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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 15 of 52

Tainted Wheat. Instructions to Mill Workers Not to Handle Tainted Wheat Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 5

The Mill Employees' Union cxecutive is instructing the members of the union to refuse to handle any wheat, flour, or offal of a rainted nature. It is pointed…

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Butter Supplies. a Shortage in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 6

Sussex street agents are perturbed at the news that a delay is expected in the arrival of northern butter cargoes, which is attributed to adverse weather…

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Winter School for Farmers. at Hawkesbury College. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, referring to the activities in his department, mentioned it has been decided to hold the usual winter school for farmers at the…

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Temora Farmers Sell Their Script. Temora

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 5

Great satisfaction is expressed locally at the revelations in respect to tainted wheat. The report of hundreds of thousands of mice dying in the stacks…

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Telegrams. the Damaged Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 6

Mr. W. Bailey, a prominent miller, declared to-day that if the 1916-17 wheat was forced on the mills they simply cannot turn out first-rate hour. He added…

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Goulburn Wheat Cases. Jury Disagrees. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 6

The jury in the Goulburn wheat cases disagreed, and the accused, Cross and Martin, were remanded to appear when called upon…

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Tainted Wheat. The Premier in Reply. "Mere Sensation Mongering." the Results of Analysis. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 5

The Premier made a statement to-night regarding the newspaper allegations concerning the 1916-17 wheat. He said the wheat of this harvest had been…

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Ideal Dairy Herd

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 6

In this article the writer (P. W. Tarlinton, of Murwillumbah, .N.S.W.) declares that the Holstein has proved a failure in this country. During the…

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Farmers and Graziers. Big Co-operative Concern. Purchase of Well-nown Business. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 2

The farmers and Graziers Co-operative Company has purchased the business of John Bridge and Company as a going concern. It is understood the purchase…

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Tainted Wheat. Prominent Analyst's Views. the Flour Condemned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1919 · page 3

A prominent analyst in the city, referring to the 1916-17 wheat, said: "In the course of my work I had to handle some flour made from wheat containing…

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The Tariff Alterations. Protest From Farmers' Union. Bendico

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1919 · page 3

The Victorian Farmers' Union carried a resolution urging the Central Council to send a deputation to Mr. Watt requesting him to hold in abeyance any…

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Tainted Wheat. an Analyst's Statement. Flour Unfit for Human Consumption. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 5

M. F. H. Molesworth, F.C.S., stated to-day that recently he had been called upon more than once to test samples of flour certified as being made from…

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The Sugar Commission. Sits at Grafton and Maclean. MR. McGUREN on Cane Prices Act. Lower River Farmers and Profits

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 4

Giving evidence before the Sugar Commission consisting of Messrs. A. B. Piddington, K.C., N. Lockyer and S. Mills, at Walker's Hotel yesterday…

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Wheat Board. Further Sales Effected. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 5

Senator Russell, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, slated to- day that since the last sale by the Wheat Board was announced, further overseas sales,…

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The Butter Market. Exporters Want Higher Price. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 2

A movement is on foot amongst the butter merchants in Victoria to obtain a higher price for Victorian butter imported into the United Kingdom on…

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How to Farm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 2

After reading a book dealing with rural life in Holland and Denmark, where hundreds and thousands of far[?]ers are prospering on areas of from…

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Technical Training and Wheat Growing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. W. H. Potts, in his retiring address at the annual meeting of the agricultural section of the Royal Society, said with wheat growing, as with…

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The Butter Market. Shortage in Europe. Australia's Opportunity. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

It was pointed out at a conference of Australasian butter factory managers that there was room for satisfaction in the effect of the war upon the dairying…

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The Wheat Harvest. Average of 7.4 Bushels. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

The total area sown with wheat in New South Wales for the season 1918-1919 was 3,321,580 acres. The production of grain amounted to 5,835,845 bags, or…

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Wheat Transactions Case of Larceny and Fraud. Forged Certificates. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

William Cross, formerly superintendent of the South Goulburn wheat stacks, was convicted at the Goulburn Circuit Court on three charges of stealing…

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