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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Large Attendance At Shareholders' Meeting Butter and Bacon Depts. Show Profit

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

A profit of £6298/17/11 was made in the butter department, and £317/2/11 profit in the bacon department for the six months ended December 31, 1952, at the Dorrigo Dairy Company. This was…

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Farmer Shot in Face

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

Sidney Arthur Hamilton Davies, dairy farmer, of Cor[?]ba Road, Dorrigo, was shot in the face by a 22…

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Dairy Company Successes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

At the recent D.F.M. & S. conference, Dorrigo Dairy Co. gained the following awards:— Butter, 12 weeks stored, 94 1\2…

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Dorrigo Dairy Co. Chairman's Report to Shareholders

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 7

BUTTER DEPARTMENT.—In the period under review the amount of choicest c.b.f. received at the platform was 773,637 lbs. and second grade, 20,149 lbs., or 97.46% choicest and 2.54% per cent second grade. For the six months ended December 31, 1951, 548.436 lbs. (choicest) and second grade, 3995 lbs., were received at the platform. The…

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Sub-division Important in Dairying

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 4

Sub-division is one of the most important factors in effective grassland management, points out the Division of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture…

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U.s. Wheat Crop

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.--United States supplies of wheat for the crop year beginning July 1, promised to…

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One Year Wheat Stabilisation Plan

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.--The Australian Agricultural Council to-day agreed to a now one-year wheat…

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Butter Price Rise Would Hit Sales Says Witness

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A rise in the present price of butter would hit sales, and it would be wrong to price…

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"Examiner" Service Section Market Reports Metropolitan Demand for Cattle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.--Supplies of sheep penned at the Flemington saleyards to-day showed a small reduction, 26,206 head of…

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Year's Wool Cheque May Be Near £400,000,000

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Australia's wool cheque for the first 11 months of the current year is £368,510,091…

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Inadequate Price Be Disastrous To Dairying

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.--The drift of young people from the country to the towns represented a serious…

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New System Of Milk Payment To Dairy Farmers In America

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 6

Milk solids as well as butterfat are earning premiums for dairy farmers in some parts of America,…

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Young Farmer for Tour of America

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 6

Four Australian your farmers would tour Amen[?] this year under the International Farm Youth E[?]…

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For the Farmer.— Pasture Areas Expand

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 6

Rapid increase in the area sown to improved pastures in the New England region is shown by figures released by…

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Honour for Local Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 5

An honour has been bes[?]owed upon local Junior farmers Messrs. D. C. Marsh, of Palmer's…

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Junior farmer Land Settlement

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

Following upon a decision made at the last Junior Farmer State Council, information is being sought…

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Rain Saves Crops

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 4

MADRID. --Heavy rains after weeks of drought have saved the cereal crops in central and southern Spain…

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Pecan Nut Crop

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 4

UPPER COPMANHURST, Thurs.--Pecan nut trees on a local property have borne an excellent crop this year…

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"Examiner" Service Section Market Reports Metropolitan Weaker Competition for Cattle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. -- The State Marketing Bureau reports lighter supplies of sheep were penned at the Fleming on saleyaras to-day…

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Appeal Against Dairy Award

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- An appeal against the new Dairy Industry Award was lodged with the Industrial…

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