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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Cattle Everywhere, But May Have No Meat. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 1

Residents in the far northern centre of Alice Springs and the military forces stationed there, are faced with the prospect of having to go…

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Junior Farmers Exhibits At Grafton Show Barton's Follies' Cup

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 1

Clarence River, Junior Farmers will again play a prominent part in this year's C.P. and A. Society's Show at Grafton when the Maclean, Grafton,…

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Grafton Dairy Co. Butter and Bacon Successes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 6

Grafton Dairy Co. had a successful display of butter and bacon, which scooped the first prizes. In the salted butter class the judge,…

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Again in Show Beef and Fat Cattle Fine Team Of Herefords Animals From Gordon Brook

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 3

After an absence of three years beef cattle made their reappearance, at a Grafton show. The restrictions imposed by the tick regulations were the…

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The Pavilion Best For Years Flowers in Profusion. Fine Farm and Domestic Displays

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 3

In a review of the exhibits in the pavilion, Mr. T. Ford, chief pavilion steward, said the display was definitely superior to the exhibition staged…

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Wonderful Display of District Riches 73rd Annual Grafton Exhibition Prospects Bright for Record Show Patriotic Fund Will Benefit Horse Section Sets New Figures Return of Beef and Fat Cattle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 3

The 73rd annual exhibition of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society at Grafton opened with such favorable conditions yesterday that prospects for a record show in almost every particular are bright. This would be a fitting result, because the society has arranged the show this year as a…

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Butter Before Guns

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 1

Butter may be one of the principal contributing factors in the outcome of the present war, Dr. Ellice McDonald, director of the Biochemical…

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Local and General Norco Butter Pay

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 4

Norco Co-operative, Ltd., on Thursday fixed the price of April supplies of butter at 12[?]d per lb. The rate for the previous month was 12¾d and for April…

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For Britain Butter in Tins? Corned Lamb, Too Milk Drying Machinery. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 4

Plans for carrying butter for export to Britain are now being considered by the Federal Government. It was indicated by the Commerce…

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Junior Farmers' Camp Conducted on Showground

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 6

Members of the Junior Farmers' Club comp being conducted on the Showground include the following representatives: -- Harry Farlow, Ewen Munro…

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Butter Production Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

Investigating butter production costs for the purpose of submitting a proposal of an increase in prices to the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner…

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Butter Output Decline in New South Wales. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

The weekly report of the Australian Dairy Produce Board states that very cold weather is prevailing in New South Wales and a number of dairying…

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Junior Farmers' Club Competition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 7

Junior Farmers' Club exhibit, which won the first prize in the competition for Junior Farmers' Clubs at the Grafton Show…

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Aid for Farmers Record Of Government Mr. Mair's Address. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

Speaking at Gloucester in support of the candidature of Mr. C. E. Bennett, U.A.P. member for that electorate, the Premier, Mr. Mair,…

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Management of Soldiers Farms Threatened Labor Shortage Statement by Chairman of Protection Committee

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 7

Mr. A. W. Yeo, M.L.A,, Minister for Lands, who is chairman of the Soldiers' Farms Protection Committee, said last week that his committee, recently…

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New Loan Guns Before Butter No Risk Lending Govt. Money. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

If investors of Australia are going to quibble about interest rates, the Government will have to take action to conscript the whole of the wealth of…

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Air Parity R.A.A.F. Pilot's View Would Go Through Nazis Like Knife Through Butter Experiences in Greece. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

"Give us air parity, or something approaching it, and we undertake to go through the Germans like a knife through butter," an Australian…

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Alleged Cruelty To Injured Cow Southgate Farmer Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

For alleged cruelty to a cow, which he allowed to lie on the road near Alumny Creek for 24 hours with a broken leg, George Stokes Barnier, a…

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Herd Test New England Farm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 3

Details of the monthly test of Jersey nerd of the New England Experiment Farm show that 19 cows submitted to test. The average milk per cow per…

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Maclean Patriotic Show L.C.A. Society's Exhibition Dairy Cattle Are Impressive Junior Farmers' Display Won by Lawrence Poultry Show Is A Record

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 6

Prospects for the success of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society's patriotic show, which began at Maclean yesterday, are bright. The attendance yesterday was higher than it was on the first day last year, and it is expected that the exhibition to-day will equal the high…

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