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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 32 of 63

Trade with Germany. a Supply of Wheat. Australian Mutton and Bacon. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 3

The "Vossis[?]ne Zeitung" states Britain has agreed to deliver 9500 tons of wheat to Germany in return for cash. A further offer to supply in more wheat is made…

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Dairy Industry Notes. Sending Coal to Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 4

South Coast reports say that the Illawarra dairy factories, as far as butter making is concerned, are virtually at a standstill. Never in this, the first…

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Retailers' Profit on Butter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 2

The Spring Creek branch of the Primary Producers' Union submitted a resolution to the quarterly meeting of the district council…

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Rural Industries. Poor Prospects for Dairying. Obstacles to Farming. Suggested Co-operative Marketing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. Crawford, manager of the Nowra Co-operative Company, in evidence before the Board of Trade, said that the immediate prospects for the dairying industry…

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Letters to the Editor R.s.a. and Dairy Directors

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 5

Sir,—Reports of meetings recently of the Returned Soldiers' Association, as appearing in your journal, have doubtless been read by the general…

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English Styles. The Dresses at Ascot. Campaign by Northcliffe Press. Archbishop on Farmyard Morals. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 5

The complacency of Ascot has been unset not merely by the Earl of Buchan's disqualification after winning the Gold Cup, but by drenching storms and an…

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South African Grain Shortage Maize for Wheat

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 4

The South African Minister of Finance, in the course of a statement, in the Assembly on the wheat shortage, said the Union Government had…

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British Butter Control Continues Till March 31 LONDON, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 3

The Food Controller states that the Government has decided to maintain the control of butter until March 31, 1921…

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Tests of Artificial Wool. Not Equal to Ordinary. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 3

Professor Midgley, of the Bradford Technical College, exhaustively tested samples of artificial wool from the Continent, to which attention was recently drawn…

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Mr. Watt. Reasons for Resignation. Conflicting Wool Propositions. Position at Spa Conference. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 1

Mr. Watt, in a statement regarding the reasons for his resignation, says, firstly, that his personal negotiations regarding Australia's wool before his resignation…

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Rural Notes. Fortunes in Dairying

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 1

Mr. G. L. Gordon, of Releigh, gave the Board of Trade an insight to the small dairy farmer's easy way of making a fortune. He had thirty years' experience in…

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On the Land Meat Production. Opportunity for Pig-raising. Chance for Coastal Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 2

With the slight alleviation of the needs of the graziers and the big reduction in the consignments to Homebush, the anticipated rise has taken…

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Breaking of Drought. Remarkable TRANSFORMATlON. Possible Record Wheat Crop. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 5

The north-western districts have undergone a remarkable transformation as a result of the recent splendid rains. Farmers are busy planting and sowing, and experts…

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Australian Butter. Position in England. Immediate De-control Urged. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 5

The delegates from the Commonwealth dairy pools interviewed the Food Minister (Mr. C. A. McCurdy) and urged immediate de-control…

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Wheat Commission Impasse. Trying to Find a Way Out. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 5

The Wheat Commission impasse is causing a good deal of concern in Labor ranks, and in the hope of finding a way out the Premier has arranged to confer with the…

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Premier's Assurance. Us[?] of State Loan. Drought-stricken Farmers and Silos

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

The loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000,000, which closes at the end of this month, is for the purpose of providing advances to…

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Dairy Examinations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

Under the provisions of the Dairy Industry Act, 1915, the Department of Agriculture has arranged to hold written examinations on the theory of cream and…

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Grow Wheat. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 2

Farmers are being advised to sow wheat extensively as there is a world shortage and high prices are forecasted for the coming season…

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Good Prospects for Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 1

Farmers are being advised to sow wheat extensively as there is a world shortage, and high prices are forecasted for the coming season…

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Letters to the Editor Butter Co. and R.s.a

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 3

Sir,—It was with extreme regret and not a little surprise, that I observed in last issue of the "Gazette" the resurrection of the question: What did…

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