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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Butter Output Hopes Not Materialised

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.—Hopes for the restoration of Australian butter production to the former level had not…

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Feeding Of Clarence Cattle Varsity Workers Breezy Comments On Research

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

SOME candid continent on production figures on dairy farms on the Clarence are made in this interview with Mr. E. J. Breakwell, Senior Lecturer in Agronomy at the Faculty of Agriculture University of Sydney. He had…

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District Dairying Conditions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 4

Although pastures are green and of good length on good quality country they are rapidly being eaten off on…

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Record Price for Wool

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Wed.—An Australian wool record was made at the Launceston sales to-day, when 210 1/4d. was paid for one bale…

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Australian Wheat To Britain, India

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.—The Commonwealth was now negotiating with the Governments of Britain and India for the sale of the…

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Junior Farmers Abandon Plans For Memorial

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Plans for building a memorial hall in connection with, the 21st anniversary of the Junior Farmers' Clubs of N.S.W. will probably be abandoned, This was decided at to-day annual meeting of the Junior Farmers' Clubs Council…

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High Price for Stud Farm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Wed. (A.A.P.). —Louis B. Mayer's 504-acre stud farm at Perris, California, was sold yesterday at a price…

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Dairy Output Past Seasonal Pear

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 4

All butter factories in the Clarence to Bellinger appeared to have reached their peak of production, and were now…

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Advance Agriculture Fair Pig Farming No Longer Hit Or Miss Project

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 4

THE day of hit and miss farming, particularly in pier raising, has gone," states the Lismore District Piggery Instructor (Mr. N. A Steele) in this useful article written specially for the benefit of Clarence and Richmond producers…

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Air Survey Data For Farmers' Use

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.—Certain topographical and geographical information gained during the present military…

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Desert Turned Into Farmland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

A rush of applicants for land in the 90-Mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful soll experiments…

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Wool Sales

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Under keenly sustained competition from all sections of the trade, the market at Sydney, wool sales to-day was…

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Estimate of Wheat Yield

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY Mon.—The, 1948-49, N.S.W. wheat harvest will probably wheat 66 million bushels of wheat This was announced to-day…

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Dairy Farmer Retires

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

GLENIFFER.—Gleniffer residents recently honoured residents who have been associated with this area over many years, when…

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Stability and Security in Dairying

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

In the course of his annual report, which is to be submitted to the annual meetof the Raleigh District…

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Crops And Pastures Look Splendid

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.—Rainfall at Maclean during the first five days of February totalled 259 points. Crops and pastures look splendid…

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A Fine Crop

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.—When the Jubilee Park (also known as Maclean Oval) was rotary-hoed, a crop of weeds grew which…

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Canadian Farmers Use Lot Of Paint

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

Most Canadian farmhouses and barns seemed to get a fresh coat of paint each spring, writes a friend touring Canada…

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Competition For Dairy Efficiency

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A State-wide dairy farm competition with£2000 prize money has been organised as part of the State's five-year plan to improve the efficiency of the dairy industry. In making this…

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Commonwealth Grant For Dairy Competition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

A proportion of the Commonwealth grant of £250,000 per annum for promotion of improved farm practices in the…

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