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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 8 of 32

Stud Beef Cattle Bring Big Prices

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- An Australian record price of 3000 guineas was paid for a Shorthorn heifer in a private sale, by Dalgety's at Sydney Showaround to-day…

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Plans To Help Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

Plans to increase interest in the Grafton Junior Farmers' Club were discussed at last nights' meeting of the Advisory Committee. As a means of creating…

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Junior Farmers Show Camp

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 2

The Grafton Junior Farmers' show camp will begin at noon on April 21 and close at 9 a.m. on April 25…

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Record Prices For Dairy Bulls At Show Sales

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A record Royal Show price of 190 gns. was paid for a Guernsey bull from the Moongi…

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Topping Off Beef Cattle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Gains in wight averaging 1.7lb per head per day have been obtained with four-yearold grade Aberdeen-Angus…

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Shearing Championship at Sheep Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 8

A world's shearing championship may be an entertainment highlight at this year's Sydney sheep show in May…

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Export Butter Title Goes to Queensland

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

Two Co-op. Dairy Association factories tied for first place in the Orient Line export butter competition. The factories, both in Queensland, are at Clifton and Toowoomba…

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Most Commonly Used Fat Is Butter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 7

The most commonly used fat in Australia is butter, but many other fats enter our diets. Particularly in cooler…

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Third Record At Beef Cattle Sales

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday--A record price for Herefords was established at a sale of beef cattle at the showground to-day, when Kildrummie Alan (imp.), bred by D. and W…

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State Award For Farm Workers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

Commenting on a paragraph in the annual report of the general president, Mr. R. C. Gibson, at the annual meeting…

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High Yields By Dairy Cows

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

Dairy cows entered in type and production competitions at the Royal Easter Show have given amazingly high milk…

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Wet Weather Affects Dairy Production

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

The recent heavy rain has tended to accellerate the seasonal falling off in dairy production. but it is expected that…

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Dairy Industry Faces a Sound Future Statement by PDS Executive

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

The dairy industry was passing through a revolutionary period and laced a sound future, the general manager of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society, Mr. E…

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Advance Agriculture Fair Concrete Troughs For Dairy Herds

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

A plentiful supply of clean water is essential if cows ore to produce large quantities of milk and remain in good condition. Concrete troughing is one of the best methods of handling the water supply…

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Cattle Trouble Should Be Treated Now

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Ophthalmia is prevalent among cattle this year, and outbreaks have been…

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South African Wool Sales Up

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 6

Details of wool sales in South Africa for the seven months ended January 31 indicate that the value of…

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Soviet Degree on Wool in East Germany

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

Wool production in Soviet occupied Germany will be drastically affected by a decree recently issued there…

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Ask More For Butter Sent To Uk Gaol Follows Reserve Brawl

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Australia would almost certainly ask Great Britain for an increase in the price of butter At a special Urbenville Court Ettrick Donnelly, a 27-year-old aborigine from Waterloo, Sydney, was…

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Charged With Butter Theft

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

WINGHAM, Tues.--Wingham Rural Co-operative Society Ltd. was to-day charged at Wingham Court…

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Dehorn Dairy Cattle for Better Herd Management

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

"Reports from dairying districts indicate that increasing numbers of fai[?]rs are realising the benefits of dehorning their milking stock," said J. W. Davison, Senior Dairy Officer for the Dairy Production Grant in…

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