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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Butter Factory Returns

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 4

Coraki Co-operative Butter Co. report for the month of March 188,988lbs of butter were credited to suppliers accounts, 670lbs being No. 1 quality. Supply shows an…

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BUTTER v. MARGARINE

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

The battle between batter and margarine (says the Melbourne " Leader") is about to take a new and dramatic turn in Victoria. The…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 6

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minter for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of…

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Dairying. Herd Testing

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 6

The extent, to which herd-testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than in simple statistics. It ws in…

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Dairying Herd Testing. What Is Revealed About Profits

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 6

The extent to which herd-testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than in simple statistics. It was in…

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Tumberumba Strike Settled. Farmers' Privilege Withdrawn. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 5

The strike on the Tumberumba railway works has ended. The Government has cancelled the privilege of farmers to despatch…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Sheep on the North Coast. Limited Possibilities

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

OPPORTUNITY was taken by the Sheep and Wool Expert at a recent meeting of the Nimbin branch of the Agricultural Bureau to counsel…

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Dorrigo Butter, Top Mark

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

THE success of the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Company in securing first prize for best box of butter, with no preservative therein, at the…

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Butter at the Royal Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

The following additional awards were made at the Sydney Royal Show last week: Special prize for best box of butter, no preservative other than salt…

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Local and General News Visit of Butter Expert

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

Mr. Briner states that Mr. Petersen, butter export of the Department of Agriculture, will be leaving Sydney on Saturday night for Coff's Harbour…

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Farm, Dairy, Pasture Man on the Land

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the…

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Disaster to Cattle Train. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 3

On the Gayndar line, near Mary Borough, Queensland, several trucks on a, cattle train became derailed. Two toppled over a bridge 30ft…

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A Farmer's Feud. Deadly Battle Fought. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 3

Owing to a feud over certain passturages, the mountain populations of Umito and Valechia fought for two hours with rakes, scythes, guns and…

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"Black" Chaff Strike. Wagga Farmers' Action. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 3

A meeting of the Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday passed a resolution, expressing, indignation at the action of the…

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" Black Chaff." Sympathy From Other Unionists. Farmers Look to the Government

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—With regard to "black chaff," the secretary of the Labour Council states that the employers distinctly put themselves all wrong…

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London Dairy Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 6

The British Dairy Farmers' Association have issued their schedule for the next dairy show to be held at Islington N. on October 21 and three following days. New Zealand and…

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Ostrich Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 6

A strange sight was witnessed at Echuca, when a special train of fifteen trucks, containing 360 ostriches, steamed into the platform, consigned by their owners, Messrs…

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Sheep on the North. C[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

Opportunity was taken by the Sheep and Wool Expert at a recent meeting of the Nimbin branch of the Agricultural Bureau to[?] [?]…

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Black Chaff Strike. Farmers to Do the Worn. Sydney. Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

The "black" chaff trouble continues. There were no sales again at the Redfern yards this morning. The Railway Department has been able…

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Grafton Experiment Farm. Experimental Area's Profit

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

Mr. A. H. Haywood, manager of the above farm, reports to his Department that the profit made by the experimental area of 63½a, on…

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