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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 9 of 33

Wheat Handicap To North Coast Exhibit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The weakness of the wheat section, the area for which is seriously restricted in the North Coast and Tablelands zone, was the main cause of the placing in third position in the district exhibit at the Royal Show to-day…

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Wool Marketing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An organisation embracing Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and the United Kingdom, in…

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Coonamble Farms For Soldier Settlement

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Twenty-two terms on the "Tondeburine and Bedford Park' Estate, in the Coonamble district, have been…

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English Offer For Dairy Factory At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuesday.—The Board of the Coff's-Orara Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., at Coff's Harbour to-day, decided unanimously to recommend…

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Fine Cattle In Show Parade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Over £1,000,000 worth of prize livestock took part in the grand parade at the Royal Easter Show to-day. One of the best grand parades ever…

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Returns Due By Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

All persons engaged in rural pursuits are requested by the Officer in Charge of Goffs Police, Sergeant B. D. Purkiss,…

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Junior Farmers Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

BELLINGEN—A meeting was held at Fernmount to form a Junior Farmers' Club Mr. T. Higgins, the local supervisor…

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Farmers Opposed To Fund Payments

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Any attempts by the Australian Dairy Producer' Board to force the processed milk industry to make contributions to the Stabilisation Fund in which dairy farmers have no equity, will be vigorously opposed by the New…

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Big Sorghum Crop Expected

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed—A one million bushels crop of sorghum is expected from 30,000 acres planted at Peak Downs to…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 4

Encouragement of better farming methods within the dairying industry is the object of the 1949 coastal dairy farm competition…

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Junior Farmer Competition

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Gregory Faul, 18, of Cen ral Tuba, near Bega, was to-night, selected winner of the Grand Australian…

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Farmer's Food Gifts To Needy City Children

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—More than a 100 children with billycarts, sugarbags and suitcases queued up at the grounds of Glebe…

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Urges Cattle Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 4

Colonel H. F. White, of Guyra, a former president of the Aberdeen-Angus Society has urged cattle breeders to join with the…

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Butter Price Increase

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—The price of butter is expected to rise by 2d. a pound on July 1. The Joint Dairy Industry…

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Pig Supply Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

IN his report to the board of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd. the manager (Mr. A. E, Harrison) said that during March the intake of pigs was in excess of the February figures, and considerably higher than for March, 1948…

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State Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday—Butter production in New South Wales for the nine months ended March, 1949, was 26,668 tons…

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Royal Easter Show: Dorrigo Bacon Again Scoops Pool Dairy Coy.'s Exhibit Outstanding

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

For the third successive year, Dorrigo Dairy Company's Bacon entries in the Royal Show have won all classes. These comprise first for two sides of bacon, first for two flitches, first for two hams, first for collection of bacon, winner of the aggregate and gold medal for…

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Sheep Decrease in Britain

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.)—The Ministry of Agriculture announced that the number of sheep in Britain decreased by seven…

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Expriments On Australian Wool

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun —Fourteen bales of specially selected Australian merino wool were sent to the United States last week by…

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Devon Cattle Breeders' Society 102nd Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

The total entries for the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society's Show and Sale at Taunton in Somerset was 117. The show was for bulls calved over a period of a year from May, 1947, and was divided into three age classes, The…

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