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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Australian Wool Exports Higher

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.-- Australia exported wool valued at £108,608,000 during the year ended March. The quantity exported was…

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Conference On Costs To Manufacture Butter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 2

As the result of a conference in Sydney convened with the object of achieving a uniform profit and loss account and balance sheet to…

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Judgment Of Interest To Share Farmers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 2

Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., gave, a judgment of vital interest to share farmers, when he ruled, in the Casino Court' of Petty Sessions…

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Dairy Science Schools

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 5

Persons wishing to attend Dairy Science Schools during the winter months are reminded by the Division of Dairying of the…

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Rain Damages Crops

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 2

PALMER'S ISLAND.--Promising crops of peas, beans and tomatoes were damaged by the recent rain. In some cases they…

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Prospects for Potato Crop

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--About 45,000 tons of potatoes are expected this season from the main N.S.W. crop of 17,000 acres according to the…

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Record Price for Wool

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--The Australian record price for wool was established at the Geelong sales to-day, when…

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The Farmer's Right Should Get Full Reward for His Labours General President P.P.U. at Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

The only way to get production was to give the farmer full reward for his labours, said Mr. R. C. Gibson, general president…

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Weather And Crops At Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 2

COPMANHURST. -- Fears for yet another flood were "rampant throughout the district at the beginning of the month…

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Chinese Reds In Sheep's Clothing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 3

SHANGHAI, Mon. (A.A.P. Reuter).--Chinese Communists attacking the besieged city of Yinghsien in Shanai Province…

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Full Pay Wanted Farmer Could Then Stand on Own Feet Butter Discussion at Local P.P.U. GATHERING

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 5

"A few of the farmers had the impression the butter costs survey would meet the same fate, as last year,'' said Mr. Roy Peake,…

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Butter Production 77 Tons for April Bacon Output Decreases Cheese Factory Closed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 1

During the month of April 1948, the quantity of butter manufactured at the Dorrigo Dairy Coy. was 77 tons 11 cut 2 qrs 10 lbs, being a…

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Butter Production Costs P.P.U. Officials Busy Dist. Sec's. Monthly Letter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 3

Since last letter practically the whole time of Head Office officials, apart from essential routine work, has been taken up in the annual…

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£250,000 Grant for Dairymen Mastitis Treatment and Herd Recording

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 5

Speaking at the recent gathering of district dairymen on the occasion of the visit of Mr. R. C. Gibson, the general president, and Mr. L…

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Rotary Hoe Secured For School Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 3

MACLEAN.--At a meeting of the Maclean P. and C. Association, the Headmaster, Mr. L." W. Kelsey reported he had been…

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Certificates For Butter Factories

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Twelve butter factories were successful this year in obtaining the New South Wales Department of Agriculture…

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Need For Increased Dairy Production

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--The dairying industry faced a bright future, if production could be increased, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said to-day. He was speaking at the 42nd annual conference of the New…

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Potato And Maize Observations At Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 2

New varieties of potatoes bred by the Department of Agriculture, as yet un-named and still known by Nos. S.2510 and S.2520, have…

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University Students Visit Local farms

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 3

THE Sydney University agriculture students, at present visiting the Clarence, were yesterday shown over what their senior lecturer in agronomy, Mr. E. J. Breakwell, described as what must surely be one of the highest acre production dairy farms on…

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Butter Output Shows Decline

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Butter production in New South Wales for April was 2693 tons. This was revealed to-day in a report on production trends from the Department of Agriculture…

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