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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Dutch Wheat Shortage. Supplies From America. Amsterdam

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

The Dutch Government has requisitioned shipping totalling a hundred thousand tonnage to bring wheat from America…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Branch Formed at Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

A meeting, with the object of forming a branch of the F. and S. Association, was held in the School of Arts, Lawrence, on Wednesday night, when some 25…

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New Zealand. Farmers' Union Proposal. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

The Auckland Farmers' Union urged that all enemy aliens should be conscipted for labor purposes…

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Dairying. Progress of the Industry. Influence of the Act

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

"The quantity and the quality of the butter manufactured in New South Wales butter factories in the months of October to February (inclusive)…

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Wheat Farm on the Tweed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 4

A Tweed business man writes to the Tweed "Daily": After about 18 months' experience of Murwillumbah district and its possibilities, there are…

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The Butter Supply

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 2

The supply of cream to the Dorrigo factory has fallen off considerably of late owing to the succession of frosts cutting down pastures. Judging by…

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Rumored Wheat Purchases. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 5

News from Chicago states that important purchases of wheat for the requirements of the United States are being made in Australia…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. a Personal Experience. On Yanco Irrigation Area

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 6

The experience of the Dairy Expert with the demonstration farm that he took up at Yanco four years ago at his own expense is the subject of an…

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Butter. Senator Russell Interviewed. an Interesting Discussion. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 5

During the hearing of the butter deputation which interviewed Senator Russell, the Minister said he had received from the secretary of the Grocers'…

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A Big Sugar Crop

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 6

The production of sugar in Queensland for 1917 is estimated to reach 300,000 tons, which will be a record for that State. Last year the…

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Progress of the Dairying Industry. Influence of the Act

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 6

The quantity and the quality of the butter manufactured in New South Wales butter factories in the months of October to February (inclusive) are…

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Our Wheat Harvest. Vast Amounts Realised. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 3

Up to Monday last the amount realised from the sale of wheat overseas and locally from the 1915-16 and 1916-17 harvests was £32,283,000. Advances made to…

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Butter. the Increased Cost. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 5

The increased cost of butter came into operation to-day…

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Telegrams. Wheat Storage. Proposed Silo Scheme. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 5

A scheme for the erection of silos is to be framed by the Wheat Storage Commission…

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Hungary. Frost Damages Crops. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 5

Reuter's Zurich correspondent, Monday Frost has seriously damaged the crops of Hungary…

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Wheat Stackers' Strike. a Serious Position. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 3

The wheat stackers at a number of places in the Temora district have struck for a wage of £1 per day. This is serious, if rain falls, for large…

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Starvation Amid Plenty. Railways Gorged with Wheat. Petrograd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 3

M. Nekashov, Minister for Roads, told the Peasants' Union Congress that the railway stations throughout the country were gorged with wheat,…

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Dairy Cattle Selling Well

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 2

The high values ruling for milk and butter and the great growth of the dairying industry on the Lower Hunter has been responsible lately for some…

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Warning to Farmers. "Do Not Negotiate Wheat Scrip." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. Hughes is issuing a warning to farmers not to negotiate with an American firm that is trying to secure wheat scrip…

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Butter. Conditions in Sydney Normal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3

The butter market of Sydney is now normal and all shops are well supplied…

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