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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,161 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 59

Overlanding Cattle

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. Joe Timbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Timbs. of Glen Innes, bas arrived home after having delivered a big mob of cattle in Victoria. Mr. Timbs set out…

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[?]R Butter in America. a Record Shipment

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

[?] FRANCISCO, Saturday Night. [?]consignment of 403,086 pounds of [?]ralian and New Zealand butter, [?]ng thirteen carloads, has left here…

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New Season's Wheat. Arrival in London. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

A carge of Australian wheat by the steamers Geneve and Molinoss has arrived in London and was sold at 521. A newspaper styled "The Republic…

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British Wool Trade. an Optimistic Review. More Promising Outlook for 1922. LONDON, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

Charles Balme and Co.. in their annual review of the wool trade say: "It is probable that during 1922 the consumption of wool in this country…

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Dairy Produce. Supplies Well Maintained Review of the Markets. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

"Production was well maintained last week." The foregoing prefaced the general remarks of Prescotts, Ltd., in their weekly review of the butter market…

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Beats Maize. Sunflowers As Cattle Food. Increase Milk Production

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

The culture of sunflowers for cattle food is attracting great attention in American agricultural, circles (says "Popular Science Sittings"). There…

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London Butter Stocks How to Dispose of Them. Conference in Melbourne. MELBOURNE.Monday

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

With a view to overcoming the difficulties with regard to the disposal of the surplus butter stocks held by the British Government, a conference of…

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Musings in Maoriland. Farmer Fires at a Neighbor. a Constable Intervenes. Affray at Cannibal Bay. Dunedin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

An encounter with firearms occured at Ranfurly, Central Otago. Two farmers George Devenney and William Dowling, occupying adjacent farms, quarrelled. It…

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A Million Farms Idle Hands on Idle Lands. Thoughts for Thinking Electors

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Every candidate at State and Federal elections should be questioned regarding his or her attitude towards the million, farms proposals of Sir…

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Butter Marketing. a Pool Formed in Queensland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

A butter pool has been formed in Queensland with the object of stabilising the market. It came into force on January 1 and the price of butter has…

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Butter Commission. Increased in Victoria. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

The three co-operative distributing companies in Victoria announce an increase in the commission charge on butter to three and a half per cent, on…

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Wheat Harvest. State Yield: 40,000,000 Bushels. an Expert's Estimate. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

As the result of a tour through the wheat centres, Mr. G. W. Walker, of Messrs. Lindley, Walker and Co., says the average wheat yield of the State…

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Warwick Farm Scratchings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

Maiden: Miss Madeline, Tullyrush, Liverpool Mile: Volpi. Farm Stakes: Dora Glen. Pace Welter: Blue Baron…

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Up to Date Butter Factory Scales

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The Chatham butter factory, on the Manning, has purchased an Avery clock scales at a cost of well over £200-- the first to be installed at any…

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Price of Butter in Auckland. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

The price of butter in Auckland has been reduced by three[?] per pound making the retail rate for the best quality 17 per pound…

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Price of Butter. Reduction in Auckland. Auckland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The price of butter in Auckland has been reduced by 3d per pound, making the retail price now 17…

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Pastoral Finance Association. Purchased by New Zealand Company. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has purchased the business of the Pastoral Finance Association…

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Butter Industry. Deputation to Prime Minister. an Unsympathetic Reply. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

A large deputation representing all the States interested in the butter industry waited on the Prime Minister this afternoon and drew his attention to the state…

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The Tired Farmer

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Something is radically wrong with the Glen Innes farmer (says the Glen Innes "Guardian"). Month after month the officials of the P.P.U. covene what…

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Does Farming Pay?

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

There are those, in the city, who smile in sceptical fashion when the question of whether farming pays or not is mentioned, Many of them, in their ignorance of country conditions, believe, or profess to believe, that rural occupations return a handsome…

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