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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1885

73 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 4

Farmers' Union. Meeting at Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 2

IN compliance with a numerously-signed requisition, a public meeting was convened for Saturday last, in the Theatre Royal, for the purpose of forming a Farmers' Union. There were about 150…

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Farming and Protection

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1885 · page 3

W. O'NEILL, of Narramine, in a letter to the HERALD, writes:— In a sub-leader of the 6th, as also in a previous issue, you fail to see why the farmers of…

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Clarence R. and N. C. Farmers' Co-operative Association. Half-yearly Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1885 · page 4

THE fourth half-yearly meeting of shareholders of this Association was held yesterday, in the Theatre Royal; Mr. G. Bailey (chairman of the Beard) in the chair. Besides the remainder of the Board,…

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Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1885 · page 4

A COMMITTEE meeting of delegates took place at the Theatre Royal, Grafton, on Friday, to draw up a constitution and draft out rules and regulationa for the guidance of the…

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Re Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1885 · page 2

SIR.—In your edition of the 1st instant, you state that the farmers "ought to have kept their resolutions in their own hands, or not entrusted them to strangers who are not farmers. The…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 6

THE Gazette of the 6th instant contains a further list of pastoral holdings that have been divided, of which the following will be of special interest to our readers. The leasehold areas are exclusive of…

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Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 3

SIR,—I notice by a circular that has been issued, the draft rules to be submitted to the delegates that are to meet to-day, at Grafton, that the Constitution of the Union is not in accordance…

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Farmers' Union at Brushgrove

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 8

A MEETING was held at Brushgrove on the 14th instant, for the purpose of forming a branch of a Farmers' Union. Mr. W. M'Groger was voted to the chair, and there were about 20 persons present…

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Conference of Farmers. Sydney, Thursday Sight

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 5

THE New South Wales Farmers' Union conference of delegates from Farmers' Unions, representing upwards of a hundred thousand agriculturists, was held in the Masonic Hall hotel yesterday. Mr…

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Farmers' Union. Meeting of Delegates

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 2

A MEETING of delegates from producers of the Clarence to decide upon a constitution, rules, and regulations for the guidance of the Northern Rivers Producers' Union, was held in the School of Arts,…

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Baby Farming in Sydney. Strange Disclosures

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 8

THE hideous excresence upon modern civilisation appears to have raised its ghastly head in this fair land as well as in the mother country. For years the retired seclusion of Lane Cove has been availed…

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Farming Operations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 3

PLOUGHING is being carried out extensively, and though the season has been dry, farmers do not complain of the hardness of the ground. Many have the greater proportion of their land turned…

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A Model Farm for the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 3

IT was stated by Dr. Von Lendenfeld when here recently, as travelling lecturer for the Board of Technical Education, that the Board had in contemplation the work of establishing model farms in…

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The Wool Trade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 8

NOT long ago a statement was published of facts which are of serious import to the wool-growers of Australia, and consequently to the whole of the people also. The statement was to the effect that…

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Starving Cattle and Protection

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 3

SIR,—No one with a heart can be but p[?]ed to see the miserable state of the cattle on the streets, many of which are literally starving, bones almost protruding through their skins. These poor…

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Letters to the Editor. THE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. Farmers, Beware

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 3

SIR,—Every person who has the welfare of this splendid district at heart, must regret the want of unity now apparent among the farming class. The Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association is…

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Meeting of Farmers at Chatsworth. (Abridged from the L. C. Ad[?]ocate.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 2

A MEETING was held recently at Chatsworth, for the purpose of considering the desirability of forming a branch of a Farmers' Union at that place. About 20 persons were present, and Mr G. Bailey,…

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Clarence and N.C. Farmers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the Board was held on Tuesday last, when the whole of the directors were present. The Managers' report showed that the…

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The Agriculturist and Grazier for this column we shall be glad to receive short, suitable extracts, and original contributions of a brief, instructive nature.] on the Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 3

DURING this month very little has been doing on the farms owing to the dry weather. Most of the farmers have the greater part of the first ploughing finished, and this season it was accomplished with…

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British Dairy Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1885 · page 6

IN a review on a very useful book entitled " British Dairy Farming," by James Long, the Echo says:— The author has for years past occupied a position on the literary staff, of the Field newspaper; and…

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