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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 28 of 63

Wheat for New South Wales. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture has received a letter from the Victorian authorities assuring him that 25 trucks of wheat daily will be delivered at the border…

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The Wheat Shortage Supplies From Victoria Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 3

The Victorian Wheat Commission has undertaken to forward 25 trucks, of wheat daily to this State…

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A Farmer's Predicament. Up a Tree for Six Hours. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 3

A farmer named Cusack, of Galong, in order to feed his starving sheep, climbed a tree to cut the tender leaves from the top. He accidentally kicked the ladder…

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Butter Shortage. Supplies From Cool Stores. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

Arrangements have been made by the Commonwealth butter pool to make available sufficient supplies of butter to Meet local requirements without any further…

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Butter Rise

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

The rise of 3d in the price of butter has come not a day before it was called for by circumstances. It should have come eight months ago;…

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The Wheat Crop. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

According to information secured from experts of the Agricultural Department the prospects for the coming wheat season on the Darling Downs are not…

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Butter Supplies. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 3

Arrangements have been made to release for local requirements the butter stored on the Imperial contracts…

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Wheat. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 3

There is a report that West Australia intends selling her wheat overseas at 12/6 per bushel instead of supplying this State at 7/6 as agreed…

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Release of Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

Arrangements have been made to release for local requirements the butter stored on Imperial contracts…

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West Australian Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 4

If is reported that West Australia intends to sell her wheat Overseas at 126 a. bushel, instead of supplying this State at 78, as agreed upon…

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Butter and Cheese. Controlling the Supplies. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

It having been reported' to the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee that in some States during the present scarcity of butter certain traders were…

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Queensland. Winter Season Prospects. a Surplus of Butter. SYDNEY,Tuesday

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

It was stated this morning that the production of butter in the south of Queensland continued to exceed the consumption despite the winter season and…

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London Wool Sales. Big Drop in Prices. Half Offerings Withdrawn. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 3

The London wool sales opened very weak, at rates five to twenty per cent. below those of last sales in London. At the closing half of the offerings…

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Women's Farm Training. the Minister's Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture inspected the Women 's Farm Training School at Cowra, and stated this morning that while the movement may have been a worthy…

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Agricultural. the Compost Heap How to Make a Valuable Farm Adjunct

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 4

The compost head is a most valuable adjunct to the farm, and it is a very great pity that it is not more frequently to be found. A heap or pit…

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The Unique Position of the Turnip Crop

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 4

The turnip crop occupies a unique position is that for its proper growth it postulates a very high standard of farming (writes J. A. Symon, in the…

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All Night Up a Tree Farmer Jumps at Last

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 1

In order to cut the tender leaves from the top of a tree for his starving sheep, Mr. A. T. Cusack, a farmer of Galong, made use of a ladder…

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Low Butter Output. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 4

Reports from Kiama state that the butter output there is the lowest on record since the establishment of co-operative factories…

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Wool Sales. Fail in Values. Movement to Lower Basis. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 5

There is a decline of 15 to 20 per cent, in the price of merinos and 10 to 15 per cent in crossbreds at the London sales, following similar declines at Liverpool…

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New South Wales Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 3

According to the Federal dairy expert, the butter manufactured in New South Wales is on the highest basis of all the States. He added that nearly 58 per cent…

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