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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Severe Setback To Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 6

The severity of the season for primary industries dependent on pastures and crops is obvious from a review just released by the Department of Agriculture. The assessment is to the end of November. Emphasis…

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Drought Kills Dairy Stock

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues.—Many dairy stock in the Clarence Bellingen dairying district have already…

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Chatsworth Crops

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

CHATSWORTH.— Although pasture and year-old cane are suffering from the drought the young crops…

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Famous Farm Leader Retires

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 6

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dr. Hush Hammond Bennett, who has done more than any other agricultural leader to…

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More Migrants Needed on Farms

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—More migrants would have to be placed in primary industries, the Minister for…

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U.S. Shortages Affect "Guns Not Butter"

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON.—Americans who were warned to expect some austerity through the nation's big…

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Disastrous Drought Causes Loss 2,000 Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 3

GLEN INNES.—In the last few months about 2000 cattle have died from starvation in the Newton Boyd-Dalmorton area in the most disastrous drought in 40 years…

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Great Future for Dairy Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 7

In his monthly report the secretary of Raleigh District Council of the PPU, Mr. E. J. Cooper, predicts a great future for dairy farmers... The report reads…

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Farmer Wins Wristlet Watch

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

The valuable lady's wristlet watch, which was the prize in the competition conducted by the Agricultural Society at the car…

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Poor Prospects for Dairymen

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 5

In his monthly report the Senior District Dairy Officer, Mr. H. Harrison, 'states that the prospects for dairymen are very poor…

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Victoria Could Supply Butter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Victoria had enough butter to supply all States, the Secretary of the Australian Dairy Produce Board, Mr. E. Du Cros, said to-day. However, some distributing companies will cut…

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Rules For Farm Safety

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

More accidents occur in farming than in most other types of work. A farmer can get hurt in many ways…

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Wool Auctions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The market showed a hardening tendency compared with values ruling at the close…

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Butter Supplies Still Grim

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—Although the State's butler prospects were now much better, the supply position was still grim. The president of the…

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Banana Figures Increase Small Crops Slump

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

Coffs Harbour banana consignments on the first BGF trains for 1952, 1A and 1B, totalled 6556 cases. This is an increase of 1064 cases on the corresponding trams of 1951…

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Crop Production Needs Weed Control

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

Weed control is one of the major expense items in crop production. Much of the labour in tilling the soil is directed at killing weeds, and it is in killing weeds that hormones have made their greatest contribution to…

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Strange Dairy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—The world's strangest dairy is at Columbia University's cancer research centre. New…

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Good Quality Wheat Crop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—With most of the season's wheat crop harvested, indications are that the harvest will approximate the official estimate of 41 million bushels and will be of…

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Butter Production On North Coast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

Dairy factory managers and executives on the Clarence River and at Casino, yesterday expressed themselves as being at a complete loss to understand part of a statement…

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Wheat Acreage Drops Sharply

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday—Areas of land sown for wheat production had decreased regularly every year since 1947-48. The estimated area sown for the 1951-52 season is the…

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