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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 40

Grading of Butter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1918 · page 6

A number of proposed amendments to the Commerce (Trades Description) Act in reference to the grading of butter was discussed by the factories sectional…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Lessons in Cow Testing. a Feature of a Fair

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1918 · page 4

That the dairy former should know exactly what each cow in his milking herd is doing in the way of milk and butter production was illustrated in a very…

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Something for the Farmer

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1918 · page 4

Farmers will do well if they inspect and buy from Raymond's Big Depot. The favorite Yankee Side Hill Plow, price in the Depot at Dorrigo only…

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Dairying Industry. Improved Quality of Batter. Timber for Boxes. North Coast Exper[?]ments. Federal and State Uniformity. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1918 · page 6

At the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Conference, Mr. C. W. Smith, in his presidential address, said he noted with appreciation the…

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Sheep Show. the Competitions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 2

The annual sheep show ended yesterday. The attendance was the largest ever seen at any sheep show. The ring events proved interesting. The open sheep dog…

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New Zealand Butter Stocks. All to Be Lifted. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 2

The National Dairy Association at Wellington, N.Z., has been advised that arrangements are being, made to aft all the butter stored in New…

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P.P.U. Prices of Cheese And, Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 2

At a meeting of the Cheese Sectional Committee of the Primary Producers' Union recently it was recommended that the price for next season's surplus of…

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Farmers and Politicians

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 2

The dairymen is liable to a visit from. the representative of the Local Government authority--a sanitary inspector in the case of a municipality, and a…

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The Wheat Pool. Statement by Mr. Watt. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 5

In a statement issued by Mr. Watt it was made clear that there was no intention on the part of the Government or Wheat Board to close the 1915-16 wheat…

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The Wheat Board. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1918 · page 2

There is no intention on the part of the Federal Government or the Wheat Board to close the 1915-16 wheat pool to the prejudice of wheat growers who are…

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Wool-top Industry. Dispute with the Federal Government. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1918 · page 6

A deadlock has arisen between the Federal Government and the Colonial Combing, Spinning, and Weaving Company, at Botany. The Government it is explained,…

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C.r. Pioneer Dairy Co

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1918 · page 4

During the six months ending June .30, 5033 pigs were slaughtered at the company's works, Ulmarra, the average price paid for first-class pork being 7.97d., or…

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MAN-POWER. 30,000 Farm Laborers Called Up Discussion in the Commons. September Probably Critical Moment. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1918 · page 5

In the House of Commons Mr. W. F. Roch. moved the adjournment in order to call attention to the serious effect the combing out of agricultural laborers was…

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MR. McKEEVER. Butter Importer. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr. Neil McKeever, the Australian butter importer…

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Wool for Germany. Iceland Shipment Seized. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 3

The London Prize Court commenced £60,000 worth of wool and sheepskins consigned to Germany from Iceland. There was evidence that the invoices had been…

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Grafton Experiment Farm and Seed Maize

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 2

The Grafton Experiment Farm, which has been specialising in the improvement of two varieties of maize, namely, Leaming and Improved Yellow Dent, for years…

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Distress in Wool Trade. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1918 · page 5

Over 400 members or the Textile Workers' Union are out of employment owing to the stoppage of work at the wool-top mills at Botany and elsewhere. Many…

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Commonwealth Advisory Control of Science and Industry. the Cattle-tick in Western Australia

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1918 · page 3

The Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry has since its formation been collecting and disseminating information as to the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. (These Notes are Supplied by the Department of Agriculture.) Process of Milk Production. An Animal Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1918 · page 3

The process by which the fat, sugar, casein and ash are formed in the udder of the cow is one of the most delicate and obscure things that could…

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French Take a Farm. Capture 450 Huns. London, Friday Morning

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1918 · page 2

Further south the French captured a farm north of Moulin Sousovent, prisonering seven officers and 450 men…

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