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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,102 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 22 of 56

Butter Item. Managers and Secretaries to Meet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 5

The annual conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association will be held at the Royal Agricultural Societies' showground on July 25,…

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German Food. Only 8,000,000 Cattle Left. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 5

The latest suggestion to cope with the scarcity of meat in Germany is to shoot rooks. Gamekeepers declare the cost of shooting it prohibitive, as the birds are only retailed at…

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Farmer's Estate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 6

The estate of John Morris, Junee, farmer, is valued for probate at £15,323. CHIDLEY'S CASE. SYDNEY, Tuesday…

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Premiers' Conference. Question of Butter Export. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 3

Mr. Theodore brought up the question of surplus of butter export. Queensland, he said, wanted to be allowed to export lower grades of butter for which there was no…

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Minister Unsympathetic. Only 11 Days' Butter in Store. Later

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 3

Despite the Premiers' Conference motion asking the Commonwealth Government to lift the embargo on the export of butter, for which there is no local market at rates equal…

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Farmyard Manure

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Preservation of its Value. Here and there in this State are to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmyard manure and…

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Dairying. an Analysis of Records. The Only Way

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

A striking illustration of the fact that the test and scales is the only method of knowing the best cows is shown in some figures recently…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Transmission Ok Desirable Qualities. Reason for Variations

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 6

The records given last week of the influence of successive sires on the purebred Jersey herd at the University of Missouri, U.S.A.,…

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Premiers' Conference. Dealing with Butter Surplus. Request to Remove Restrictions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 5

The surplus butter question was again discussed at the Premiers' Conference. Mr. Hagelthorn said his Government spent a great deal of money on the dairy industry,…

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Coddling the Farmer."

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 2

When the list of exemptions from war profits tax was given somebody wanted to know why barristers were exempt. Sir William Irvine jocularly…

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Coffs Dairy Coy. Circular re Cream Crading

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 2

The following circular is being issued to suppliers of the Coffe Harbor Co-op. Dairy Co:—Owing to the regulations under…

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Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Reasons for Variations. (Concluded.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 3

The records given last issue on the influence of successive sires on the pure bred Jersey herd at the University of Missouri, U.S.A.,…

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Compulsory Farming

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 May 1916 · page 2

A certain school of economics recently evolved a proposition to the effect that while it is a matter for individual caprice as to whether precautions are taken to…

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Conscription in New Zealand. Farmers Require Protection. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1916 · page 3

The North Canterbury (N.Z.) Farmers' Union has passed a resolution, urging the Government, in view of the approaching introduction of…

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Conveyance of Butter

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has been notified, in response to inquiries, that section 7 of the Dairy Industry Act provides that if butter is conveyed in vehicles or kept in a store…

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Embargo on Wool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 5

The Federal embargo on wool from Brisbane caused considerable unrest in Sydney wool circles. A prominent shipper said if the embargo extended to Sydney a serious…

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Harvesting Crop Under Difficulties

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 7

The following extract from Wagga "Advertiser," of 1st April, should be of interest to many of our readers:--"A unique and interesting spectacle was presented to the farmers…

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The Dairying Industry. Mr. Searle's Report. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 8

Mr. G. Searle, secretary of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association, has circulated a report of the work of the past year among members…

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DAIRYING. Capacity for Producing Butter Butter. Is It Transmitted by Dam or Sire?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 3

The assertion sometimes heard from dairy farmers, that before from inferior cows are as good as those from good ones was recently…

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Richest Butter Fat Cow

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

The cow with the richest milk in the world is claimed by the American Jersey Club to be Merry Maiden of Innesfalls, owned by Dr. J. F…

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