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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Butter Gradings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

During the week ended December 1:7, 90:9 per cent, of the butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found to be of choicest grade…

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Home Fires Burning Wives And Mothers Work on the Farms. Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

The Assistant Minister, Mr. H. L. Anthony, speaking at Tweed Heads, stated that great sacrifices were being made by the wives, mothers and…

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Cattle Killed In Highway Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

On the Pacific Highway, about 6 miles south of Gloucester, on Thursday week, a timber lorry smashed through a mob of dairy cattle,…

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Picking Peas Wans Down on the Farm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

W.A.N.S. are filing farm jobs. Because of the shortage of male labor owing to enlistments, 10 members of the W.A.N.S. organisation are picking…

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Weekly Cattle Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report a good yarding of cattle at their weekly sales held last Monday made up chiefly of fat cattle and a few springers. Competition was…

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Foley Bros.' Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

Messrs. Foley Bros.' pay for December supplies of cream is at the rate of 12 34 d per lb. The company will also pay the suppliers' cartage cost…

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Cane Crop Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

Mr. C. G. Albert, of Tyndale, had the misfortune to have about half an acre of one-year-old cane burnt on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that…

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"Front Line" Men Farm Producers Organised Labor Plan. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

Every man up to the age of 60 years with sufficient practical experience of farming to assist production should be enlisted for organised labor to assist…

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Dairy Industry Production And Weather Board's Weekly Report. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

In its report on the effects of weather conditions on production prospects to-day the Australian Dairy Produce Board states that in New South Wales…

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Flax Crop Australia's Output

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 1

The Minister for Supply and Development, Senator McBride, has announced that the linen flax crop now being harvested under the…

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Stock Exchange Pastoral Stocks Rise. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

Prices tended to harden as business expanded on the Stock Exchange today. Improvement was noticeable in pastoral stocks. Gilt-edged securities…

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Butter Production Three Months to October. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 3

The Australian factory butter production for the three months ended October 31 last was 1,083,198cwts., representing a decrease of 200,000cwts…

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Dehorning of Cattle Debudding Treatment of Calves

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 6

Homed cattle are a potential menace to any dairy herd and a cause of frequent damage during trucking. The dehorning of animals during calfhood is recommended. In…

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Petrol Shortage in Italy Wheat And Coal Mussolini in Serious Position Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

The Italian Budget figures for 1941-42 do not give a true picture of the economic position of Italy. Although the Budget shows a deficit…

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Palmer's Channel Crops and Pastures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

To finalise cane cutting by the 4th inst. over 40 men, cutters and haulers, were engaged on the farm of Mr. G. Davison. The average yield on this farm was over 80 tons…

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Fodder Reserves Nation-Wide Scheme Needed "On Every Farm and Station" Agriculturist's View

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 6

"Reserves of fodder in New South Wales would not feed a quarter of the stock in the State for more than two months, and then only a drought ration…

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Zebu Cattle Cross-Bred In Q'sland "Very Hardy Stock." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

Much interest was taken at the weekly Brisbane stock sales to-day of a Zebu cross-bred cow. It was the progeny of one of a number of Zebu…

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Dairying Conditions. Clarence to Nambucca

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Nambuce. G. with headquarters, Coffs Harbour…

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Fine Collection of Trophies Young Farmer's Wins Valued at Over £80

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

The trophies which Mr. Walter Winkley has won with his now famous model farm at Paddy's Plain, North Dorrigo, must surely…

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Dorrigo Co-op Dairy Co. Ltd Tenders for Cream Cartage

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

Tenders, closing at noon on 17th January, 1941, are hereby invited for the Cartage of Cream and Back Loading for a period of 1, 2 or 3 years,…

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