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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Dairying Set-back

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 6

MR. ARTHOR KNOX, director of the Berrima District Farm and Daily Company, who has made an extended trip of several weeks through…

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Of Interest to Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 3

We are sole Dorrigo agents for James Martin, Ltd., and carry tho following implements at our office, Dorrigo:—Benica Disc, Reversible Hillside Disc…

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Proposed Dairy Bill. Nothing That Need Be Feared

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 4

Further reference to the Dairy Bill now before the State Legislature is more than warranted, The present time is the most momentous in the history of the dairying…

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Grafton Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 4

In a report dealing with the Grafton Experiment Farm, in our issue of Sept. 7th, we stated: "It is significant that the silo is not used now, and the manager does not regard…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. New Branches Registered

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--At an executive meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association favourable reports were received regarding the Macleay, Bingara and Tamworth…

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Butter and Bacon Shortage

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Mr. Arthur Knox, director of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company, who has just returned from a trip through the Northern Rivers,…

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Coming Wheat Crop. Arrangements for Transit

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY,Tuesday.--The Railway Commissioner is making elaborate preparations for successfully handling the forthcoming wheat crop. According to estimates,the…

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Wheat Growers' Claims. Half a Million Sterling

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Necessary Comodities Commission continued hearing claims of wheat growers, whose wheat was required by the Government for…

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The New Dairy Bill. Majority of North Coast Farmers Favour Bill. (Continued from Saturday's Issue.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 6

Mr. Fuller: If it were possible to obtain an absolutely first-class article and secure that the shipment was of the same quality it would no doubt be a distinct advantage to…

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Fair Rents for Farms

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 4

The Richmond-Tweed Tenant Farmers' Union wrote to the Minister for Education, suggesting that the provisions of the Fair Rents Bill be applied to the whole of the…

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Sheep Farmer Suicides

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--William Henry Mugridge (49) was found dead in a bathroom at the rear of a house at Newtown this morning. Deceased was a sheep farmer…

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German Hiding in a Wheat Crop. Schneider Captured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 2

Emil Schneider, a German prisoner of war, escaped from Holdsworthy Concentration Camp on September 1. The police in the various centres were advised, but all efforts to…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 2

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

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The New Dairy Bill. Majority of North Coast Farmers Favour Bill

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 7

(Continued from Wednesday's issue.) Mr. Ashford: I said that of the 75 per cent. of the butter that was properly inspected 60 per cent. was first-grade and 40 per cent…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 2

This being the season when dairy utensils are in ranch demand, we have pleasure in intimating that we have ample stocks of Milk and…

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A Lucky Farmer

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 7

One of the farmers in the Cape Colony district recently lost one of his barns through a fire, and when it was decided to plough the burnt…

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The Coming Harvest. Crop on New Ground. Estimated Yield of 6,000,000 Bushels

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thursday.--The Cabinet has considered matters associated with the coming harvest, particularly in regard to the offer of the Government to buy all wheat on…

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Dairying. Cool Your Cream. a Word in Season

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 3

"Three-fourths of the poor cream that is coming on to the market to-day is caused by carelessness in cooling." The statement is made by an officer…

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American Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 6

A writer In "Truth" writes of the American butter in Sydney: "For many days the sign 'Stocks of butter on sale' adorned many grocers…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Cool Your Cream. a Word In Season

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 3

"Three-fourths of the poor cream that is coming on to the market to-day is caused by carelessness in cooling."…

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