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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

1,259 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 63

Antwerp Wool Sales. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Antwerp states that 20,200 bales of Queensland, South Australian, and Victorian wool have been sold on account of the Government,…

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Taxing Yankee Fortunes. Farmers' Hot Proposal. Vancouver, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 3

A Washington message says: The American Farmers' National Council has advocated a capital tax of 75 per cent. on all fortunes exceeding half…

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Australia's Surplus Butter. Direct Representatives Appointed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 4

Mr. Hugh Sinclair, ex-M.P., who was Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee, and Mr. H. W. Osborne, who is connected with the…

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Shearers' Demands. £2 a Hundred Sheep. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

Shearers and shed hands in the Broken Hill district have carried a resolution to the effect that in view of the high cost of all necessities, they must demand at…

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Cattle Breeding In Denmark

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

Thanks to the kinda[?] of Mr. D. M. Forrest, who toured Denmark on [?] [?]ducat[?] trip at the con[?]sion [?] his term of war service in…

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Germany and Stolen Cattle. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

The press points out an example of Germany's attitude to the Treaty. Germany is required to deliver to France 233,000 cattle and horses by April 10,…

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Deer Vale Doings the Butter Factory Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the selectors of the district, convened by Messrs. J. Hull. H. Perkins, and E. Raven, to consider (he directors' reply to the request…

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Australian Wool Clip. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" understands that the Government is negotiating with the Australian Government for a further preemption of the wool clip…

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A Farmer's Discovery

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 4

"A clover that will hold its own with paspalum, that will carry four or five head of stock per acre during the growing season, that is eaten so greedily as to cause…

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General Birdwood. Australia's Greatest Need. "Crops of Babies."sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

General Bird wood was entertained by the Millions Club to-day. Speaking during the proceedings, he said he hoped that the optimism of the returned men would…

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The Darling Downs. Gloomy Winter Outlook. Crops Non-existent and Stock Starving. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

The winter outlook on the Darling Downs, owing to the continued dry weather, is anything but bright. Cultivation in most instances has ceased, and…

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On the Land. Dairying. Shearman's Clover a Remarkable Fodder Plant

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 4

The "new" grain or fodder plant may not make the same sudden dramatic appearance as the accidentally upturned gold nugget, but its value may be…

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Australian Wool Clip. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

London wool brokers believe that the Government is unanimous with regard to the purchase of future, clips, as the market is carrying a large surplus. It is…

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Pure Bred Stock. Application by P.P.U. Improving Dairy Herds. a Favorable Reception. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

As far back as December, 1918, the Primary Producers' Union took up the question of the Government providing dairy farmers and others with pure-bred…

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The Wheat Pool. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

The future of the Australian Wheat Pool is still unsettled, although it is considered probable that some arrangement may be arrived at by which the…

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South African Wheat Shortage. a Disastrous Fire. 4000 Tons Destroyed. Capetown, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

A message from Port 'Elizabeth reports the destruction by fire there yesterday of one of the biggest grain elevators in the country. . It belonged…

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Wheat Arrangements. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) returned from Melbourne, where he attended a conference of the Australian Wheat Board. The Minister was…

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Gattls-breeding In Denmark Lecture [?]n in A[?]rhus, August 8th, 1918, by Lars frederlkeen. Expert is Cattle Breeding for United Agricultural Societies of Jutiand. No. Iii

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 3

In order to obtain this the associations must have at least ten members owning in all at least 200 [?] also the local testing…

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Reduction of War Debt. Munitions Ministry Estimates. Australian Wool Contract. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 3

In the House of Commons, in the Ministry of Munitions Estimates, Mr. Hope stated that at the end of the financial year the Ministry would hand to the…

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Accident at Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. G. Marks, manager of the Grafton Experiment Farm, met with a painful accident a few days ago, as a result of which he will be confined to his rooms for some…

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