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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Australian Wool Trade

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.--Australia's wool trade with North American dollar areas --the United States and Canada --decreased by…

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Richmond Cattle Infected With T.B.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Mon.--More than a quarter of the district cattle tested for tuberculosis had been found to be infected with the disease, said…

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New Crops for the North Coast

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 6

New crops which were established in Australia during the war were being retained in peace, said Mr. W…

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Farm Tractors

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--More than 9000 Fordson Major tractors will be made available in Australia for farm work this year and in…

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Dairy Science School At Grafton Factory

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 2

THIRTY-FOUR students, including 10 from the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, are attending a dairy science school at the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company's factory. The school, which is in…

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Coal To Move Wheat Crop

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The allocation of coal to enable the railways to move 550,000,000 bushels of last season's wheat to the coast will…

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Wheat Released For Poultry Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--About 30,000, bushels of wheat are to be released for New South Wales poultry farmers, said the Premier…

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Sharp Increase in Butter Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--Australian butter production in the 12 months ended June 30 last showed a sharp increase of…

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Socialisation Of Farming

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 2

IF the words of the president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Hugh Roberton) at the annual conference of the association, are given heed to by those in authority, the Federal and N.S.W. Governments and the industrial unions which…

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Wheat Shortage Relieved

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 2

An acute shortage of wheat for stock and poultry feed has been relieved. The manager of the P.D.S. (Mr…

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Wheat Prospects Good

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Fri.--The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) said to-day indications were that the approaching season would…

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Survey Dairy Cows For T.B. Infection

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--A State-wide survey of dairy herds to cull T.B. infected cows will be carried out by the Department of Agriculture as soon as adequate veterinary staff is available. Announcing this to-day, the…

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New Zealand Farmers Visit The Clarence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 2

A party of 10 New Zealand farmers, on a month's tour of New South Wales, arrived in Grafton on Thursday…

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To Enable Extensions Of Cattle Leases

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

DARWIN, Sunday.--An amendment to the Northern Territory Crown lands ordnance will be table in the N.T. Legislative Council next week, to enable large cattle leases held by Vesteys and Bovril to be extended…

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To Make Film Of Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--A film of the dairying industry in Australia will be made shortly by the National Dairying Board for the…

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Inspecting Prize Cattle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 1

Their Majesties the King and Queen attended the first Highland Show to be held since the war. The show was held at Inverness and attracted a record number of visitors from home as well as overseas. Their Majesties the King and Queen with Lord Lovat…

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New Zealand Farmers At Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 2

A party of 20 New Zealand farmers will arrive in Grafton today after a tour of the tablelands. From their wide Observations they…

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Australian Farmers in Scotland

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

Hay making interested the Kural Bank Progressive Farmer team in Scotland This photo,. showing Mr. W. A Meares, Mixed Parmer, testing the heat in one of the stacks while Mr. M. R. Buttsworth, Dairy Farmer, looks on was…

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Old Shilling Piece Found On Farm

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 5

MACLEAN, Thurs--A shilling piece, 113 yeays old, was unearthed on the farm cf Mr. D. M"Rae, at Harwood by his…

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New Zealand Farmers On Interesting Tour

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 3

MEMBERS of a party of New Zealand farmers, who arrived in Grafton last night expressed themselves as deeply interested in a comparison of farming methods they had seen in Australia with those in vogue in New Zealand…

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