafton Campaign Against Butter Substitutes Potato Growing Industry

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 1

The quarterly meeting of the Clarence District Council of the Primary Produces' Union was held at the Grafton Town Hall yesterday, there being…

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