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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

865 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 44

Letters To The Editor Butter Shortage And Dairying Drift

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

Sir,--The conflicting statements during the past week concerning overall butter supplies throughout the Commonwealth…

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Twelve Weeks Before Dairy Production Increases

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 7

The following letter to The Producers Co-op. District Society, Sydney was written by Mr. H. Saunders, general manager of the Dorrigo…

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Parlous State of Dairy Industry "Hills Going Back to Blacks"

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 10

"Unless something is done to prevent the drift, the dairy industry is facing catastrophe," declared Mr. A. P. Small, of Orara, at the recent annual meeting of Raleigh Electroate Council…

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Upper Orara Farmers and Roadwork Will Garry Out by Contract Shire's Promise Not Honored

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

Upper Orara farmers are willing to act as road contractors in order that roads in their area will be maintained in a trafficable condition. At the…

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Juvenile Farm Labour Parent's Responsibility

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

The Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee had pointed out that the employment of children of 10 years…

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Support Move For Butter Price Rise

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

LISMORE, Friday.-- A mass meeting of dairy farmers in Lismore to-day decided to support the nation-wide move for…

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Seek Butter Supplies

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun:--The Federal Government has been asked to allot spare butter in any other state to New South Wales, the…

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Car Strikes Cattle On Highway

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 2

CAR driven by an elderly Grafton mail yesterday afternoon struck three cows on the Pacific Highway and…

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Aerial Crop Dusting Important Says Minister

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Anthony), said that aerial crop dusting was destined to assist Australia's "declining" agriculture…

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Sydney Markets Light Cattle Supplies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Good supplies of Washington navel oranges. from coastal districts sold steadily at the fruit market…

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Manager Forecasts Butter Famine If Panic Buying

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 2

Unless the public stopped panic buying, and storekeepers co-operated by declining to meet double orders and purchases for storage, there would be no butter available in the Grafton district…

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U.S. Might Make Synthetic Wool

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Mon. (AAP)-- The United States would consider producing synthetic wool because of "exorbitant…

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Rare Models of Farm Animals

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

A display of model farm animals, which has aroused wide-spread interest wherever it has been shown, will be on…

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Sheep Show in Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.-- The annual sheep show, the world's greatest display of Merino sheep and woollen and knitted goods, will…

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Big Drop In Butter Output For May

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.-- Butter production during May this year was less than half that of May…

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NZealand Butter Not Immediately Available

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) told the House of Representatives to-day that there was no butter immediately available from New Zealand, but butter would be available in the near future…

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1250 Extra Farms A Year Needed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed. Migrants were pouring into Australia at such a rate that 1250 new dairy farms were needed…

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Recommitted Higher Price For Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 7

As a result of an Australia-wide survey of farm costs in the dairying industry the Joint Dairying Industry…

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Import Butter Because Of Neglect

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- Australia had been placed in the shameful position of having to import butter due…

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Urges Inquiry Into Butter by Committee

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- The immediate setting up of a special committee to inquire into butter demand and supply was urged by the General Manager of the Australian Dairy Produce Equalisation…

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