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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

900 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 32 of 45

Foodstuffs. Shortage of Potatoes. Butter Position Improving

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

The butter position is improving, as regular consignments are being received from Victoria and the North Coast. Butter, potatoes and other perishable…

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Palmer's Island Dairy Co. Ltd

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

The manager of the Palmer's Island Dairy Co., Ltd., reports having manufactured for the month of July 11,253lbs of butter, being an increase of 1885lbs over…

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Heavy Rain in England. Crops Destroyed. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

Excessive rain has beaten down the corn in many parts of England, seriously affecting the harvest prospects…

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Winter Butter Pool

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

Reviewing the operations of the winter butler pool last week, the Prime Minister said the shortages in South Australia, Western…

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Food Supplies. Butter Market

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 5

Satisfactory stocks of butter have reached Sydney, considerably relieving the tension…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Starters for Pasteurised Cream. Bacilli that Produce Lactic Acid

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

The bacillus associated with the production of lactic acid in milk, and the service it renders mankind were the subject or a paper read by the Dairy…

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Schoolboys Visit to the Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon, some 55 boys from the Grafton Public School, under the supervision of Messrs. W. H. Mitchell and E. McLaughlin, paid a visit…

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Maize Products. a Profitable Discovery. Value to Dairymen. Possibilities on the Clarence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 6

One of the most interesting exhibits at the Brisbane show last week was that of the Maize Products Proprietary, Ltd., Footscray, Victoria. This firm has been…

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Australian Wheat. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 3

The Liverpool corn traders advised Mr. Holman that they had passed a resolution urging the Government to provide tonnage to move the Australian wheat,…

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Soldiers and Experiment Farms

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 2

In settling returned soldiers on the land, the fact should not be lost sight of that probably 60 per cent of the men will be deficient in any actual…

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Rafton Dairy Company

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 4

[?] manager (Mr. S. Simmons) [?]orts:-- The output of butter by the Grafton Dairy Company for July was 47,680lbs (over 21 tons). The net…

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Butter Famine Threatened. North Coast Conditions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 5

Mr. G. S. Stening, director of Messrs. J. Mackey and Co., Ltd., returned to Sydney to-day from an extensive tour through the butter producing districts of the…

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Telegrams. New Zealand Wool Clip. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 3

The ensuing season's wool clip has been requisitioned by the New Zealand Government which will pay immediately pre-war prices, plus 55 per cent…

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Deluge in Britain. Food Crops Damaged. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 3

The torrential rams continue in many .districts of England and Wales, seriously damaging the corn and late hay crops: In many cases it will be…

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Butter Market. Supplies From Victoria

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 2

Victoria contributed another 1000 boxes of butter to the Sydney market to-day. There was a great rush for supplies, but retailers could obtain only fifty per…

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Storm Affects Britain's Wheat Crop. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

London "Evening News" states on the highest authority that the great storm last week disastrously affected the British wheat crops. The position is serious, and…

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Cancelling Registrations. a Federal Regulation. Wool Industry Protected

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 3

Federal regulations have been gazetted, giving the Federal Executive power to cancel the registration of industrial organisations which cease to work…

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The Butter Market. Inferior in Large Supply. Mr. Justice Edmunds' Remarks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 3

Justice Edmunds stated at the Necessary Commodities Commission to-day that two things appeared plain from the reports of inspectors who examined the…

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Dairying. Individual Variations. Notwithstanding Heavy Feeding Conditions

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

"We must all understand that cows cannot produce a large amount of milk without being well fed, as it takes about three-fifths of the feed…

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Agricultural. Rotation of Crops. And the Effect on Fertility

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…

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