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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Agricultural. Sweet Corn or Table Maize. Planting the Crop

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 4

As will have been gathered from last week's references to the growth of table maize, the methods of cultivating the crop are very similar to those…

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Enemies' Internal Troubles Austrian Crop Failures. Official Admission. Zurich

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 3

The President of the Austrian Food Board admits that the Austrian hay crop has been a bitter failure and that the prospects of the maize crop are…

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Our Dairy Herds

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 4

The estate of the late H. W. Lindeman has just purchased a beautiful Shorthorn Durham red bull from the Berry stud. His ancestors are both imported stock…

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The Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

Sir,--Wake up Australia The appeal of Sir Joseph Carruthers is well-timed and should arouse those responsible for the well-being of the dairying industry…

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Butter in London. Australia and New Zealand Compared. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture recently made representations to the Imperial authorities regarding the question of fixing prices, in England for Australian…

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Butter. Shortage of Freight Considered. Sidney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 5

Following, on the conference of representatives from all sections. of the dairying industry, held last Friday, the subcommittee appointed at, that meeting…

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Cattle Stealing

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

At the Kempsey Quarter Sessions, on July 2, James Ebbs was charged that on 3rd February, at Macksville, he did steal one steer and one heifer…

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Wheat Being Accumulated. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 3

In the House of Commons Mr. Bridgemead stated that reserves of wheat had been accumulated throughout the counter and were stored in…

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Disparity in Butter Prices. Australia's Protest. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 3

The Australian High Commissioner, Mr. A. Fisher, is investigating the question of the disparity between the maximum price fixed by the Food…

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France's Day Fund. Appeal to Dairymen

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

The Grafton Dairy Co., Ltd., is making an appeal to all its suppliers to forward their donations to France's Day through the company, to be…

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Neutrals Warned. the Argentine Embargo on Wheat Export. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Lord Cecil stated that the Government has every intention of obtaining adequate reparation from any neutral which it could be…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. (These Notes are Supplied by the Department of Agriculture.) Pasteurisation in Denmark. Why the Method Was Introduced

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 3

The immediate cause for the introduction of pasteurisation in Denmark is the subject of an article in "Hoard's Dairyman," and the…

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Dairy Conference

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 5

The conference of the "Co-operative Dairy Factory and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales was concluded at the Showground on…

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Sweet Corn or Table Maize. Planting the Crop

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 3

As will have been gathered from last week's references to the growth of table maize, the methods of cultivating the crop are very similar to…

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Farmers Convention. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

The Farmers Convention at Bendigo framed a resolution favoring a system of national service on the lines recommended by the agricultural section of the…

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Australian Butter--price Fixing in England

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 2

Representations were recently made by the Minister for Agriculture to the Imperial authorities regarding the question of fixing prices in England for…

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Wheat. Action by A.W.U. Men. Stacks Declared "Black." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 3

Owing to farmers who are engaged reconditioning wheat at Marrar refusing to join the A.W.U., the stacks at that place are declared "black." The Wheat Board…

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Live Stock. Farm Slaughtered Animals. Economical Methods of Skinning

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 4

The heaviest loss that most farmers suffer in connection with the killing of animals and preparation of meat on the farm is due to bad skinning or…

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Canada. Record Wheat Crop Forecasted Winnipeg

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1917 · page 5

Grain traders predict a bumper wheat rop in Western Canada, equalling and probably exceeding the record harvest of 5915, and the biggest in history, if the…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1917 · page 5

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association opened to-day. There was a large number of delegates from all parts of the State. The…

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