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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farmers' Parliament. Annual Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 11

The fifteenth annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S. Wales was opened on Tuesday morning, at Royal Chambers, The chair was occupied…

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Butter Famine in Sydney. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 2

It was decided at a meeting of the Sussex-street dairy merchants this morning to further increase the price of butter by 22s per cwt. on Monday…

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Dairyville Mail Service

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 4

'From the Postmaster-General's Department, Sydney, 20th July. "Sir,--With regard to my letter of the 19th--With ultimo, respecting the conveyance of…

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Butter Market. Sydney, Monday, 6.30 p.m

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

Specially flavoured brands of butter are quoted at 180/ or 1/7½ per [?] wholesale, the highest price reached since August, 1902, when the rate was 1/9…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The Farmers and Settlers' Conterence was continued in Sydney, when the following motions were dealt with:- That the Local Government Act be so amended…

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Farmers and Settlers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

SYDNRY, Monday.—the Farmers and Settlers' Conference was continued on Saturday. Mr. Gibson declared that the Minister for…

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Hardening the Butter

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 7

Soft butter (writes an English paper) is one of the usual products of the dairy during the summer time, and the question is often asked in…

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Further Rise in Butter. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 5

The wholesale price of butter has been advanced by another 20s, to 200s per cwt., or equal to 1s 9½d per lb., as from to-day. This means that…

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Farm, Field & Dairy. Condensed Dairy Knowledge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 7

Professor C. L. Beach, of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, America, has condensed the science of feeding cows into the…

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Rise in Butter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

During the week the residents of this district received a bit of a severe shock when they were informed that butter had took a sudden rise from…

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High Price of Butter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

Butter is still high in value standing at two hundred shillings per cwt. The supply is scarce in other States and is selling retail in…

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New Process of Butter-Making

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 3

Something entirely new in the way of making butter which will keep is promised by M. B. L. Ehrmann, a French chemist. Every…

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Latest Commercial. the Butter Market. Entraordisary Advance

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 4

The price of butter has been during the past few weeks advanced with leaps and bounds until on Saturday last it reached the record price of 180s per cwt. Seldom if ever…

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The Farm and Dairy. Swelling in Cows Udders

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 7

A hard swelling, coming on at a time when the cow is dry, indicates something more serious than ordinary caked udder, one may be due to [?]…

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The Big Crash. Farmers' and Settlers' Company

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

Thus the "Newsletter":—The affairs of the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Company, which went heavily bung some time recently,…

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Butter Shortage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 3

The very choicest butter is now quoted at £9 per cwt., equal to about 1s 7½d per 1b., the highest price reached since 1902. These are wholesale quotations; the retail is…

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Butter Fat Tests

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 8

It is interesting to note that in the 218 authenticated butter fat tests accepted by the American Jersey Cattle Club the production of cows under two years of age…

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Special Market Reports. Butter Market. Butter 200/ Per Cwt. Wholesale. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

No one can quite make out what has happened to the butter market. Prices have actually jumped ahead, especially during the past few weeks, and the expectation is…

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Copmanhurst Co-op. Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

The fifth half-yearly meeting was held at the School of Arts on Saturday. Owing to the inclemency of the weather there was not a representative meeting of…

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Farming on the North Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 12

Cane cutting commenced on the Tweed last week, but cutting will not commence near Byron Bay till next week. One gang will be ablo to cut the crop that formerly took two gangs…

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