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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 12 of 30

Wool Subsidy Claim Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Full High Court to-day dismissed a £176,153 wool subsidy claim by Australian Woollen…

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Experiment Farm Cows Win Butter-Fat Test

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 4

Grafton Experiment Farm won the first three prizes in a butterfat competition open to any recognised breed of…

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Should Increase Butter Exports

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Australia, New Zealand and Denmark, main source of Britain's butter purchases, should increase their exports to Britain because…

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Continual Threat To Cattle Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

SHEPPARTON, Wednesday.-- New South Wales and Victoria must expect to suffer occasional outbreaks of pleuropneumonia until Queensland can control…

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Would Like To See Cattle Dehorned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 4

"I HOPE that next time I come to Grafton I will see younger cattle without horns," said the judge…

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Gallant Farmers Who Live Under Threat

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 2

AFTER one of the most gruelling experiences in the history of agricultural settlement, the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society…

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Floodline Show Symbolises Fighting Spirit Of Farmers 81st Grafton Exhibition An Orderly Eye-opener

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

Grafton's much battered Showground his withstood more assaults than any other in the State. But yesterday, at the opening of the 81st Annual Show, there was little evidence of the constant floodings which have swept over its compact…

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Maize Farmers' "Exceptionally" Good Effort

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 5

Maize entries, considering the very unfavourable season, were exceptionally good, said the judge, Mr…

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Cowper Farmer Heads Poultry Section

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 5

Mr. R. W. Connor, a Cowper dairy-farmer who breeds high-class poultry as a hobby, was the outstanding exhibitor at the poultry section yesterday…

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Winter Protection of Dairy Cows Pays Dividends

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 3

Proper winter protection of dairy cows plays an important part in increasing their resistance to disease, the Principal…

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Advance Agriculture Fair Mechanisation On Farm Raises Oil Need

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 7

Since the end of the war mechanisation of Australian agriculture has gone ahead so rapidly that the once familiar sight of horse teams ploughing has…

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More Farm Horses

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 4

Support for the farm horse section at the Grafton Show yesterday was the best since the…

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Butter Sales Lose Ground in Queensland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon:--Any increase in the price of butter would be against the interests of the dairying…

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"Examiner" Service Section Market Report Metropolitan Moderate Cattle Demand

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.--Supplies available in the cattle section showed a falling off, 3711 head of generally fair quality being…

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Must Promote Home Butter Consumption

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 3

LISMORE, Tuesday.--The necessity of promoting the home consumption of butter to the maximum level, to…

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Former Farmer New Moderator

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Assembly Hall was crowded to-night for the official induction of the new…

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Drive For Winter Fodder Crops

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 6

Farmers on the Lower North Coast are engaged in a determined drive for winter fodder crops following heavy losses of summer crops through floods…

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Protest At Sale Of U.S. Dairy Surpluses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- Sale of United States' vast dairy surpluses abroad at prices lower than those prevailing in the United States would…

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Farm House Butter

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Thurs.--Devonshire farmhouse butter sold at 10 sterling a [?]b. at Barnstaple Market. It was…

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Junior Farmers' Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

On 24th April, the Junior Farmers' Club held a Show and Sports Day in conjunction with the Agricultural Society…

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