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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 8

During the week ended September 6, 89.8 per cent. of the butter examined by the Stated butter grading staff was found to be of choicest grade…

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P.P.U. Rally At Woodford Dale Visit of General Secretary Butter Substitutes and Potatoes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 7

On Thursday night last, a P.P.U. rally was held at the Woodford Dale Hall. It was the largest meeting ever held in the district on behalf of the…

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Moratorium Soldiers and Dependents Contracts And Mortgages Farms, Property, Homes Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 4

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies. to-night announced the details of the moratorium for members of the defence forces…

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Hoarded Petrol Resale By Farmers Statement in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 5

According to the general secretary of the Service Station Proprietors Association, Mr. Gregory, much petrol that has been hoarded in country…

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Pastoral Industry Stock And Brands Branch Long Continued Drought

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 6

The monthly pres report of the Stock and Brands Branch of the Department of Agriculture, a copy of which has been supplied by the…

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Cattle Tick Eradication Campaign Grafton And Maclean Variation of Policy Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 3

The Federal Cattle Tick Commission has decided that the policy to be followed in the Grafton and Maclean quarantine areas during 1940 and…

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Interest-Free Loan Dairy Co. Lends £500 to Federal Govt

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

At the Dairy Co.'s meeting on Saturday, the Chairman brought forward a proposal from the Board of Directors that the Co. purchase £200…

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Dorrigo Co-op Dairy Co. Ltd Annual General Meeting Very Satisfactory Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Co. was held on Saturday last. There did not appear to be a large amount of…

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The Dairyman and the War the Past Year in Retrospect

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 4

In addressing members of the Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers Union, the General Secretary (Mr. J. L. Shute) looked back…

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Junior Farmers' Club Palmer's Island Branch

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 7

At a meeting of the Palmer's Island branch of the Junior Farmers Club on the 10th inst. the resignation of Don McQueen. who has been called up by…

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Weekly Cattle Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., report? smaller number of cattle than last week worded at their weekly sale made up principally of fat and fleshy cattle with a few…

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PASTORAL Conservation Of Pasture in Coastal Districts

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 6

Coastal pastures are characterised by high production during the summer months and low production in the winter. This extremely serious disability can be overcome by the…

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DAIRYING Overstocking Of Dairy Cows an Objectionable Practice

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 3

When newly calved cattle are displayed for sale, it frequently happens that the owner, desiring to attract attention to the capacity of the udder, does not draw off the milk,…

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Dorrigo Dairy Co. Loan £500 Free of Interest. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 4

A shareholders' meeting of the Dairy Company decided to lend the Federal Government £500 free of interest, for the duration of the war and 12 months…

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Dairy Conditions Dry In New South Wales Rain in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 3

Moderate to heavy rain in northern districts, South Gippsland, the northeast and central districts, with moderate falls over most parts of Victoria,…

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TO U.S.A. Big Wool Shipments From Australia and New Zealand. Boston

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1940 · page 5

About 250,000,000lb, of Australian and New Zealand wool, belonging to Britain, is being stored in Boston for the winter. It is understood that the…

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Better Butter Wanted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 4

Addressing a meeting of the P.P.U. at Casino, the general secretary, Mr. Shute, said a better quality of export butter was necessary because shipping…

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Norco's Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1940 · page 4

The report of Norco Co-operative Limited for August states that the output of butter for the month was 711 tons. For this suppliers were paid 11…

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Butter Grading. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1940 · page 3

During the week ended September 13, 89.7 per cent of butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found to be of choicest grade…

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Dairy Co. Directors Board Re-elected

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 1

At the meeting of Dairy Co. shareholders on Saturday, 14th, the Chairman (Mr. R. Noble) announced that there had not been any fresh…

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