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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 4 of 4

Meeting of Farmers's Union at Tatham

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1886 · page 2

THE committee of the Richmond River Farmers' Union met on Saturday last. There were 11 members present, Mr. J. W. Rapp, the vice-president, being in the…

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Resolutions for Consideration by Farmers' Unions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 3

THE Hume Farmers' Union have submitted the following resolutions to the various Farmers' Unions throughout the colony, with a view to their taking combined action for inducing the…

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Summer Fallowing. a Practical Farmer's Method

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 3

IT has been demonstrated beyond doubt that by a judicious system of summer following cereal lands may be kept in a state of vigo[?]ons fertility for some years. Australian formers have adopted various…

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Sheep

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 8

Drafts of good fat wethers to be had reasonably. Printed and published by GEORGE HENRY VARLEY, sole proprietor, at the CLARENCE and RICHMOND EXAMINER Machine Printing Office, Prince-street,…

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Store Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 8

305—700 to 800 bullocks, No. 2; same number, No. 3 309—350 bollocks, No. 2 310—370 bullocks, No. 3 350—300 bullocks, Nos. 1, 2, and 3…

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Fat Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 8

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

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Mr. [?]oodger's Dairy Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1886 · page 3

THE first experiment in dairy farming on an extensive scale in this district has been inaugurated by Mr. W. Goodger, of Ulmarra, on his selection at Maryvale. The property is situate about nine…

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A Model Farm for the Northern Districts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 3

LIKE nearly all visitors to the districts in the north-east portion of the colony, the Minister for Works expressed himself as amazed at what he had seen of their richness…

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Dairying on the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 3

WE have already referred to the initial attempt to introduce dairying into the district, and the success that has so far attended it is causing owners of grazing country to…

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Pricks for Farming

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

As an incentive to good farming the Victorian Government are awarding two prizes of £50 each for the best managed large and small farms in the colony, that is, farms over…

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The Examiner. Published on Tuesdays and Saturdays at [?] Tuesday, December 7Th, 1886. Diseased Cattle in Town

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1886 · page 2

FOR the last ten or twelve days a cow, which shows unmistakable symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia, has been grazing about the streets of the Borough, adjacent to Mary and Oliver streets. The fact…

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Granular Butter-making

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1886 · page 2

THE following essay on granular butter-making won the prize at Wisconsin (U.S.A.) Dairymen's Convention, Mrs. W. E. Bash being the writer:- 1. Keep cows in clean, warm, well-ventilated…

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The Agricultural Society and our Farmers' Interests

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1886 · page 3

FOR a long time [?] it has been a matter of surprise that our local Agricultural Society has so few members upon its roll. In a district such as this, where the majority are either engaged in…

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