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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 37 of 44

Is the Water Supply a Problem on Your Farm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 1

Many rural property owners are not aware of the assistance that may be given them by the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission in the matter, of either technical or financial assistance—or both—in the…

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Junior Farmer Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 8

With recent showers to give plants a good start, Coffs Harbour Junior Farmers are busy Harming up their gardens and…

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Potato Crop Less Than Usual

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 3

THE acreage of land on the Clarence under potatoes this year would be about 70 per cent. of a normal…

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Junior Farmer Trophy To Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 3

The Rural Bank trophy for the best Junior Farmer in the Clarence River district has been won by Kevin…

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Stud Cattle Sale At Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 October 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--Strong demand for stud beef bulls was evidenced yesterday at Dalgety's first annual stud sale at…

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Grafton Lad Placed In Junior Farmer Maize Competition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 October 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.- Fri. -- Winner, of the Junior Farmers' championship for maize growing is Will…

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Possibility Of Seaweed Farms

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN, Sun. -- The practicability, of establishing seaweed farms in the shallow areas of the Lower…

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Greasy Wool Price Decline

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--The average price for greasy wool sold in Australia from July to September was…

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Rates Higher At Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--The market for all Merino descriptions ruled generally 15 per cent. above the…

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State Dairy Farm Award to Dorrigo

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 2

Mr. E. H. J. Miller's Paddy's Plains farm has been judged the champion dairy farm in NSW for the year 1951. This information was released by Mr. H. Harrison, Senior Dairy Offieer for the Clarence-Bellinger District,…

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Farming Operations Restricted On Lower Clarence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN. -- Continued dry conditions have increased the fire danger. Farming operations, apart…

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High Prices For Dairy Cows

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 4

Keen competition from a large attendance of farmers, resulted in a successful clearance sale on Friday at…

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Drought Cuts Butter Output

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 7

LISMORE, Tues.-- Continuing drought conditions throughout the Richmond-Tweed area have caused a…

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Drop In Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.--The Australian butter production drooped by more than 1000 tons in August,…

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Butter Pay Back to July

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday--Dairy farmers would be paid their cost of production--36 per pound--for butter retrospective to July 1 last, the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies,…

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Seek Review Of Stock Feed Wheat Price

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.--It was not much good the Commonwealth Government crying war on the one hand…

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Butter Subsidy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Government had decided to pay butter producers, a subsidy to bring the price to…

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Big Price Rises Hinge On Wheat

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday--If the price of feed wheat is raised to the International Wheat Agreement price of 161 a bushel, at least three commodities, eggs, milk and bacon, will…

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Dairying Decline

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 6

There has been an alarming decline in the number of dairy herds and registered dairies in N.S.W. and…

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Grafton Committee To Meet With Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 5

Grafton Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee last night decided to conduct future meetings in…

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