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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Butter Grading. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 3

During the week ended on February 14, 91.1 per cent, of the boxes of butter examined by the State butter grading staff were found to be of choicest grade…

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Wine Industry S.A. Grape Crop Federal Govt. Action. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 4

Faced with the prospect of many thousands of tons of grapes being left to rot unharvested on Australian, vines as a result of the collapse of our…

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Don't Use Cloths for Dairy Utensils

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 4

Cloths should never be used for washing dairy utensils --a clean scrubbing brush should be employed, the brush being allowed to dry in the sun…

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Butter Prices a Reasonable Return Is Wanted P.P.U. General Secretary Speaks to Dairymen

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 6

Many important developments have taken place since I last bad the privilege of addressing the members of the Raleigh District Council. The…

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Huge Potato Crop

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 3

One of the heaviest potato crops ever grown in the district has been marketed by Messrs. Mudd Bros., of Pitnacree, East Maitland. The…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 2

The following is the monthly report for January, 1941: The quantity of butter manufactured during the month of January, 1941, was 111 tons…

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Nymboida Special Cattle Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 4

Harrie Badgery and Sons, Pty., Ltd., report having held their second annual cattle on Tuesday last. February 18. at Nymboida. The yarding totalled 1191 head from 42…

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Monthly Reports N.C. Dairying Districts Pastures and Stock Excellent

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 2

Reporting on the present conditions and seasonal prospects for the month ending 15th inst., Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, senior dairy instructor for the…

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Dairy Production Maintained In N.S.W. Falling in Other States. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 2

The weekly summary of weather conditions and production prospects released by the Australian Dairy Produce Board to-day revealed that…

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Sheep's Milk Cheese

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 3

In some countries an excellent cheese is produced from ewe's milk, just as from cow's milk. Sheep's milk lends itself to the manufacture of a variety…

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Butter Ration Increased in Britain. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 5

The butter ration in Britain will be increased from two to four ounces per head per week from March 10, but the total weekly fat ration of eight ounces…

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High-class Stud Cattle New Devons for District

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 4

Messrs. G. T. Pitkin and Sons, of the Towallum Stud, Upper Kangaroo Creek, have recently purchased a draft of five head of stud Devon cattle…

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Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 3

Senior Dairy Instructors in the districts named reported as follows for the month ended on approximately 16th February:—…

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Glen Innes Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 4

The Glen Innes Co-operative Dairy Society last month distributed nearly £3000 to district farmers for the supply of cream and pigs. The 93 suppliers of…

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Grafton Dairy Co's. Annual Meeting Dividend of Five Per Cent. Profit Made On Bacon Department Further Deferred Payment on Butter 190,386 Head Of Stock Treated At Abattoirs

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 2

"A deferred payment of 1 34d per lb. on all choicest butter was made for the six months ended June 30, 1940, and a further deferred payment of 1d per 1b, is to be made with the current month's cheques for all choicest butter supplied for the six months ended December 31, 1940," said the chairman of…

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Storage Plans For Butter And Meat War Time Precautions Outlined by Sir E. PAGE

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 4

"The extension of enemy activity by means of raiders and minelayers is steadily curtailing the coastal marine service of Australia," said…

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Butter for U.K. Conserving Winter Stocks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce, Sir Earle Page, announced to-day that butter manufactured in New South Wales after February 4 would be…

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Uniform Rates Relief to Dairy Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

The Treasurer (Mr. Richardson) announced this week that the Government had decided to further extend the plans recently approved to…

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Australian Butter Market Safe

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 4

That the Australian butter market in the United Kingdom would be safe for at least 10 years after the war was the opinion expressed by Major King,…

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Butter Output Lowest for Four Years Effect of Drought. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 5

Butter production in Australia for the first half of 1940-41 was the lowest for four years. The output of 1,833,420 cwts. was almost 400,000cwts. less than…

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