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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 8 of 33

Disagree On Farm Size

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.—Disagreement between the N.S.W. Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheehan) and the Federal Minister for…

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To Assist Farmers Conserve Fodder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tues.—Financial assistance on easy terms for farmers to conserve fodder as insurance against drought…

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Dairying Industry Figures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed,—A sum­mary, of the Australian dairying industry issued by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Butter Production Down

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

During the month of February. 1949, the quantity of butter manufactured at the Dorrigo Dairy Coy was 100 tons 10 cwt 2 qrs 5 1bs…

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Large Wool Sales To Russia

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.—Soviet Russia made huge increases in the purchase of wool from Australia in the eight months…

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Dorrigo Dairy Coy[?]s: Co-op. Store Venture

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

The Dorrigo Co-op. Dairy Society has secured a three years' lease of Messrs. Navin Bros, property situated on the corner…

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North Coast News Smoke Fires for Maclean Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

Mosquitoes have been very troublesome on the Lower Clarence during the past few weeks and farmers have been forced to light smoke fires in…

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Hybrid Maize School Sees District Farms

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

THE Department of Agriculture's school for hybrid maize study continued yesterday, when field work was carried out at the Grafton Experiment Farm, Mr. C. M. Doust's farm, at Ulmarra, and the experimental plot of the Maclean Rural School…

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Fat Cattle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 2

Sir,—The Under Secretary of the College of Agriculture claims that owing to the world shortage of meat all our grazing areas…

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Butter To Canada

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—A portion of the allocation of Australian butter to Canada had already been dispatched,…

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Wool Sales Will Resume

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Sydney wool selling brokers announced today that the Sydney wool sales will be resumed on April 11…

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Plan To Increase Dairy Production

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 6

"THE Department of Agriculture has selected 33 dairy farms, including properties in inland areas for the purpose of shewing dairy farmers how to obtain increased yields from their herds by applying the latest proven scientific methods to their…

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Junior Farmer Potato Growing Competition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—The winner of the 1949 State championship competition for potato growing (coastal division) is Arnold…

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Cattle Disease Threat To Food Production

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Cattle diseases were named, as one of the great threats to world food production by the Director of…

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Dairymen! What of the Future?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

"Co-operationist" writes to the Editor:— Sir,—I have been a stalwart…

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Annual Cattle Sale Spirited Bidding For Fat Bullocks

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

HIGH prices for top quality fat bullocks marked the opening day of Dalgety and Co. Ltd's first annual cattle sale at the South Grafton municipal saleyards yesterday. The market was firm for all cattle offered, with keen competition…

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Heavy Yardings At Cattle Sales

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 4

NEARLY 3000 cattle, mostly bis lines, were sold on the second day of Dalgety and Co. Ltd.'s first annual cattle sale at South Grafton yesterday. Keen competition and spirited bidding was…

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List Of Successes By Dairy Cattle Exhibitor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Possibly the greatest single triumph for a dairy cattle breeder at the Royal Show to-day was scored by Mr. E. E. Cooke, of Moongi Stud, Bexhill, in the guernsey section. Cooke won the championship…

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Show Butter Results

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—The R.A.S. to-day corrected results which were given on Saturday by the judges in the butter-makers'…

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Season Reflected By Show Cattle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Recent bountiful seasons in New South Wales and other States were reflected in the excellent condition of dairy cattle displayed at the Royal Easter Show to-day. Judges in all sections…

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