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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 29 of 30

New District Supervisor For Junior Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 9

Mr. L. S. Cayzer has been appointed District Supervisor for Clarence District Junior Farmers Organisation…

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Monster Junior Farmers' Field Day Successful

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 3

The field day organised by the Dorrigo Junior farmers' Club at Mr. Macindoe's property, Roath Park on Friday, December 3, was an outstanding success. There was a record attendance of over 60…

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Dairy Staff Dinner Revealed Local Talent

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

At the Annual Dinner given by the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Company held in the C.W.A. Rooms last Monday night plenty of talent was forthcoming in the way of entertainment…

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Pig Crop Reports Wanted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 9

"If farmers were forewarned of the number of pigs likely to be marketed from time to time they could set about selling their…

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Dairy Farmers "Get Shock of Their Lives"

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 8

"Some formers whose dearies look spic and span get the shock of their lives sometimes when they see what comes out…

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Plan To Boost Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

Mr. L. Cayzer, newly-appointed supervisor of Junior Farmer Clubs in the Clarence district, yesterday outlined plans which he hoped would eventually lead to…

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Well-known Farmer Dies Suddenly

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.--The death occurred suddenly in a Sydney hospital to-day, of Mr. Mathew…

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Maize Crops Make Good Development

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Far North Coast early maize crops had made good development and large areas had been sown in the last few weeks, the special…

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Contented Cattle Cause Controversy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 9

MUNICH, Wednesday--Four dozen rather uninteresting looking cattle, munching contentedly in the zoo here, are the subject of a controversy which has…

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Second Report On Pig Crop Due

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 9

"If farmers were forewarned of the number of pigs likely to be marketed from time to tme, they…

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Insects Peculiar Farmers Do You Know That

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 9

Nearly 750,000 species of insects have been classified, says Alan Deboc in the December…

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Crops For Dry Land Agriculture

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Sunday--Fast-growing crops for dry land agriculture in Queensland's north would be considered shortly, Professor L. J. Hartley Teakle, said to-day…

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Farmers Conquer Hail Menace

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--Fruit growers in the granite belt near Stanthorpe to-night attacked with rockets a…

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More For Butter In London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- New season Australian butter prices on the London market have shown a sharp…

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Canning Peach Crop High

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 5

Early indications are that the record canning peach crop of last year may be exceeded during…

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Dairy Farmers!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 1

Dairy farmers can now procure Dairy Registration forms from the Police Station at Dorrigo…

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Star Junior Farmer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 7

Twenty-year-old Arthur Martin, of Croftoil's Road, Nimbin, near Usmore, Northern Rivers, was chosen "Star" Junior Farmer for 1954 at the beginning of this month…

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Bank President & "Star" Junior Farmer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 7

President of the Rural Bank, Mr. C. R. McKerihan, shown congratulating Arthur Martin, of Crofton's Road, Nimbin, winner of the "Star" Junior Farmer Competition for 1954…

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Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 9

MOSCOW.--The Soviet newspaper, "Literary Gazette," has claimed that a book by a former American…

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Big Drop in Wool Cheque

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Australia's wool cheque for the first five months of the current season was more than…

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