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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Vic. Butter Supplies

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Victoria was not in a position to sand butter supplies to N.S.W. to relieve the shortage there, said the…

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Butter Price Rise May Be Endorsed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--An increase of 2d per lb. in the price of butter has been recommended to the Government by the Dairy…

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Efficiency Must Be Raised In Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 4

"In view of the increasing demand for dairy products, both locally and overseas, I would advise dairy farmers to adopt…

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Clarence Dairy Farmers in Desperate Position

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 3

Inundation of thousands of acres of pastures in the Clarence River district has placed dairy farmers in a grim position. Valuable pastures are caked in mud where the flood waters have receded, and the land is useless for stock feed…

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Tomato Crops Lost

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

Crops of tomatoes at Palmer's Island, valued at £500, were destroyed by the flood. At Palmer's Channel, Mr. R…

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Cattle Swum From Island

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 3

Yesterday 100 head of dairy cattle were successfully swum from Elizabeth Island to Grafton by Messrs. Roy and Thomas…

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Castor Oil Crops for North Coast

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 5

An Ulmarra farmer hopes to found an important industry in the Clarence River District by growing castor…

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Crop Losses at Upper Corindi

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 3

UPPER CORINDI.--The flood waters are still to be seen two feet deep in places on the flats. All crops and gardens are…

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Butter Rationing Abolition Urged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.--The abolition of butter rationing was urged by delegates to the annual conference of the Butter…

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No Butter Or Bacon Shortage In Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 2

The manager of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company, Mr. A. E. Harrison, yesterday scotched rumours of a likely shortage…

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Plan To Guarantee Price Of Wheat

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Stater Premiers, at their conference on price controls with the Commonwealth to-day, agreed to ask Governments to ratify the new plan to guarantee wheat prices within Australia until the 1952-53 wheat crop. The scheme…

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Hours And Taxes Affect Dairy Production

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues. --Shorter working hours and high taxation operated against increased dairy production, said Mr. J C. Dare…

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Average Dairy Cow Not Fed Enough

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The President of the Australian Institute of Butter Factory Managers (Mr. W. Cheers) said people…

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Tribute To Ulmarra Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

ULMARRA, Tues. --Tribute has been paid to the management and staff of the Ulmarra Pioneer Dairy Company for…

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Need To Improve Butter Quality

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--The need for improvement in the quality of butter was stressed by the Acting Minister of Agriculture…

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Butter Price May Rise 2d. On July 1

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--An increase in the retail price of butter of approximately 2d per lb. was likely on July 1, the…

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Butter Rationing Helps Britain

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Britain would lose about 35,000 tons of butter a year if rationing in Australia was lifted, Mr. C. Sheehey, general manager of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee, said to-day…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company 54 Tons of Butter for May 515 Pigs Handled

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

During the month of May, 1948. the quantity of butter manufactured at Dorrigo Dairy Co. was 54 tons 12 cwt 1 qr. 18 lbs., being a…

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Opinion On Wheat Agreement

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Opinion here is hardening that the United States failure to ratify the International Wheat…

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Reserve Price of Wool

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) to-day forecast a joint organisation would fix the reserve…

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