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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Wheat Board Overdraft. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 3

The overdraft of the Wheat Board is now £19,194,000, or £133,000 less than last year; 1.051,000 bushels of the 1916-17 pool, mainly for Victoria and South…

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The Butter Pool. Stocks in Cold Storage. a Review of the Exports. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

It is stated that there are over 60,000 boxes of butter in cold storage to meet the requirements of the winter. Although production has fallen off the…

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Winter School for Farmers. This Year's Arrangements

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 7th June to 12th July…

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"Campaign of Outrageous Falsehood." Injuring Farmers and the State. Mr. Hall Reviews the Facts

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. D. R. Hall, M.L.A., Attorney-General, issues the following statement regarding, the alleged tainted wheat scare:--…

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Expenditure on Wheat Silos. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 5

By the end of the year the expenditure on wheat silos in New South Wales will be nearly £1,000,000. Storage will then be provided for 10,000,000 bushels of…

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Tainted Wheat. and Standard Bread. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 5

There was recently submitted to Mr. Hamlet, formerly Government analyst, a roll obtained at the Government's free distribution depot for the 1916-17 bread…

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Butter Sales. Surplus For 1917-18

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 2

On the 1917-18 butter sold to the British Government there was a substantial surplus on re-sale, half of which was generously And…

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Wheat As Feed for Swine An Experiment

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 4

A belletin of the Kentucky agricultural experiment station, U.S.A., records as experiment conducted at the station to determine the value of wheat…

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Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 2

A cablegram of considerable significance to the North Coast came from London a few days ago. It was to the effect that an ambitious scheme for the…

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Theft of Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 1

Robert Bedell was committed for trial on a charge of stealing thirty-two boxes of butter of the total value of £150, the property of the North Coast Steam…

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Dairy Factory Managers. Annual Conference Abandoned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 1

The Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers' Association has decided to abandon its annual conference, which was to be held in Sydney next month. The…

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Bags Federal Government Dea[?] a Saving to Farmers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 1

Mr. Massy Greene stated to-day that the Government's purchase of bags required for harvestings and the selling of them at fixed prices to farmers had…

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Telegrams. Fallowing Allowance. Assistance to Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

In view of the success attending the advances made last year to assist farmers in fallowing, Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, has decided to again make…

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Wheat Stack Deserted. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 5

The Brooklyn wheat stacks presented a deserted appearance to-day. There were a large number of unionists who reported for work, but the decision of…

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A Free Market for Butter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. Massy Greene, who administers the Butter Pool, is expected shortly to make an announcement in reply to the requests of the dairymen that the pools should be…

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Dairyville

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 7

Empire Day was celebrated on Friday at the Dairyville Public School, and was fairly well attended. The pupils, under the direction of their teacher, Miss…

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Dairy Produce. a Co-operative Scheme. Selling in Foreign Markets. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 5

Some time ago it was announced that a movement was on foot to institute a far-reaching co-operative scheme under which dairy farmers could sell their…

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Tainted Wheat. Attorney-general at Inverell. the Farmers' Friends. Inverell

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 3

Speaking at Inverell last night, the Attorney-General, Mr. D. R. Hall, referring to the mouse-infected wheat, said that startling accusations as to the wheat…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers. Can Be Bought at Stacks. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. W. C. Graham, Minister for Agriculture, has announced that farmers will be allowed to select seed wheat at the stacks for their own use at 5s…

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Grading of Butter. Danish System Suggested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 2

A suggestion that is to be considered by the Butter Pool in Melbourne is that the Danish system of grading be introduced here. In Denmark butter is…

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