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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 22

Our Open Column. High Returns on the Dorrigo Local Man's Proposal to Help District Dairymen Thirty Two Friesians Average £35/16/ Per Head for Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 1

I have always contended that Dorrigo district could produce the pound of butter cheaper than any part of the State; this statement also includes pork. In recent years I have inspected dairy farmers' returns on the North and South Coasts, also from the high…

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P.P.U. Executives Challenged On Referendum Advice To Farming Community

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 4

"The discovery by the chief executives of the P.P. Union (Messrs. Gibson arid Clark) of great virtue in the Referendum…

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Butter Consumption In Australia And Exports To U.K.

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr. W. J. Scully, has forwarded the following letter to Sir Earle Page, M.H.R.:--…

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Found Dead On Braunstone Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 4

When Mr. Brotherston of Braunstone, left his home at his farm about 5.30 yesterday morning he found the body of…

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Army Releases For Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The New South Wales Manpower Director, Mr. Bellemore, said last night that since the introduction of the quota…

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Granting of Subsidy Failed to Increase Butter Production Says Govt. Official

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Federal Government's plan to increase butter production by granting a subsidy had failed,…

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Junior Farmers Field Day at Cowper A Big Success

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 August 1944 · page 4

On Saturday, August 5, a successful Junior Farmers' field day was held by the combined clubs of Cowper-Brush-grove and Woodford Dale, at Cowper…

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£100 Cattle Draft Big Money Prize at Next Bushmen's Carnival Dorrigo Baby Clinic to Benefit

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 2

An amount of £100 was decided upon as the prize for the North Coast Championship Stock Draft to take place in conjunction with the…

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'Non-Party Political Northern Farmers' Union Defines Its Attitude Mass Meeting at Guyra

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 2

In the draft constitution of the Northern New South Wales Farmers' Union, submitted to a mass meeting of between 150 and 200 members at…

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Junior Farmers Combined Annual Field Day at Grafton Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 August 1944 · page 4

The combined annual field day of the Clarence River District Council will take place at the Grafton Experiment Farm…

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Workers Available For Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--The New South Wales Manpower Director, Mr. Bellemore, said last night, that four families of dairy…

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Fat Cattle Industry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.--A British syndicate is being formed in London with a nominal capital of £12,000,000 to sink in the…

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Junior Farmers Annual Field Day Visit of Chief Piggery Instructor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 2

Among the experts who will be present at the junior farmers' combined annual field day at the Grafton Experiment Farm…

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Work of Junior Farmers' Clubs Interests Large Gathering at Grafton Experiment Farm Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 3

Delightful weather yesterday favored those responsible for the Field Day at the Grafton Experiment Farm of the Clarence River District Council of Junior Farmers' Clubs. There was a large attendance, ladies and children joining in to make the occasion a…

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Dalry Farmer Taxat on Story Dented By P.P.U.

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Primary Producers' Union stronly objected to a statement attributed to an unnamed Commerce Department…

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Pioneer Dairy Company. Butter Bonus To Suppliers Amounts to 1½d per lb

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 August 1944 · page 4

Deferred pay to cream suppliers of £879616, representing 1½d per lb. on all choicest butter manufactured during the…

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Bee Farmer Secures Exemption For Six Months

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1944 · page 1

Jack Schafer, bee farmer, of Bacon street, Grafton, appealed to Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, for…

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Coff's Harbor Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 4

Pay to suppliers of Coff's Harbor Dairy Co. for the month of July was fixed at 17½ for choicest. No second grade butter was manufactured during…

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Butter Production Estimated at 144,000 Tons

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tues.--A Commonwealth Food Control report submitted to the production executive to-day estimated that this…

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Dairy Targets Not Reached

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tues.--New South Wales failed to reach its target for butter, cheese and whole milk last year, according to the…

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