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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 6 of 29

Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

THE resignation of the Lismore district supervisor, of the Junior Farmer Movement is a tragic commentary on the…

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Cattle Sales Total Turnover All-Time Record

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

Over 4000 head of stock, mostly stores, passed through the South Grafton saleyards yesterday, on the second and chief day of Hawthorne's 59th annual stock sale and new price levels were reached…

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Would Consider More Aid for Flood-hit Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wed.--The N.S.W. (Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly to-day that the…

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Show Cattle Miss Exhibit

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 10

Mr. Irvine Bartlett was unable to exhibit his fine jerseys at the Bellingen Show this week. The vehicle transporting the stock…

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Record Cattle Sale Finished Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort's annual cattle sale, which finished yesterday was the greatest ever held in the whole of the 59 years, since the annual sale started, said the local manager (Mr. Claude Hawthorne) last…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company Output for February

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 10

The quantity of butter manufactured at Dorrigo Dairy Co. for the month of February was 111 tons 11 cwt 3 qrs 36 lbs., being a…

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Approves Increased Grant for Farm Products

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AAP).--An increase of 2000 million dollars--£892,872,300 Australian--in commodity credit corporation…

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New England Institute Of Dairy Husbandry Farmers Urge Establishment

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 3

After hearing Dr. Finlay's views on the urgent need for educational reform in dairying industry, a conference of daily farmers of the Macleay, held at urged the establishment of a New England…

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Another Heavy Cattle Yarding

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

During the next three days another 5000-odd cattle will be yarded at the South Grafton saleyards during Dalgety and…

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Good Hybrid Maize Seed Crops

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 3

Good yields of seed of the late-maturing Grafton maize hybrids can be expected from all districts, according to reports…

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Wheat Agreements

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 1

OTTAWA, Tuesday (AAP).--Canada's representative at the International Wheat Conference in London has been instructed…

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Cattle Sales Recent Price Levels Still Maintained

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 3

OVER 3000 head of cattle in splendid condition, from all portions of the Clarence area and beyond, passed through the South Grafton saleyards yesterday, the main day of Dalgety and Company's second annual sale…

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Farmers Seek Factory Unity

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 4

A meeting of farmers from Southgate, Lower Southgate and Ulmarra, decided to ask the directorates of the Grafton Co–operative Dairy Company and the Pioneer Dairy Company. Ulmarra, to evolve a…

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Junior Farmers Essay Comp

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

"MY IMPRESSIONS OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY IN THE DORRIGO DISTRICT"…

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Interesting Display Of Farm Machinery

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

About 60 farmers, including several prominent Grafton residents and departmental officers, visited Mr. W. E…

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High Quality At Cattle Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

A feature of the annual sale conducted by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., this week was the high standard of Clarence…

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Soldier Settler Crop Competition

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) commended the Inverell Show Society on introducing, at the recent Inverell Show, a crop…

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Butter Production Pushed To Wall

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Country Party (Mr. Vincent) said in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly to-night that the butter manufacturing section of the dairying…

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Overlanding Cattle From Drought Area

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 7

DARWIN, Wed.--Nine Alice Springs' cattle stations are moving 15,000 head of cattle 500 miles to save them…

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Big Mob Of Cattle For Macksville

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN. Wed.--Local motorists who had to negotiate a long stream of car--shy beef cattle on the Thora Road will be…

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