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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Farmers Buy Wine Direct from Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

Many farmers and country business men are now buying their wine at a very reasonable price direct from a Sydney Vintner. As a permanent…

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Butter Output Decline in N.S.W. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 4

Dry weather continues in New South Wales where production is showing a pronounced decline, and the position is most serious, states the Dairy Produce…

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Tick Campaign Refusal to Dip "Clean" Cattle. Chatsworth Island

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

At a meeting of the Chatsworth branch of the Clarence Stockowners' League to-night, attended by about 40 members, and presided over by Mr…

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Lower River Farm Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

Messrs. Maurice and Johnson, auctioneers. report having sold Mr. Ebeling's cane farm at Mororo. containing 176 acres, to Mr. Lewis, of Back Channel…

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Local & General North Coast Butter Pays

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

December pay has been fixed by Casino Co-op. Dairy Society, Ltd., on a basis of 12¼d per lb. compared with 1/1 in November…

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Drought Relief Wheat Farmers and Dairymen. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, presided at a conference held in Sydney to-day to discuss demands made by the…

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Pastoral Pasture Improvement in Rough Country

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 1

On rough and timbered areas where cultivation is impossible, seed of suitable pasture slants should be sown round fallen timber in dug-out rabbit…

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Crops for Silage

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

To produce good silage for dairy cows the crop should be cut when it contains the maximum food nutriments and is in the best condition…

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Opinions of Our Readers Cane Crop Prices

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 1

Sir,—The price received for the 1941 cane crop has come as a severe [?]olow to cane farmers on the Clarence and is a disaster to the Lower River, as the…

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The Markets Demand For Tas. Potatoes Dairy Produce Unchanged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 2

Best quality Tasmanian Brownell and Bismarck potatoes were in demand in the farm produce section at Sussex street to-day. Good clearances were…

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Butter Grading 92.5 Per Cent. Choicest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

Since March 1, 1941, 92.5 per cent. of the butter graded by the State butter graders has been found to be of choicest quality…

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Frozen Food for Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

In 1963 a Chicago Ice Company rented part of its cold storage space to local merchants for storing eggs, apples and other…

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Inverell Maize Crop

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

For the six months ended December 31, 262,136 bags of maize were railed from the Inverell district. This does not represent the…

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Not Cattle Tick On Wallaby, Snake, Iguana

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Ticks recently found on a wallaby, a green snake and an iguana have now been identified by the Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture…

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Farmer Killed Dragged By Bull Rope Tied to Arm. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Attached by a rope to the horns of a bull the bruised and lacerated body of John Ross, dairy farmer, of North Creek,…

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Butter Output Decline In All States Position in New South Wales. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

The production of butter in all States is declining, states the Dairy Produce Board, in a weekly report to-day. The position is…

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Dairy Instructor New Chief Appointed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, to-night announced that Mr. George McGillivray had been appointed Chief Dairy…

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A Dairyman

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 4

Sir,—I have worked jolly hard amongst, bred and reared cattle and stock from infancy and I can honestly say that I have had none of my stock…

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AMERICA Wartime Price Controls Rebuff for Senate Farm Bloc. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

President Roosevelt to-day in effect rebuffed the Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. Wickard, and the powerful Senate farm bloc…

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Butter Price

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

"Very careful consideration was given to the case recently presented for an increase in the price of butter and cheese," stated the…

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