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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Wheat Stackers. Men Decline to Work

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 5

There has been an astonishing development in the attitude of the men employed by the Wheat Stacks Harvest Board, who declined to work. A large quantity of…

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All Butter to Be Graded. Complaints As to Quality

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 5

Owing to numerous complaints regarding the quality of the butter imported from Victoria and South Australia, the Under-Secretary of Agriculture has…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 3

The animal ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Dorrigo Dairy Company was held in the School of Arts on Saturday last,…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting. (Continued from another Page.)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 5

Mr. Keech said that the directors thought that the necessity for doing what they had done was so very patent to everyone that the shareholders…

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Roberts' Creek Farmers' Reunion

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

The annual reunion of farmers at Roberts' Creek is to take place at that centre on Friday next, when a pleasant and enjoyable function is anticipated. The…

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Sporting Warwick Farm Races Postponed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 8

The Warwick Farm races, arranged for to-morrow, have been postponed to a day to be fixed next week…

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Butter Prices and Profits. London

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

By the publication of a proclamation to-day, the Food Controller (Lord Rhondda) prescribes that after September 3 (Monday) no butter may be…

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Price of Butter. Proclaimed Price in England. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 September 1917 · page 3

By publication on Sunday, the Food Controller proscribes that after September 3 no butter is to be sold by an importer. Any maker shall not sell butter at a…

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Sporting. the Turf. Warwick Farm Races Off

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

Inability to obtain special trains has again prevented the Warwick' Farm Club from racing, and the meeting scheduled for Saturday last could not…

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Telegrams. New Zealand Butter. Imperial Government's Offer. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 5

The Imperial Government is prepared to purchase the New Zealand butter output. Probably 14 per lb will be offered…

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Sydney's Foodstuffs. Three "Black" Groceries. Butter, Sugar, Kerosene. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

The manager of the groceries department of a large Sydney shop stated this morning:-- "A new development has occurred…

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District News. Dairyville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 1

While Master Alba Whyman, age 16 years accompanied by Mr. A. Ide, was out on Sunday morning, following the trail of a fox which had made its…

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Farmer Fined £5750. Profiteering in Potatoes. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 3

George Thompson, a Lincolnshire farmer, has been fined £5750 for selling potatoes at £15 10s per ton, whereas the maximum price was £11 10s,…

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A Visit to the Experimental Farm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 4

Yesterday was the 15th August, and our class went to the Experimental Farm. This is how it came about: One day in school, during the arithmetic…

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Cattle Returns

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 4

According to the latest stock returns, there are 610,744 horses, 2,361.152 cattle, and 33,712,901 sheep in the State. Grafton Pastures Protection Board…

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FINED £5750. Farmer and His Potatoes. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 5

For selling potatoes at £310 a ton above the legal maximum, a Lincolnshire farmer was fined £100 on each of 50 counts, the fines totalling £5500, besides…

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British Crops. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 5

The damage to the crops in Britain by the recent gale has been minimised by fine weather…

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Australian Maize Crop. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 3

Mr. Hughes informed Federal members that a maize pool was impracticable. The British Government could not purchase the Australian crop and…

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Export of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 2

The High Commissioner for New Zealand has telegraphed to the Prime Minister of that dominion to the effect that the Imperial Government has…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Individual Variations. Notwithstanding Heavy Feeding Conditions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 6

"We must 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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