Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,102 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 56

Good Butter Penalised

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 4

At the half-yearly meeting of the Alstonville Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., the chairman (Mr. R. J. Daley) said no company had been hit harder by the Government than…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Over-run at Butter Factories

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 4

A discussion of interest to all dairymen throughout the State took place at the half-yearly meeting of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Co. The meeting was probably…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Butter Shortage. Alleged Manipulation. 16,000 Boxes in Cold Storage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph" to-day says the butter position is naturally the chief topic of interest at Sussex-street markets. Yesterday grocers were again able to obtain only…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Agricultural and Dairy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 7

Plenty of silage makes a contented cow. The butter production of Holland is so controlled by the Government as to guarantee its purity. It amounts to 154,000,000…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Butter Magnate

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

David Hall, Attorney-General, and late amateur price fixer for the State of New South Wales, is going round with an "I told you so" air of importance, and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

How I Did It. Attorney-general Hall Explains. His Expert Butter Control. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 3

Mr. Hall (Attorney-General), referring to the butter shortage, said the whole trouble just now is want of interference. That is the cause of the shortage, and nothing else…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Helping a Returned Soldier. Farm Made in One Day. Working Bee at Heliman Island. a Parson Pulling the Plough

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

By the steam launch "Lynton," kindly loaned for the occasion by her owner, Mr. W. Murray, a few Graftonians stole away in a dense fog at 7 o'clock…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Cattle King

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 3

Mr. Kidman, the Cattle King, was in Tenterfield last week. The local pressman says: This wasn't Mr. Kidman's first visit to Tenterfield…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Wheat Pool. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 5

The Victorian Premier, reviewing the operations of the wheat pool, said that practically half the exportable portion of the Australian wheat crop had been disposed of. The…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Butter. Situation in Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 5

Yesterday's shipment of butter from the North Coast was considerably smaller than that received on Monday. Grocers were unable to secure more than 20 per cent. of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Pastoral and Agricultural. Machine Milking. The Problems of Difficult Cows

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 3

Milking machines have a wide, range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to tents of different sizes, but in most ordinary herds there are…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Govt. Assistance to Farmers for Erection of Silos

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 3

The recent drought on the North Coast has resulted in bringing home to farmers the absolute necessity of conserving fodder in order to tide…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Nambucca District. Timber and Dairying Industries

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 5

Travelling north from the Macleay, one sees plenty of activity in connection with the railway construction work linking up the Nambucca River. This district will, judging…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wheat. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 3

Wheat is at its highest since the spring of 1915. U.S. Government report indicates less than half a normal yield. Two dollars a bushel is predicted as the December option. It is…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Decline in Crops. Shortage of Spring Wheat. Washington, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 2

The Agricultural Bureau, in an estimate of the crops, announces a decline in nearly all estimates during the month…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Wheat Pool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 3

During next week the Australian wheat pool will be distributed among the wheat farmers of the Commonwealth. The sum is four million pounds, representing a further…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Latest Commercial. Sydney, Saturday. the Butter Shortage

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 2

Butter was a little more plentiful in Sussex-street to-day, the Orara coming to hand with 2589 boxes, and a Queensland steamer with 400, while…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Clearing Heliman Island. Proposed Sunday Work. Suggestions As to Crops

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 2

The report which the "Argus" published on Friday of the working bee at Heliman Island on Wednesday -- when about 90 stalwart and large-hearted…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Queensland Cattle Deal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, Brisbane, several questions were answered by Mr. Hunter, Minister for Lands, regarding the purchase of cattle by the Government from…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Sheep Disease. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 3

A peculiar disease has occurred among sheep in the Bathurst district, resulting in heavy mortality…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →