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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 9 of 59

A Real Worker. Wheat Lumping Record. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

At Culcairn, Walter Clough has established a record for wheat lumping. He carried 950 bags in eight hours, during which period he, approximately,…

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Our Wool Industry. Primary Producers' Bad Time. British M.P.'s Caustic Comments. London, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. Rae, M.P., speaking at Bradford, said he had recently visited Australia. "The wool industry there is passing through one of the worst times…

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Dairying Industry. Revised Regulations Issued. Provision for Superfine Grade. Qualifications of Milk and Cream Testers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

The revised and amended regulations under the Dairy Industry Act giving greater powers to State officers have been gazetted. Of first importance is the new…

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Drowned. Farmer and His Horses. Creek in Flood. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

A drowning fatality occurred at Karangi on Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Fred Hoschke, 47, a member of one of the oldest families on the Upper Orara, with…

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Britain's Cattle Disease. Hundreds of Outbreaks. Ministry's Drastic Action. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

So far there have been 369 outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. The Ministry for Agriculture has decided to control the movement of stock…

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The Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

Dairy factory delegates will meet in conference in Sydney on the 9th inst. They will have to face a few very pertinent facts of unsatisfactory character,…

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Warwick Farm Scratchings. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

The following Warwick Farm scratchings are announced: -- Liverpool Mile: Earl Derby. Maiden Handicap: Small Arms…

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Lending a Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

At a meeting of suppliers to Smithtown factory, Macleay River, when some 150 farmers were present, Mr. W. C. Barron, manager of the…

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Railway Smash. Trucks Fall Fifty Feet Cattle Killed, Passengers Escape. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

A Kiama message says: Four trucks, three containing cattle and empty cream vans, went over the bank in Danster's cutting to-day, and fell fifty…

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Upper Hastings Dairy Co

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Upper Hastings Dairy Co., Ltd., at Wauchope, the profit for the year was stated to have been £163. the…

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Price of Butter. Conference of Agents and Factory Managers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

Flat denials are being given to the statements that one or two butter age [?] as well as some factories, had broken from the proper charge of…

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Queensland Floods. Appalling Stock Losses. Hundred Thousand Sheep Drowned. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

A message from Rockhampton, Queensland, states: "There have been appalling losses in sheep and cattle owing to the floods. It is estimated…

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QUEENSLAND Abolition of Unemployment. Rearragement of Portfolios. Promising Prospects of Sugar Crop. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

In the course of an address to members of the Queensland branch of the Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation, at the Trades Hall, Mr…

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2000 Sheep Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 5

A Jerilderie message states that yesterday afternoon a bush fire was observed to the south-west of the town of Tuppal burning fiercely in a northerly direction…

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The Wheat Crop. 40 Per Cent, Already Sold. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 4

" We have 90 million bushels wheat for export, and the market good and will probably be betters." said [?] Mr. A. K. Trethowan to-day. "Already…

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Butter Marketing. Conference in Sydney. Necessity for Uniform Prices. a Big Co-operative Move. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 5

An important conference was held at the Chamber of Commerce to-day, comprising over 70 delegates from co-operative butter factories. The press were…

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Butter Prices Factories' Conference in Sydney. Co-operative Marketing the Only Solution. Advisory Committee's Intention. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

A conference of delegates from the butter factories throughout the State, on the subject of butter prices and marketing, was held to-day at the…

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Sporting. the Turf. Warwick Farm Races. Final Acceptances. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

Following are the final acceptances for the Warwick Farm Races on Saturday: -- MAIDEN HANDICAP. [?]fur. -- Poi[?]…

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Many Farmers Carried Off. Others Arming and Mobilising Another Raider Wounded. London, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

A party of six men at Belcoo, Fermanagh, pluckily stopped four motor cars, filled with armed men, who fired on the police. The latter returned the…

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"Dairymen" Candidates. Beware of "Under-cutters." Rural Basic Wage

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 6

"Don't pledge your vote to any 'Dairymen' who may claim to be entitled to the dairyman's vote. Enquire for yourselves about their…

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