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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Crop of Rumours. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 5

An extraordinary crop of rumours are flying around about the future government of Ireland. The Ministers realise that the situation is difficult enough, without the…

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Cattle for Germany. Rotterdam

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 3

Great droves of cattle are constantly going from Holland to Germany, and 2000 milch cows crossed the frontier yesterday…

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Congestion in Wheat Traffic. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 3

Owing to the, large number of trucks' of wheat coming forward and the inability of shippers to release trucks on hand, the Railway Department was recently compelled to…

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Vessels for Wheat Cargoes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 3

The Pederal Government is attempting to charter all available vessels for wheat, but rather than let them take coal will send them away in ballast…

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Butter Export Prohibited. Tonnage Too Valuable. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Customs refused to change his mind regarding the prohibition of export of butter. He holds that tonnage is too valuable, and added that New Zealand had…

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Tenders for Butter Supplies. Must Be First-grade. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 3

The Public Service Tender Board is calling for tenders for the supply of butter to Government institutions during the ensuing twelve months. The Board stipulates that the…

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Middle Clarence. Roberts' Creek Farmers' Union

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the above was held on Monday night, Mr. Harry Osborne (President) presiding over a good attendance of members…

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The Butter Position

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 4

The good things come to those who wait, and after an heroic exercise of patience we are rewarded by the receipt of the Necessary Commodities Commission's latest fiat…

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The Price of Butter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 7

"One of the Victims," writes as follows in the "Northern Champion," Taree:--"Can you enlighten me on the following subject? Our price of butter is fixed at 126s. We have…

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Butter Grading Regulations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

The new Government regulations for grading butter came into operation yesterday. Owing to the short notice few registered brands were available on Sussex-street…

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Dairying Industry in Victoria. Depletion of Milking Herds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

At a conference of the Australasian Butter and Cheese Factory Managers' and Secretaries' Association which opened in Melbourne' yesterday the serious position" of the…

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SHEEP. Judge, Mr. Imeson

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

Pen of Three Fat Sheep: W. Morris, Grafton, 1. This was the only exhibit…

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British Butter Market. Shortage and Record Prices. Appeal to Farmers and Factory Managers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, has received a report from the Agent-General, concerning the butter market in England and the position outlined therein shows how…

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"The Dairymaids."

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

D. B. O'Connor's opera company performed "The Dairymaids" for the first time in Grafton at the Fitzroy Theatre last evening. A crowded house witnessed this delightful…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Harwood Branch

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 3

The regular monthly meeting was held in the Water Brigade Hall on Tuesday evening, 16th instant. A satisfactory number of members were present, Mr. J. B. Meigher,…

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Farm Produce

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

Collection Pumpkins, Grammas, Squashes, etc., amended award: T. J. Ford, 1 and 2…

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Australian Wheat Question. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 5

Mr. Hughes had another long interview with Mr. Bonar Law on the subject of wheat. There has been only slight development since Mr. Hughes first presented definite proposals…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. (These Notes are Supplied by the Department of Agriculture.) Tran Mission of Desirable Qualities. Come Remarkable Variations

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 3

How wildly bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the jersey herd at the University…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Report. Forced Into Politics

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 5

The annual report of the Farmers and Settlers' Association deplores the failure of the Governments of Australia to suspend all contentious politics…

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Scientific Farming

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

We were shown some photos on Friday of a silo erected by Mr. A. E. Jones and his son, Mr. G. Dudley Jones at Nymboida. The silo will hold 150 tons, and at present there are 50…

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