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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

973 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 49

Bigger Dairy Profits. Feeding the Right Cows

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 4

In a recent issue of the "Queensland Agricultural Journal" is given an interesting review of the year's dairying operations in the northern State,…

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"Atrocious." Judge on Share-farming Agreements. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 3

In the Cowra District Court during the hearing of a claim by George Woods, a share farmer, against J. Brislan,a farmer near Woodstock, for £99 in respect of a…

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Low-priced Cattle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

At a sale of cattle at Lismore last week, it was very difficult to dispose of young stock, they only bringing a few shillings. A line about 55 four…

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Butter Factories

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

Sir,--Mr. C. D. Herdegen recently wrote to your paper advocating the establishing of a central factory at Karangi, electricity to be the motive…

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Standardisation of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

Mr. Meares, who has just returned from London, is emphatic as to the definite marketing advantages to be gained by producers in the…

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Imported Butter. Question of Duty

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 6

At the Tweed District Council P.P.U. meeting on Friday the following notice of motion from Stoker's Siding branch appeared on the business sheet:--…

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Butter Values. the Lessons of the Year

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

The Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society writes under date May 18th:—Almost without exception during each butter season, different…

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Sheep Industry. "Profound Ignorance." Cutting Up Big Estates. Graziers' President's Warning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 5

At the Graziers' Association Conference to-day Dr. Kater, president of the Graziers' Association, said the statistical position in regard to…

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Baby Farmer. Cooper Sentenced to Death. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 5

After a trial lasting eight days the Newlands case concluded to-day, when Daniel Copper was found guilty of the murder of Margaret McLeod's baby…

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"Harassing Farmers."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

During the hearing of a case at Wollongong (in which the defendant pleaded not guilty to a charge of keeping three unregistered dogs, but was…

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Argentine Cattle. Better Than Australian. Chicago Packer's Advice. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 5

Mr. L. F. Swift, head of the great Chicago meat packing firm, interviewed, on his arrival in Sydney, remarked that the quality of Australian cattle was not…

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The Butter Market

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

A rumor was current in Dorrigo on Tuesday night that there had been a substantial drop in the price of butter. This, however, has not proved…

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Some Australian Reminiscences. "A Romance of Butter." Grafton in the Eighties

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 7

If it be true, as the poets tell us, that much good is done by stealth and evil wrought by want of thought, certain it is that many of the [?]making events…

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Butter Slump. Conditions in London. an Expert's Advice. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 5

Mr. G. D. Macfarlane, London director for the New Zealand Producers' Cooperative Association, writing in regard to the slump in butter, said every…

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Crown Land Rents. Duty on Farm Implements. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 5

At the Graziers' Conference a motion was put forward favoring the removal of duty from all articles and implements necessary for primary production…

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Increased Butter Duty Sought

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 2

At the Tweed District Council meeting of the P.P.U., the Stokers' Siding branch forwarded a resolution to the effect that the duty on butter should…

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Farm Lands and Taxation

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 2

To the town dweller local taxation is comparatively a light matter. To the farmer and grazier it is a heavy burden. The shopowner may carry a…

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THE "A.D.c." Butter Standardisation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 3

Mr. Meares, who has just returned from London is emphatic as to the definite marketing advantages to be gained by producers in the ell…

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Valuable Timber and Dairying Lands for Auction Sale

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

The sale of Bostobrick farm, Horton farm, and the other portion of Wirrialpa Estate will open up some valuable tallow-wood which should…

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Dairying at Inverell

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee at Inverell last Friday, Mr. A. E. Sweaney, manager of the local Dairy Company, said…

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