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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Dairy Herd Decline Partially Arrested

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.--The decline in Australian dairy herds, which began in 1943, was partially arrested during 1947, according to a summary survey for the last year by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver)…

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Keen Young Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 2

Sir,--The report of the potato growers' meeting in your issue of March 4 contains the following statement incorrectly…

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N.Z. Wheat Contract Upset Unlikely

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed.--It is improbable the terms of the New Zealand wheat contract will be upset by the operation of the…

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Big Dairy Closed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 3

LITHGOW, Wed.--Lithgow district's largest dairy, "The Hillcrest," at Bowenfels, closed down to-day because, the owner said…

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"A Little More Butter"

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 6

"It is that little more which makes all the difference to us in England. Keep your cows in production, a little longer each year and so produce a…

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Progressive Farmers Start World Tour

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues. -- The N.S.W. progressive farmers' team selected in a State-wide competition conducted by the Rural Bank of…

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Cattle T.b. Fund

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Primary Producers' Union to-day decided to establish a tuberculosis cattle compensation trust fund. A levy…

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Survey of Eastern Dairy Farms

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A survey of 100 farms in the three Eastern States will be made by the Joint Dairying Industry Advisory…

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Dairyman's Survey Bread Duality; Free Transport Etc. District Secretary's Monthly Letter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

In connection with the fixation of prices for dairy produce "the tumult and the shouting" has largely died down but only because there is a…

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Increase in Millet Fibre Crop

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--An increase in the N.S.W. millet fibre crop for 1947-48 was forecast to-day by the Chief of the Marketing and…

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Wants Extra Butter Payment for Farmers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union today decided to press for a 1½d…

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Seeks Amalgamation Of Butter Factories

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.--The Upper Orara branch of the Primary Producers' Union will recommend to the appropriate, authorities that…

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Impossible To Dairy Under 40-Hour Week

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--To attempt to operate the dairying industy, under the 40-hour week would be ridiculous, a delegate,…

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Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Butter production for January 1946 was 5023 tons, the Government Statistician, Mr. Carver, announced…

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Serious Epidemic In N. W. Cattle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--An epidemic of pleuro-pneumonia is reported to have broken out among cattle in Yetman, in the north-western…

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Cattle Standard At Show Finest Ever

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The standard generally among cattle displayed at the show this year was the finest ever seen, various judges…

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Now 8924 Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Junior Farmer Club Movement, which was launched 21 years ago, now had a total membership of 8924…

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Experiment Farm Stock Displayed At R.A.S.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 2

Ten bead of A.I.S. stock were sent from the Grafton Experiment Farm to the R.A.S., the first to be displayed by the farm…

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Butter Competition To Casino Factory

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The 1948 local continuous butter grading competition conducted under the auspices of the R.A.S. was won by…

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Over-strong Market For Show Cattle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tuesday. -- Jersey, Guernsey and Friesian cattle were offered in a market that was over-strong, at the Sydney…

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