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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

594 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 30

"Push Button Farming"

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO.-- A farmer should be an administrator rather than a tiller of the soil…

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Magic-Eye Tests Wool

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 5

One of the most recent developments in electronic instruments for testing the condition of wool yarn will be exhibited by a Yorkshire firm at Olympia during the 1954 British Industries Fair held…

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Rural Broadcasts Dairy Cows' Diet

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 4

Digestive disorders of dairy cows is the subject of discussion between A.B.C. rural officer, Fred Widriows, and Mr. D. C. Blood,…

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Farming Crisis Was Staved Off

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--By its acts the Menzies Government had proved it was a countryman's Government…

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Miscellaneous Council Business T.B. In Cattle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 4

Among the miscellaneous matters dealt with by the Department of Local Government was a letter from…

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Gelling Started In Farming

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 6

A new printing of the Department of Agricultures book, "Getting Started in…

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Dairying Needs 20 Years Of Good Prices

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR. -- The dairying industry needed 15 to 20 years of uninterrupted good returns to set it squarely on its feet and raise its morale and…

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Butter Market

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Fri. -- Butter exporting countries have little to fear for their markets in Britain after…

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Keen Interest In Zebu Cattle

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Hundreds of people visited the South Grafton trucking yards during the weekend to see a consignment of…

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To Increase Wheat Sales

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

PERTH, Sat. --The Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation will ask the Australian Government to…

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Eagle Farm Treble To J. Standfield

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Mon.--Jockey J. Standfield and apprentice W. Schumacher between them won five of the eight…

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Sheep Numbers Show Increase

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tues.-- World sheep numbers continued to increase in 1953 for the sixth consecutive…

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Former Farmer Collapses, Dies In Prince Street

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday of a well-known Clarence River farmer, Mr. Irwin Parnell, of School…

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Glenreagh Cattle Venture GLENREAGH

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

The first of the quarterly cattle sales was held at Glenreagh by the South Grafton Real Estate…

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Fine Gesture to a Distressed Farmer by Some Locals

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 7

During the week, Mr. J. Brown of Deervale drew our attention to a very kind deed by some local dairymen. Mr. W. G. Sneath of Kyogle had the misfortune of losing five members of his family as well as…

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Short Term Schools For Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 10

Short term schools for vegetable growers, poultry farmers, pig raisers and in farm tractor maintenance will be held at…

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Subdivision Important Factor in Dairying

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Subdivision is one of the most important factors in effective grassland management paints out the Division of Plant…

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Farmer To Pay Damages

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--A Nhill farmer, described by Judge Nelson as having the sexual "morals of a street…

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Storage for Wheat Harvest

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, announced to-day that the…

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"Examiner" Service Section Market Report Metropolitan Demand for Prime Cattle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.--Supplies of sheep penned at the Flemington saleyards to- day were considerably lighter, 33,461 head of chiefly…

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