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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Dairymen's Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 9

The directorate of the Coastal Farmers' Association will visit Grafton on Saturday next when a conference of delegates of butter factories will be held to consider matters of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Associations. Woodford Leigh

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Roberts Creek Farmers' Union was held on Tuesday night, Mr. J. Flatley in the chair. Resolved: That a letter be forwarded to…

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Farmers and Settlers Active

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The sccrctnry of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, referring to the elections, stated:—"We are organising thoroughly, and hope the…

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Woodford Leigh. C.r Farmers, Producers' and Commercial Union

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

At a meeting of the Woodford Leigh branch of the above union, correspondence was received from Messrs Barnes and Co., of Sydney, and Mr…

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Third N.C. Egg-Laying Competition. At Grafton Experiment Farm. Figures for First Two and a Half Months. Committee Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

The regular meeting of the third North Coast Egg Laying Competition Committee was held at the Grafton Experiment Farm on Friday. The…

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Cane-gutters' Demands. Farmers Agree to an Increase. a Record Gathering of Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

The largest meeting of farmers—comprising a number approaching 200—previously held in Maclean, assembled in the School of Arts, Maclean, on Saturday to consider the increase…

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Butter Factories' Conference

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 4

A Conference of delegates from the Clarence River Butter Factories will be held at the Town Hall, Grafton, on Saturday, June 20, commencing at 11…

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Latest Commercial. Sydney Produce Markets. Buoyant Butter Market. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 2

Yesterday's rise of 4s in butter prices was the third such advance within a week and the fourth within a fortnight. These rapid increases…

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Coastal Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 4

The anual meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., was held at Lismore on Tuesday. There was an attendance of about 60. Mr. W. D. Warden (Milton),…

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Dairy Factories Conference.—

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 4

Saturday next, 20th June, at 11 o'clock, in Grafton Council Chambers. A conference of delegates of the various factories on the River is convened for the purpose of…

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Butter Factories' Conference

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

A Conference of delegates from the Clarence River Butter Factories will be held at the Town Hall, Grafton, on Saturday, June 20, commencing at 11…

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Bad Butter v. Good Margarine. Agent-general's Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

"From whatever standpoint the Australian butter trade is viewed, the standard of Australian butter must be ra[?]sed. Until then no permanent…

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The Nambucca and Its Environments. Its Possibilities and Its Requirements. Its Representative Men. Its Old Identities. Its Representative Graziers, Farmers, Dairymen, &c. Its Picturesque Spots. Its Professions, Trades and Industries. Prank Grace, J.P., and? "Glen Esk."

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 6

In initiating a series of articles ander the particular bending of "Representative Men," to appear from time to time in the columns of the…

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Labour Saving Appliances in the Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

Owners of large dairies have hitherto experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining the services of reliable bands for their milking sheds…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society. Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 8

The 14th annual meeting of the above Society at Lismore on Tuesday was attended by about 60 shareholders; an additional 43 were represented…

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Child Labor on Farms. a Cleric's Denunciation. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 5

Rev. Portus, speaking at the Anglican Synod at Newcastle yesterday, referred to child labor on dairy farms in the country. He said lie hoped to see…

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Nut Margarine v. Butter. a Farmer's Question

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 4

THE extent to which margarine is competing with butter in British markets, and the probability of the competition becoming even keener…

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Cheese V. Butter. Where Dairymen Are Losing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 7

" Bovis " contributes a very striking comparison of the values of milk supplied to butter and cheese factories. For several years, in fact ever since the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Winter Care of Cows. Its Influence on Milk Yields

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 4

With the cold weather setting in, consideration might well be devoted by dairymen in cool districts to the question of rugging or sheltering…

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Farm, Dairy and Pasture. Departmental Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 6

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

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