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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

626 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 32

Need for Efficiency Applies Not Only to the Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 2

Not only the primary producer, but every section of the community should be called on to give efficient service to promote national well-being. This was the general consensus of opinion among…

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Farmers Forced to Buy Fodder

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 3

In his monthy report, Mr. H. Harrison. Chief Dairy Officer of the Clarence. Bellingen to Dorrigo District. said all non-irrigated pastures have further deteriorated and many farmers are still being forced to purchase…

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Black Beetles Ate Farms Out

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Several arms on the Lower Hunter had been eaten out by black beetles two or…

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Move To Help Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- The Primary Producers Union Central Executive Council to-day decided to support…

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Cattle Industry Hit By Drought

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1953 · page 3

The Clarence River district cattle industry has been hit as hard by the drought this year as it was in the disastrous 1951 setback…

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Drop in Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2

LISMORE, Mon.-- Extreme drought conditions in the Richmond district have caused butter production to…

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Junior Farmers See Rural Bank Films

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--More than 80 members of Bellingen and District Junior Farmer Clubs and friends were…

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Wheat Exports Down

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Tues.—United States exports of wheat in the first five months of the 1953-54…

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Dairy Industry Incentive Plan

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday—Plans to implement an Australian-wide policy to give greater incentive for production of choice grade cream is being considered by the…

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Queen To See Wool Film

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 6

"Fine Wools of Tasmania," a film made by the Australian Wool Bureau, will be seen by the…

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Dairy Survey

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 6

Field work on a new survey of the cost structure of the dairying industry in New South Wales has been…

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Praise for General Manager of Co.op. Dairy Assn

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1

When speaking at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd., the…

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Upper Orara Farmers Are Becoming Anxious

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 5

Seasoned conditions at Upper Orara have been causing anxiety to local farmers, and though several storms have brought…

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Cattle Dying As ResultOfDrought

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. --Thousands of cattle on the North Coast have died as the result of the drought, which is described as the worst for eight years…

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Monopolies Run Dairy Industry Says Mr. Dowling

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The chairman of the Milk Board, Mr. J. A. Ferguson, to-day accused the secretary of the Newcastle Trade's Hall Council,…

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Important Extensions To Grafton Dairy Co

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 6

Important additions to the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited., were, officially opened yesterday by the Mayor of Grafton, Ald. J. I. Moorhead…

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Wheat Agreement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.—A further attempt to reach agreement with the States by correspondence on the…

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Deadly Night Shade Affects Cattle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 4

Copmanhurst Shire Council will seek means of eradicating the poisonous weed deadly night shade from shire roads. Mr. R. R. Reeves, Lower…

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Pool For Farmers' Irrigation Scheme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 6

The Chairmas of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (Mr. C. C. Corbett) said…

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Dairy Co. Has Successful Six Months Surplus In AN Departments

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 10

A surplus was made in every department of the orrigo Dairy Co. for the six months period ended June 30. This was revealed in the chairman's report and balance sheet at the 93rd half-yearly meeting…

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