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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1880

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Farming in Victoria

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 4

THE following paper on the above subject was read recently at a meeting of the Ararat District Farmers' Union, held at Ross's Bridge, by the President of the Association, Mr C. T. Sutherland, of Tatyoon:—…

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Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1880 · page 3

A MEETING of the committee of this Society was held on Tuesday last. Present-- Mr. H. Maurice, in the chair, Messrs. G. Crispin, E. Hockey, W. Ford, A. Barnier, J. Crispin, jun., A. Eggins, T. Woods, A. Lipman, and T…

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Lung Sickness in Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 4

SOME experiments made by Mr A. Wilkinson, of Natal, with carbolic acid amongst a herd of cattle, and communicated to the Natal Mercury, are worth referring to here for the benefit of…

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Annual Wool and Produce Circular. Mort and Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1880 · page 3

WOOL: The past season has been on exceptional one in many respects. Commencing upon the basis of values previously established in London, and when the discouraging nature of the English account sales…

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The Farming of the Future. (From the Goulburn Herald.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1880 · page 3

IT seems to us that if we are to have a largely increased agricultural population in this colony—indeed in Australia—it will be necessary for our farmers to alter their present system. The good old days when money…

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The Bathurst Farmers' League. (From the Western Independent.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1880 · page 5

A MEETING of persons having an interest in agriculture was held at the Town Hall, on Friday afternoon last, and was largely attended by farmers and others. The chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman Butler…

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Hard on the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 7

IF the report of Messrs. Pell and Head upon American food supplies was calculated to dishearten our fanners at home, the additional details supplied by persons thoroughly…

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The Farmer's Prospects at Home

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 6

A SUBJECT of great importance to Australia and New Zealand is that the farmers on this side are turning their attention to the undoubted facilities which these colonies offer to men with…

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Goldsbrough's Wool Warehouses. (From the Age.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 3

EXTENSIVE additions have recently been made to Messrs. Goldsbrough's palatial warehouses. The new warehouse lately completed is the largest in Melbourne, extending as it does in one unbroken line from…

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The Western Farmers and the Railway Rates. (By the Special Reporter of the Herald.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1880 · page 3

IN the Orange District there exists a Farmers' Union, called the Spring Hill Farmers' Union, which was formed twelve months ago for the purpose of encouragng mutual assistance among agriculturalists by…

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Is It Butter?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 3

GILHOLLY strolled into his grocer's establishment just as that distinguished statesman was opening a keg of golden-tinted olcomargarine. "The looks nice; it's genuine butter, I suppose; none of your bogus stuff!"…

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A Large Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1880 · page 4

SOME interesting details are given in the American papers with respect to the famous Dalrymple Farm, 25 miles west of Fargo, Dakota, which is the largest cultivated farm on the Wsstern Continent. It…

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Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society. the Horticultural and Flower Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 2

THE Fourth Annual Flower Show in connection with the above Society was held in the Theatre Royal, Pound-street, on Wednesday last, and although it cannot be said to have been equal to some of those…

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Protectionists' Theories and Farmers' Facts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 3

THE Melbourne Leader regards the discussions which have lately taken place in the West regarding the advisableness of restricting the importation of farm produce by the imposition…

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Mort and Co's Monthly Wool and Produce Circular

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 3

Wool has come forward very freely since we wrote on the 12th ultimo. The auction sales have been characterized by great spirit in the biddings, especially for light-conditioned greasy, which has realised higher…

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Farming in America

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1880 · page 8

COLONISTS in Australia and New Zealand, like Englishmen at home, hear a good deal about the success of farming in the United States, but the real condition of agriculturists in America is not very…

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