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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Farmers and Politics. Candidates for All Seats. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 5

A conference of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation adopted a comprehensive Federal political platform, and decided to recommend each State…

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Wheat Board. Senator Pratten's Criticism. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 3

Senator Pratten, when asked if he had anything to say in reply to the criticism of the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board upon his speech, said: "Let the…

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Bat-farming. How to Prevent Malaria. Destroying Mosquitoes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 3

"Malaria, the semi-tropic scourge, can be eliminated from Louisiana. The mosquito alone is resonsible--it is the inoculator of mankind. If the mosquito…

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The Wheat Office. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 4

It is unlikely that the Government will appoint the proposed Commission of Inquiry into the general administration of the State Wheat Office…

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Record Price for Wool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 5

A consignment of wool from Sutherland and Company, Bathurst district, according to cabled advices, brought the phenomenal price of 46½ on the London…

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London Wool Sales. France Buys Freely. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 5

For the closing of the fifth series of wool sales, 112,741 bales were offered, including 52,622 auctioned by catalogued description, and not by the usual sample,…

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Telegrams. Dairy Produce Pool. Opposition on the Manning. Taree

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 4

At a large and representative meeting at Dyer's Crossing on Saturday night, presided over by Mr. J. Patterson, the following motion was passed: "That this…

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Grafton Dairy Co., Ltd

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 4

Butter department: The Company's output of butter for the half-year ended 30th June, 1919, was 664,832lbs. (296 tons 16cwt.), being a decrease of 57¼ tons as…

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Butter Scheme Opponents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 2

The Grafton "Argus" says:—"It is quite evident that vested interests somewhere are very mush perturbed by the proposals of the Federal…

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Sheep Stealing. Railway Employees Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 3

At the Police Court to-day, Henry John son and Vincent Monaghan, both railway employees, were charged with stealing a sheep valued at £2, the property of the…

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Six Millions for Wool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 2

The chairman of the Central Wool Committee announces that the committee will to-day make payments totalling nearly £6,000,000…

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Wheat Board. Conference with State Representatives. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 3

The Central Wheat. Board has decided that adequate supplies of seed and food grain shall be kept for next season. Conferences are to be held with the State…

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The Wheat Deals. Simpson v. Grahame. No Further Developments. Sydney, Tuesday 10 p.m

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. C. Grahame). when spoken to here to-night, said, in reply to questions. that he bad nothing to say regarding…

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Fowl Farming

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 4

Perhaps in the first instance I was more to blame for it than my wife: it was I who brought the book home.It was a book on the way to make a…

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Local and General. Dairy Industry Proposals Endorsed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. C. F. Williams last evening received a telegram from Cr. W. T. Missing ham, Lismore, where a big meeting of producers was held yesterday, to discuss Mr…

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For Men on the Land. Dairying. Roughage for Calves. An Early Necessity

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 4

The necessity for supplementing the milk ration for calves with roughage at a very early age was recently illustrated by experiments at Iowa State…

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Cattle Dying at Tamworth. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 1

The country around Tamworth is quite bare of feed, and stock are in a deplorable condition. For the first time since the 1902 drought cows are dying in the…

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Commonwealth Wool Clip. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 1

Despite the drought the ensuing wool clip for the Commonwealth will approximate 2,000,000 bales…

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Sheep Returns. This Year's Lambings. Lowest- Since 1915. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 5

An official statement made available to-night by the Government Statistician, regarding autumn and winter lambing shows that the number of ewes in the…

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Legislative Assembly. the Wheat Pool. Management of Police Force. Mr. Carmichael' S Trenchant Speech. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, replying to Mr. Chaffey, the Minister for Agriculture said it was impossible to state when the 1915-16 wheat pool…

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