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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Butter Costs Survey on Clarence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 2

A FIELD team of the Joint Dairying Industry Advisory. Committee is at present working in the Graf ton district. It…

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Store Cattle Bring Record Prices

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 3

RECORD prices for store cattle were obtained yesterday, the second day of Goldsbrogh, Mort's 58th annual cattle sale, when 3000 head went through the sale ring. Prices were generally £2 or…

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Dairymen's Choice— Milk Or Butter?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

Dairymen in the Coffs Harbour, Bellinger, Dorrigo and Nambucca area have a probJem on their hands. They have two questions to decide-whether they want to supply milk…

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International Wheat Agreement Concluded

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—A four-year international wheat agreement within which 456,283,389 bushe's of wheat will move annually in world trade has been concluded by the International Wheat Conference…

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Cattle Sales Ended on High Note

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

FOUR special cattle trains of more than 100 trucks will leave South Grafton during the next two days with cattle purchased by southern buyers at Goldsbrough, Mort's 58th annual cattle sales…

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Butter Section Expanded For This Year's Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 4

The Clarence P. and A. Society has reviewed the butter exhibit section for this year's show, and has introduced four new classes…

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Settlement Terms In Wool Dispute

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—New terms of settlement of five-week-old storemen and packer's dispute were reached at a conference late to-day. The new terms wil be…

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Dairying Demonstration Farms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 8

Under the five year plan to improve the efficiency of the dairying. industry, demonstration farms are to be'…

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Co-operative Farming Enterprise

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

A grbup of farmers at Reading, Berkshire, who, having experienced the harvest of 1946, when the combine haw esters brought to their barns loads'of grain so wet that much of it was wasted, decided to co-operate in setting up a factory…

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Farmer' Returns Now Due

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 5

Sgt. B. D. Purkiss states that the annual returns of statistics to be completed by all landowners and land holders…

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Carnham Cattle Bring Top Prices

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 2

C. O. Austen and Son. of Carnham, realised four top pricer and records at Goldsbrough Mort's annual, cattle sale, with…

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Concern At Dutch Re-Export Of Wool

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Commonwealth Government was planning stern action against Dutch traders for their complicity in what is regarded by Australia as pratically a dollar blackmarket…

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District Farmers Need Fine Weather

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the consistent rain had-resulted in prolific growth of crops and pastures, fine weather and warm sunshine were now urgently needed, said Clarence River farmers yesterday. In many areas the ground…

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Junior Farmer Competition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Australian Broadcasting Commission to-night announced the winner of the A.B.C. New South Wales Junior Farmer competition…

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Films On Dairying

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Films are to be taken of demonstrations to the made during the State's five-years plan for the promotion of improved practices in the…

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Thousands Of Sheep Lost In Floods

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Thousands of sheep have been swept away by floodwaters in central and south-west Queensland, and graziers report heavy damage to fencing. Because it is almost…

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Famous Cattle Station Transaction Reported

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 2

A TRANSACTION of wide interest to the Clarence is believed to have taken place in regard to the Yulgilbar Pastoral Company's interes's. It is understood that Mr…

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Young Farmhand To Stand Trial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 2

LISMORE, Mon.—A 17-year-old farmhand was committed for trial on a charge that at Possum Creek near Bangalow, he…

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Rationing of Tea and Butter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 3

HOBART, Tues.—The Federal Director of Rationing (Mr. J. B. Cumming) said to-day that there was no immediate possibility of…

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Wool Store Dispute Settlement Likely

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—The secretary of the Storemen and Packers' Union (Mr. P. Hampson) said to-night that he…

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