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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

573 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 29

Subsidy Sought To Make Dairying Profitable

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 4

Dairy farmers should be given a deferred payment in the nature of a subsidy from the Government, said Mr. H…

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Farmer's Complaint About Wage Rise

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 4

A delegate to the Clarence P.P.U. District Council meeting at Grafton yesterday caused laughter when he…

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Girl Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 2

LISMORE.--The district Junior Farmer supervisor (Mr. C. Purdue) said that 32. Lismore High School girls had enrolled…

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Crops Affected By Gales

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 2

KARANGI, Friday.-Cyclonic rains, accompanied by gale force southerly winds, have swept the area from nightfall…

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Showground Sheep Pay Their Way

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 2

Grafton Showground trustees are hoping for a lucrative return from the sale of wool shorn from a mob of sheep…

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Production Potential Of Single Unit Farms

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 2

LISMORE, Sun.--As far as he was concerned, the 12.0001b. butter-fat production potential required for the acquisition of…

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Butter And Cheese Output Higher

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Weather daring October favoured dairy production, and the output of butter and cheese from New South Wales factories showed a sharp rise, states the monthly report of the…

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Dairying Diploma Course Dux

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2

ULMARRA.--Mr. R. Webber, who recently joined the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Company staff, was dux of the dairying…

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Butter Fat Potential For Farms Abolished

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 6

As far as he was concerned the 12,000lb. per annum butter fat production potential required for the acquisition of single unit farms under the War Service Land Settlement Act was abolished, said the Postmaster-General and Acting…

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COMMERCIAL Store Cattle Dear

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report a medium yarding of stock at the cattle sales at South Grafton yesterday. The market for fat…

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Crops Benefit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5

PALMER'S ISLAND.---The 361 points of rain which fell over the past week will greatly benefit pastures and crops, but…

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Farmers' Union Meetings

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 3

At recent Farmers Union meetings held at Hernani, Ebor and Tyringham, the following points were discussed:—…

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Single Unit Farms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 10

When addressing a gathering of Returned Soldiers at lismore. Mr. H. L. Anthony. MHR, Postmaster-General and…

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Butter Standard For Dairy Farms

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Minister for Lands. Mr. Renshaw. to-day said he was delighted to see evidence of a more…

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Rain Destroys Ripe Wheat

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--Thousands of acres of wheat have been destroyed, and an elderly farmer is believed drowned, following widespread rain and flooding in north-western N.S.W. this week…

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Questioned About Butter Costs

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN.--When Mr. R. C. Gibson, general president of the Primary Producers' Union, attended the Raleigh District Council meeting at Bellingen delegates who for some time past have been…

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Decline in Butter Output

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Mon.--At a time when butter production was Usually on the increase, there had been a decline in output in…

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High Prices For Cattle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 1

Messrs. H. W. Kirkland & Co., of Bellingen, report a very successful sale at Auld's yards, Boambee, when 73 head of mixed…

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Kudzu Vine Restores Wornout Farms

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 5

Kudzu, a prolific or[?]ental vine which is growing successfully at the Grafton Experiment Farm and other parts of the State, is used in reclamation work in the south-eastern United States as a soil-building…

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High Prices At Cattle Sale

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 11

Messrs. Plunkett, Jordan and Forsyth report high prices at the cattle sale conducted at Lower Bu[?] on Wednesday. The…

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