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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 9 of 29

Grafton Show Big AIS Entry In Cattle Section

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Between 150 and 200 A.I.S. dairy cattle from at least a dozen local exhibitors will be a feature of the strong cattle…

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More Cattle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 4

The number of cattle in the Grafton P.P. Board district at the end of last year was 205,000, according to returns…

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Caterpillar Plague Feared By Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

Lower Clarence farmers fear that soon they will be faced with another caterpillar plague. THEIR fears have arisen as a result of the appearance of…

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Advertising Wool

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP).--Wool's ability to "turn aside heatwaves as well as chilling breezes" is…

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Farmers Using Hormone Spray

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

"Many farmers in the Dorrigo district have purchased hormones to spray blackberries on their properties year,…

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Floodwaters Threaten Sheep

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Floodwaters 20 miles from the main Murrumbidgee River stream threaten to drown 2200 sheep valued, at…

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British Junior Farmers Will Tour North

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Sunday.--Three members of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs of Great Britain will…

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Rain Damages Vegetable Crops

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 5

PALMER'S ISLAND, Mon.--Five hundred and four points of rain were recorded from April 20 to April 22. Two hundred and…

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British Young Farmers' Visit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Mr. Frederick L. Wilmot, Central North Coast supervisor of the Junior Farmer Clubs, stationed at Macksville, is at present in…

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Junior Farmers At The Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Junior Farmers attending the Show to-day are asked to assemble at the Prince street entrance gate as near as possible to…

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Visiting Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN.--Three British Junior Farmers now visiting Australia, will arrive here on May 11. They are making an…

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Butter-fat Competition

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 6

Chief Steward: Mr. S. H. Short. Twenty-four Hours' Milking on Showground, of £10. Open to any recognised breed of dairy cow over 4 years…

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Butter Quality Well Maintained

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 5

Although the entries in the three classes were not so numerous as last year, the quality was well maintained, said the…

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Problem Presented By Cattle Entries

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Record entries in the cattle sections--animals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds were paraded before the judges--presented a big problem for officials at the show. Accommodation, which in…

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Father And Son Judge Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Two well-known breeders of Hereford cattle, a father and son, judged the beef and fat cattle at the Grafton…

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C. J. Lee Wins Prize For Butter-fat

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Mr. C. J. Lee's Ethel V[?] the butterfat competition, open to any recognised breed of dairy cattle over four years old…

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Change In Farming Methods

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

There has been a spectacular change in British farming methods since the war. Farms in Britain are now the most…

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British Junior Farmers' Visit

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

Three members of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs of Great Britain who are making a three months' tour of…

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Woman Injured in Dairy Explosion

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 7

Whilst pouring petrol into q motor engine at their dairy at Lorne, Camden Haven, last week, Mrs. D. Cameron suffered ten…

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Dairyvelle P. & C. Association

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 1

Opportunity was taken at the last meeting of the Dairyville P & C Association to bid farewell to Mr. Charles…

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