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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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One Horse Entered In Farm Section

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

The judge in the farm horse section (Mr. C. I. Bailey) expressed keen disappointment that only one entry was paraded…

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Dutch Vegetable Crop Surplus

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Nearly half of this year's surplus of Holland's vegetables production amounting to 200,000 tons will…

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Heavy Cattle Losses

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

DARWIN, Mon.--Heavy losses of cattle are feared in the Northern Territory as a result of torrential rains which have fallen…

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Butter Production Costs Under Review

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

Messrs. J. McKensey, of the Rural Bank, Grafton, Government representative on the Joint Dairying Industry Advisory…

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Graziers Oppose National Council Of Farmers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--The Graziers' Association decided to-day to strongly oppose the suggestion of the Rural Reconstruction Commission for a compulsory National Council of farmers. Mr. J. H. Doyle, of Warialda,…

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Lack of Dairy Science Degree

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A serious weakness and a handicap in our educational system was the lack of a degree course in dairy science…

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Dairy Coy.— Has Good Month Butter and Bacon Dept's. Show Increases

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

Butter and bacon production at the Dorrigo Dairy Coy. showed an upward trend for March when compared with the…

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Fine Cattle At Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 3

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Wheat Agreement For Five Years

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Australia would have to produce an average harvest of 170 million bushels of wheat ever the next five years to meet her requirements, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) said to-night…

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Junior Farmers At Coming Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 5

Mr. A. Gaunt, of Coffs Primary School, advises that additional sections have been included in the schedule for Junior Farmers at the…

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Investigation Into Shortages Of Farm Machinery

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the Legislative Assembly to-day that he would ask the Secondary Industry…

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Farmer Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 2

Walter, Clay (38), farmer of Barratt's Creek, suffered a fractured left foot when his horse jammed, him, against a tree while…

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Practical Farmer On Dairy Produce Board

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 5

The acknowledged importance of your journal in this State's land matters prompts me to crave space to clarify my…

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Junior Farmer Field Day At Kangaroo Creek

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 5

KANGAROO CREEK.--Coutrs Crossing Junior Farmers' Club held an interesting and enjoyable Field Day recently at Mr. A…

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Farm Machinery Survey Tractors Available; No Electric Motors

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

SEVERAL tractors would be available in Grafton within a month as a result of the arrival in Sydney of a shipment of 250. said Mr. K. L. Taylor yesterday. Other farm machinery agents emphasised that the chief shortage experienced was in electric…

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Continued Loss of Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Butter production has continued on its downward trend during the month, and in some areas has…

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Coastal Dairy Farm Contest

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 6

Although entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competition conducted by "The Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the…

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Cattle of Class Grand Champion to D. Anderson

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 8

AIS, Ayrshires and Jerseys of a quality that would bring credit to any showring were paraded before the cattle judges. Had the weather…

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Junior Farmers Well to the Fore

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 8

The Show Association is to be congratulated on the way in which the Junior Farmers are encouraged: and in. turn the Juniors merit…

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Unusual Disease in Dairy Stock

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

Mr. J. Hayston, a research officer of the Veterinary Research Station, Glenfield, has been visiting the Clarence and…

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