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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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High Yielding Crop Wins Maize Content

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 2

Mr. F. R. Crispin, of Carr's Creek, won the Grafton Pastoral and Agricultural Society's field maize competition with his…

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Czechs Granted Credit To Purchase Wool

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Federal Government, through the Commonwealth Bank, has granted a credit of £500,000 sterling to…

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Wool The Life Blood Of Australia Trade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed.--Wool was the life blood of the Australian trade and the American tariff was already 63 per cent, of the…

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Junior Farmers Meet At Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 6

LAWRENCE.--There was a large attendance at Lawrence Junior Farmer's Club's annual meeting. The following officers…

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Farm Water Supply Office at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 2

An office of the farm water supplies branch of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, has been…

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Ayrshire Bull For Clarence Farm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 3

Messrs. Holmes Bros., of "Loretto", Eatonsville. have just taken delivery of this…

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Wool Bill Compromise

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs.—Senate and House of Representatives delegates yesterday reached a compromise on the Wool Bill,…

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Sydney Markets Cattle Values Firmer

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Navel oranges were plentiful at the fruit market and values remained at the slightly lower levels recorded…

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Cobalt for Cattle Good Results Reported on Dorrigo C.S.I.R. to Investigate Deficiency on Plateau

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

Delegates to the quarterly meeting of the Raleigh District Council of the PPU discussed the use of cobalt for cattle…

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Threat to Withdraw From P.P.U. Dairymen Demand Direct Action Disgust at Central Executive's "Lack or Foresight"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

Dairy farmers representing the Bellinger, Dorrigo, Nambucca and Coffs-Orara areas at meeting at Urunga, expressed disgust at…

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Five-Day Week Opposed Farmers at Variance Much Discussion at Raleigh P.P.U. COUNCIL

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers' Union at the quarterly meeting carried by a big majority a motion submitted…

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Dairymen's Threat Withdrawl from the P.P.U.

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

PPU delegates of the Raleigh district Council, representing dairymen from the Nambucca, Bellinger the quarterly meeting at Urunga,…

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Soil Erosion On Coastal Farms

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 3

There is no doubt that when coastal soils on slopes are bared to rainfall, they are subject to erosion, the Department…

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Junior Farmers Advisory Committee Reformed In Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 3

A REPRESENTATIVE meeting of citizens at Grafton High School yesterday afternoon unanimously decided to re–form the Advisory Committee of the Grafton Junior Farmers’ Club. Mr. T. J. Ford was elected…

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Wool Bill Veto

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri.---The Presidential veto of the United States Wool. Bill is unlikely, according to the Chairman of the House of…

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India Anxious For Wheat Agreement

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, :Friday.--India was prepared to enter into a bilateral agreement with the Australian Government for the…

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Fewer Sheep in Canada

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 4

The number of sheep on farms has been declining since 1944; from a high of 3725 thousand head to 3378 thousand at June 1. 1946,…

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World Record For Butter-Fat

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--With an official test over 273 days, a Red Poll cow named "Victoria Electricity" produced 16,103lb…

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U.s. Wool Tariff

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Mon.--Leaders of 22 national organisations to-night called on President Truman to veto any legislation imposing…

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Butter Production Shows Decline

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.--Butter production throughout Australia in April last dropped by almost 8000 tons, compared with March,…

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