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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,027 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 52

Butter's Rival. British Margarine. War-time Development

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 4

Comparatively few persons in Great Britain ate margarine before the war. The British production in 1914 was only 1500 tons a week. The British…

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Butter and Cheese. Reduced Prices. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 3

The retail price of first grade butter will be reduced from to-day in Victoria, New South, Wales, and Queensland, by 1½d per pound…

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Price of Butter. to Be Reduced. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 2

The retail price of first-grade butter will be reduced from today in Victoria, N.S.W., and Queensland a penny half-penny per 1b…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 2

At the last meeting of the board of directors, Mr. W. C. Thorold was elected chairman. This makes his seventh term in office, and may be regarded as…

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Big Farm Values

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 2

During last week Messrs. Ware and Garrett, auctioneers, Broadwater, report having disposed of Mrs. L. Stone's two cane farms on Moylan's lane, Empire…

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Wheat Thefts. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 3

John Johnson and Reginald Edwards were convicted at the Criminal Court of conspiracy in connection with wheat thefts and sentenced to two years and…

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Butter and Cheese. Reduction of Prices. Unfair to Factories and Buyers. Another Bungle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. C. J. McRae, president of the P.P.U., stated to-day that yesterday's reductions in the price of butter and cheese came as a surprise to the trade here. The…

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Farmers and Settlers Insulted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 4

Mr. T. J. Hoskins, M.L.A. for Dulwich Hill, was recently reported as having referred to the Farmers and Settlers' Association as "disgruntled, wire-whiskered…

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Butter Prices. a Rectification. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 5

The reduction in the price of retail first first-grade butter is a penny per pound not 1½d as erroneously stated by the Melbourne authorities. This applies only…

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Bellingen Show. a Wet First Day. Splendid Horse and Cattle Entries Keen Competition in All Sections

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

After vexatious delays and a nerve wracking experience for the officials concerned as to whether they might receive another order from the Cabinet to…

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Ensilage Demonstration. at Experiment Farm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

Members of the Harwood F. and S. Association, Ulmarra Agricultural Society, Alumny Creek P.P. Union and the C.P. and A. Society propose…

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Ulmarra Farmers and Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 4

At a recent meeting of the Ulmarra show committee an invitation was extended to the members of the Agricultural Society by the manager of the…

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Government Printer and the Farmer

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

A short time back the Hon. G. H. Valley, M.L.C., who attended the conference of primary producers held under the aegis of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Experiment Farm High School Girls Inspect. an Enjoyaable Outing

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 4

It is not at all fair, now is it? The boys are getting all the trips! And why can't we go? Is there nothing out at the Experiment Farm for us to see?…

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Bowraville. Dairy Company's Successful Year. Presentation to Shire Engineer. Bowraville

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Bowraville Dairy Company a satisfactory condition of affairs was disclosed. The amount paid to the suppliers was £35,280, this…

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Agricultural. Yellow Monolepta Beetle a Pest of Maize Crops and Fruit Trees

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 4

A small monolepta beetle with yellow body and legs and a bright cerise red patch on each shoulder and a single cerise spot near the middle of…

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Dairying. Constructive Breeding. a Cow's Influence in a Milking Herd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 4

A good example of constructive breeding is told by an officer of the Kentucky experiment station, U.S.A., in a recently published memorandum…

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Cattle Show at Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

As the manager of the Grafton Experiment Farm, Mr. G. Marks, expects a big gathering of farmers on Wednesday afternoon, he has arranged for an…

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Royal Show Cattle Sales

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

The cattle sales are one of the main annual events at the Royal Show, and speculation arose immediately that abandonment of the show was decided…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 5

The Molong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided to ask the central executive to hold the forthcoming conference af Dubbo instead of…

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