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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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New Regulations. Butter, Leather, and Rabbit Skins. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 4

The regulations dealing with the butter pool, leather, and the supplies of rabbit skins will be gazetted this week…

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Europe's Wheat Shortage. Starvation for Austria. Australia's Duty

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 3

The W .A. Minister for Industries, Mr. J. Mitchell, has received an interesting letter bearing on the food problem from a member of a big…

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Federal Elections. the Farmer and the P.L.L. Heavy Land Tax Intended

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 4

The farmers, who are being especially appealed to by the Labor Senators on the bogus conscription issue, would do well to consider P.L.L. views on the…

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The Wheat Board. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 5

The Farmers' Federal Council pledged itself to the nomination of C. Giles as farmers' representative on the Wheat Board if an election is held…

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Wheat Shortage. Soldiers' Rations May Be Reduced. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 5

Owing to the wheat crisis, the British army bread ration will presently be reduced…

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The Cattle

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

The closest competition in the cattle section was in the pens and grades, where the stock exhibited was, in the opinion of competent judges, of a…

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Prize Jersey Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

There were landed from the Pulganbar on 12th April, for Mr. R. Pollard, Glenreagh, two pure-bred Jersey bulls. The first was Puen Buen Merrythought's…

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Butter. Protest to Britain. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

The Acting-Premier has instructed the Agent-General by cable to enter a strong protest on behalf of the butter producers of New South Wales against…

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Mice Ravages. Country Wheat Stacks Suffer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

The ravages, of mice among the country wheat stacks, particularly in the Riverina district, have become so alarming that active steps are being taken to…

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Twelve Shillings a Day for Farm Laborers. Minister's Statement Criticised

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

From what a "Daily Examiner" representative could gather about town yesterday there are a lot of people who would like to know who the "[?]…

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Chicago Wheat Market. a Jump to Record Price. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 5

Wheat has advanced by long jumps to new record figures--2.68 dollars…

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Price of Wheat. Mr. Pigott on the Situation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 5

Mr. Pigott, National candidate for Calare, declared that in three years the farmers of Australia had lost £6,485,000. The reason was that the Government…

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Commandeered Butter

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

The manager Coastal Farmers' Company, writes:--Recently the acting-Premier, at the joint request of the Sydney butter exporters, instructed the…

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Heavy Butter Returns

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

A dairy farmer on the Lower Manning claims (writes the M.R. "Times") to have put up a record in regard to returns from the butter factory during…

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Guernsey Cattle. Sale at Wollongbar

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

The decision of the Department of Agriculture to keep only purebred Guernsey stock at the Wollongbar Experiment Farm necessitated the…

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New Zealand. Serious Shortage of Wheat. Dunedin

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

The Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed to the acting-Premier stating that there would be a serious wheat shortage before the next crop, and…

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Wheat Dealing Stopped. Prices Drop 20 Points. Winnipeg

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 3

When the May wheat soared to 2.85 dollars this morning, the censors appeared on the floor of the Exchange and announced that no further trading in future would…

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The American Farmer. Mr. Kennedy Jones' Opinion. Can Win the War. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 3

A special cable from the "New York Tribune" says that Mr. Kennedy Jones prescribes for America the British system for conserving food supplies and says the…

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Glen Innes. Butter Factory Burnt Out. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 6

The Glen Innes butter factory was almost totally destroyed by fire this morning. Only the engine and some machinery were saved. The origin of…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Grafton Butcher Charged. Case for the Prosecution

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., John Patrick McCristal and Ernest William Watkins were charged in…

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