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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

656 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 33

Income Tax the Farmer's Depreciation Statement

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 1

An example of a depreciation statement such as a farmer should attach to his annual income tax return, is shown below…

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Fertiliser Supplies For Potato Crops

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 3

Mr. R. S. Vincent, MLA, who during the past weeks has been busy both inside and outside the State House, in…

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Planting of Early Potato Crops

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 2

Early potatoes should not be planted too deeply, otherwise emergence is likely to be slow and the risk of rotting…

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Obituary Mr. W. J. Farmer

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 2

William Joseph (Billy) Farmer (37), of Brisbane, and formerly of Grafton who was accidentally killed in a road transport accident…

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Deterioration Pastoral Conditions

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Pastoral conditions had deteriorated practically throughout the whole of N.S.W. in the last month,…

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Wool Sales By Auction

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 4

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia, after consultation with the Australian Council of Wool Buyers, and with…

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Butter Factory Pool May Be Suitable

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 1

Members of Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce generally Agreed at the monthly meeting that it…

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Fine Worsted Wool For Day presses AMIES

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 4

A delightful dress in grey worsted with a very full sun-ray skirt designed by Hardy Amies. The bodice blouses at the waist, has a high round neckline and loose, magyar sleeves deeply cuffed and reaching to mid-forearm. The skirt has a…

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Junior Farmers' Officers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--At the Fernmount Junior Farmers inaugural meeting Gordon Christian was elected president, Mick Martin…

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To Keep People 'Down On the Farm'

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 4

WHILE it is true that the "drift to the cities" is largely influenced by increased mechanisation on farms, it is also true that many young people who are born in the country, want to leave it as quickly as they can, to get jobs in the cities…

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Midget Farm Truck­

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 3

THOUGH not in any way a tractor for farm work, the Wrigley Wessex Motor Truck is a handy vehicle for small…

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Competitive Record Of Dorrigo Dairy Co

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 2

DORRIGO, Wed.--Dorrigo Co-op. Dairy Co. has a remarkable record of successes in competitions for dairy…

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Production Cost Price For Butter, Cheese

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs.-- Federal dairying organisations may meet in Melbourne to press for a continuation of the Commonwealth…

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Butter Price Increase Should Be Paid Now

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Fadden) to-day called upon the Federal Government to honour…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

During the month of June, 1949, the quantity of butter manufactured at the Dorrigo Dairy Company was 35 tons 18 cwt 3 qrs. being a…

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Share Farming Case Finalised

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 2

Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., this week at Grafton finalised a Small Debts Court action arising out of a share farming agreement on a…

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Sheep, Calves Killed by Cold

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Fri.--Hundreds of sheep and newly-born calves have been killed by the weather in snowbound areas…

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High Cattle Prices Will Be Maintained

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 3

APART from seasonal fluctuations, there was little possibility of present high prices for beef and dairy products declining, Mr. C. C. Bradly, Deputy Chairman of the Cattle Council of the Graziers' Association, said in Grafton yesterday. Producers could…

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Dairy Production Retarded by Cold

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the extremely cold weather had retarded production, many fresh cows were coming in, and the intake at the factory was slightly higher than this time last year, said the manager of the Clarence Co-operative Dairy Co. (Mr. A, E. Harrison)…

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Metal Detecting In Cattle

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 5

A metal detector used exten-helping in the problem of tracing sively during the war is now metal and other substances swal[?]ving its peace time value by [?] by cattle while grazing…

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