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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1886

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

Northern Farmers' Producers Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the members of this Union was held in the Theare Royal on Wednesday last. The attendance was very meagre, there not being more than 20 members present. Mr. T. Wilcox,…

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Pedigree Sussex Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 2

A PAMPHLET which will prove of great interest to cattle-breeders in Australia will shortly be produced in London under the title of "Pedigree Sussex cattle," by Mr…

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Wool Carriage by Rail

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1886 · page 2

THE prosecutions being instituted for alleged frauds on the Railway Department will at least have this benefit—that they must lead to a revision of the tariff. It was a singular…

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Clarence River & N. C. Farmers Association (Untiled)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 8

THE sixth half-yearly general meeting of this Association was held, yesterday, in the Theatre Royal. There were about 120 shareholders present. On the platform were the Chairman (Mr. G…

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Bathurst Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1886 · page 2

AT the last meeting of this Union a letter was read from Mr. E. F. Rudder, secretary of the Northern Rivers Producers Union, in which he suggested the use of the column of the Town and Country Journal…

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Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1886 · page 2

William know, jun., on bail, was placed in the dook, and indicted for having, on the 17th April last, on the Upper Coldstream, stolen one heifer, the property of one George Roberts. A second count…

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The Examiner. Published on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at Grafton Saturday, August 14, 1886. the Clarenoe and N.C. Farmers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 4

IT has always been with the consent and full approval of the Board and shareholders of the Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Co-operative Association that the reports of…

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The Agriculturist and Grazier Common Crops of Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 2

AT the Technical College Hall, on Thursday evening last, the Instructor in Agriculture, Mr. Angus Mackay, lectured on " The Common Crops of New South Wales."…

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Clarence River and North Coast Farmers' Association. Meeting of Shareholders

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 4

A MEETING of the shareholders of this Association was held at the Theatre Royal yesterday, to consider the question of either increasing the capital of the Association, or winding up. About 80 shareholders…

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The Sugar Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 3

IN consequence of the absence of severe frost during the winter the cane crop is quite green, and its growth has not been retarded by the cold weather Generally speaking…

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Eagle Farm Races. Brisbane

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 3

Selling Race, —Drummer 1, Dynamite 2, Spot 3. Visitors Plate.—My Love 1, Leinster 2, Fairy Queen 3. Won by a length, [?] welter Handicap.—My Love 1, Clifton 2, Assegal…

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Clarence R. Unit N. C. Farmers Co-operative Association. General Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1886 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the above Association was held on Friday last, in the Theatre Royal, to receive the report of the parties appointed to canvass for shares, and…

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The Agriculturist and Grazier the Cattle Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 3

OWNERS of unstocked country and paddockholders who purchase stock for fattening, will experience some difficulty this year in meeting their requirements. Dry seasons…

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Selected Lines. the Farmer's Wife

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 2

THE farmer came in from the field one day, His languid step and his weary way, His bended brow and sinewy hand, All showing his werk for the good of the land;…

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A Scene Amongst the Singleton Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 2

THERE was a great rumpus at the meeting of the Singleton Farmers' Union recently. On the president, Mr. Campbell, enquiring what the meeting was called for, he was "brought up" with the…

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Model Farm for the Northern Districts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1886 · page 3

THE visit of Mr. Campboll to the Clarence to report the eligibility of a site for a model farm, most be regarded as an index of the desire of the Government to locate one of these boons to agriculturists on the…

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The Agriculturist and Grazier Diversity of Crops and Farm Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 3

WHAT is much needed in these districts is a greater variety of crops. Maize and sugar, a few potatoes, together with some poultry and eggs, may be said to comprise all that it is grown for export by…

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Sheep

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1886 · page 8

Drafts of good fat weathers to be had reasonably…

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Fat Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1886 · page 8

51—40 bullocks, batween 600 and 700lbs. 52—25 cows and bullocks…

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Store Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1886 · page 8

305—700 to 800 bullocks, No. 2; same number, No. 3 309—350 bullooka, No. 2 310—370 bullocks, No. 3 348—1000 bullooks, good…

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