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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Wool Sales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There was a great attendance of buyers at the wool sales, and speculation was rife as to what the market would reveal. The sales opened very firm,…

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Enlarging Wheat Area

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Wade suggested that the State Government might at once take steps to throw open large areas of wheat land in the Pilliga scrub as a means of…

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Price of Seed Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —The Necessary Commodities Commission have decided that all seed wheat, the bona fide property of the grower, will be exempt from proclamation…

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Metropolitan Letter. The Price of Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 6

Loud and bitter complaints continue to be heard from farmers who are prevented by the panicky action of the Government from obtaining the current market value for their…

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Germans Seizing Wool Profiting by the Enemy's Difficulties

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Zurich says a non-profit making company has been formed with a capital of £215,000, under control of the German War Office, to take over all stocks of…

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Germans Seizing Wool

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

Zurich says a non [?] man was Office to take [?]…

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Seeking New Fields. Fleecing the Farmer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—"Why did I go to Fiji?" said Mr. A. Verge, of Kempsey, a passenger by the Tofua, replying to a reporter's interrogation. "I will tell you why. I am…

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Dairying 25 Years

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 1

A doctor's opinion is all right on health matters. A solicitor's opinion is worth having on a point of law, and a practical dairyman should be the best…

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Seed Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—In view of the unsatisfactory prospects for next season, the State Minister for Agriculture is making inquiries as to whether wheat suitable for seed will be…

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Export of Flour. Wheat Millers' Request Sydney. Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 3

A deputation from the flour millers today asked Mr. D. R. Hall (Attorney-General) in view of the serious condition of the growing…

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Coastal Farmers' Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers Co-Op Society reports for week ending Oct. 9.--Butter.--Sales of choice qualities are satisfactory, but arrivals from all…

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Homebush Cattle and Sheep Sales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 October 1914 · page 4

At Homebush on Monday 9024 cattle were yarded. The consignments, while coming mainly from the northern and north-western districts, included a good sprinkling from…

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Butter Prospects

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 October 1914 · page 4

There is very little change to-day (Monday) in the butter market. It maintains a firm tone, and there does not appear to be any immediate prospect of a decline. One of the…

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London Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 October 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has received through the Agent-General in London a cablegram regarding the state of the butter market. It states that "immediate prospects…

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Butter Shipments

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 2

The Postmaster-General has informed the butter trade that he has drawn the attention of the Orient Company to the clause in the mail…

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Belgian Relief Fund. Cattle King's Generosity. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 5

Mr. Sydney Kidman, the cattle king, forwarded 25 bullocks to the Homebush sales yesterday, which realised £263 for the Belgian Relief Fund. A…

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Latest Commercial. Sydney Produce Market. Butter Firmer. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 2

The produce market was unaltered yesterday. Eggs are abundant and values are unaltered. Cheese is difficult and quiet, and supplies from the…

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The Wheat Question. Dear Bread Promised. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 2

Giving evidence before the Necessary Commodities Commission, today, Messrs. Brunton and Gillespie, two Sydney millers, gave it as their…

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Wheat Gambling

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 2

The man who buys wheat in order to sell it again at an increased price, making the profits solely out of the fluctuations of the market, is not the…

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C.r. Pioneer Dairy Co

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1914 · page 2

During September the Pioneer Dairy Co., Ulmarra, manufactured 79½ tons of butter, an increase of 17 tons over the corresponding month…

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