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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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North Dorrigo Experiment Farm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1915 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received from the Under Secretary for Lands official letters dated 17th. June, 1915, in reply to representations made…

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Fixing Price of Butter the Dairy Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1915 · page 2

A meeting of dairymen was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday to consider the action of the Government in fixing the price of butter. There was an attendance of about fifty, not…

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Prices of Commodities. Scarcity of Dairy Produce. the Sugar Shortage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Assembly yesterday Ministers were questioned regarding the high prices of commodities, sugar, butter and meat being particularly referred…

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Sydney Echoes. the Butter Famine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 2

If there is one thing more than another that another that tortures the mind of the average Sydney person-- be that person rich or poor-- it is the fact that the…

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Butter Prices

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 11

Mr. R. W. Marshall, of Pambula, writes:— I've been wondering if over those who are keeping down the price of butter to suit the consumer think, what the producer gets for…

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Butter Shortage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 4

The State Attorney-General on Wednesday night said the present shortage in butter was primarily attributable to the bad season. The question of increased supplies could be…

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Butter and Baoon Factories

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 5

Owing to the adve[?] dairying conditions which have reigned here during the past couple of months, there has been a very perceptible falling off…

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Farm, Dairy, Pasture. Improved Maize. Red Indian Varieties

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 6

Mr. B. Harrison, F.R.H.S., Burringbar, writes:— The great value of the maize crop is well known to farmers, and during sensons of…

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N. Dorrigo Experiment Farm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 6

Mr: G.S. Briner, M.L.A., has received from the Under-Secretary for Lands official, letters dated 17th June, 1915, in reply to representations made on…

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Notice to Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 4

Next Friday's issue of the "Daily Examiner" will contain a specially written and illustrated article pertaining to scientific farming as demonstrated at the Grafton…

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Third N.c. Egg-laying Competition. Grafton Experiment Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 6

The Third North Coast Egg-laying Competition concluded on 31st March Inst, after running the full period of twelve months. The results emphasise the importance of the…

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The Butter Robbery. Ulmarra's Protest

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 2

A meeting of the Ulmarra Branch of the Dairy Farmers Association was held at the Council Chambers, Ulmarr, on Saturday afternoon to…

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Dairy Farmers' Reprisals. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 1

Sir,--Most people, I think, will agree with your remarks in your leader of last Monday's issue regarding the proposed attitude of the Tweed dairy…

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C.r. Pioneer Dairy Co., Ltd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 2

During May 52 tons of butter were manufactured, a decrease of 412 tons over the corresponding month of last year. Suppliers were paid Is 012d per…

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Belgian Hay Crop Seized. Amsterdam

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 3

The German military have seized the entire hay crop in Belgium…

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Butter Famine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 4

A Sydney report states that an absolute butter famine exists in Sydney and suburbs. Sussex-street merchants on Friday were not in possession of a single box. Such a state…

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Indian Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A writer in the "Observer" says that the deal in Indian wheat by the Government has been remarkably successful. The shipments to Britain…

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Mr. Hall and the Dairymen

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 3

In his own inimitable manner, Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General, replied to certain northern buttermakers who had resented the action of the Government in so fixing the price…

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Meeting of Dairymen

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 2

In response to an advertisement a representative meeting of dairymen was hold in the Council Chambers on Saturday to protest against the arbitrary administration of the…

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"Plenty of Butter" in Sydney. Trades Hall Know-all's Assertion. Butter Is Being Exported. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 2

Mr. Galloway, secretary of the Cold Storage Employees' Union, stated to-day that there was plenty of butter in the metropolitan area, though not…

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