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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Maclean Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 4

During November the Maclean Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., manufacruted 32,0431b of choicest, and 1343ib of second-class butter, a total of 33,3861b…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Interesting Local Prosecution. Case Dismissed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 2

At the local Court on Friday, before Mr. J. L Shropshire, P.M., Joseph Anderson, of Boambee, pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Butter Famine. Serious Position in New Zealand. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 3

A Wellington (N.Z.), message says the local butter, market is threatened wish famine owing to the fact that the whole of the output has been sold and no…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 4

The Grafton Dairy Company's output of butter for November was 117,0621b (over 521 tons).being an increase of 17 tons 14cwt on the previous month's…

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Why Farmers Should Vote "Yes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 6

There are tremendous reasons, how-ever, why every farmer should vote "Yes". Had it not been for Britain's generosity every farmer in Australia…

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For Farmers "Yes" or Destruction of Rural Industries

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 6

There was never a more, audacious political move than the desperate attempts made to stampede the farmers of the State into voting "No."…

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The Referendum for Farmers "Yes," or Destruction of Rural Industries

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 4

There was never a more audacious political move than the desperate attempts made to stampede the farmers of the State into voting "No."…

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Cattle Die. Case of Arsenical Poisoning. Serious Losses. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 December 1917 · page 5

A remarkable case of arsenical poisoning occurred in a mixed mob of about 500 Hereford stores, which were being railed from Duaringa, 66 miles from…

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To Farmers and Settlers. the President's Appeal. "Your Vote the Deciding Factor." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 December 1917 · page 5

The president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in an appeal to farmers, says: As in the elections your vote will be the deciding factor to-morrow…

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Preservatives in Butter. Prohibition in Straits Settlement. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

From May 1 next, the importation into Singapore, Georgetown, and Penang (Straits Settlements) of butter containing any preservative other than salt and milk…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Maize Varieties. Early Yellow Dent

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 7

This variety of maize was introduced into New South Wales some years ago from Victoria, being tried at Glen Innes experiment farm, where its value as an…

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North Coast Farmers' Burdens

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 8

The reason advanced for imposing a new set of wharfage rates is that the Harbor Trust Commissioners are short of money. Yet in their report for the…

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Better Farming. Drastic Official Action. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 2

In order to raise the standard of farming in Great Britain, the Food Production Department has taken possession of 20,000 acres of…

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Victory From the Farms. 100 Days to Overtake Generations of Neglect. War Prisoners to Be Used. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the chairmen of the War Agricultural Committees, said: "The struggle is now largely one of…

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Queensland Cattle Poisoning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 2

In connection with the arsenical poisoning amongst two train loads of 500 cattle passing from Duringa to Killarney, a furthere fourteen have succumbed, bringing…

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Employing Unregistered Shearer. New Zealand Farmers Fined. Wellington. N.Z.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 5

Certain farmers at Hawera, N.Z., were fined £30 each for employing a shearer who was not registered under the Military Service Act, while the shearer was…

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Experiment Farm Potatoes

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 2

A consignment of four tons of potatoes shipped from the Grafton Experiment Farm on Monday last were sold yesterday at top market price, namely,…

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Wheat Silos. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 1

The Under-Secretary for Agriculture, referring to wheat silos, said they would be available for the 1918-19 harvest…

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News of the World. Argentine Wheat. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 3

The Allies have purchased the Argentine wheat crop…

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Who Pays for the Bags? Farmers Unite to Demand a Reform

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

The report of the recent conference between representatives of the produce selling agents of Sydney and the executive of the Primary Producers' Union…

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