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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1887

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The Agriculturist and Grazier Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association. Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 2

ON Tuesday last an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders, in this Association, was held in the Theatre Royal, for the purpose of discussing some notices given to…

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Sheep

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 8

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

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Mr. Angus Mackay's Lectures. Maize As a Crop, &c

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1887 · page 3

ON last Thursday and Friday evenings Mr. Angus Mackay, Instructor in Agriculture in connection with the Board of Technical Education, delivered two very instructive lectures in the School of Arts…

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Separation and Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 4

SIR.—The farmers of the Clarence have listened to the eloquence of two gentlemen who have endeavoured to enlighten them at wide intervals of time. The one (Dr. Lang, now passed away) years ago…

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Farm Produce Imports and Exports

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 4

THE Sydney Mail publishes a tabulated statement of produce, imported to Sydney coastwise and exported during the year 1886, from which we make the following extracts:…

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Scale of Points for Cattle Adepted by the American Agricultural Society. Points in a Hereford Cow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 3

[Purity of blood, as traced back to the satisfaction of committees, to imported blood on both sides from known English breeder, or as found in Eyton's Hereford Herd…

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Separation and Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 3

SIR.—In the abeence of Mr. Rudder, will you kindly allow me space to reply to an "Old Fossil," and for a few remarks on separation. The question that "Old Fossil" puts to the farmers as to whether…

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Clarence and North Cost Farmers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 3

AT the usual monthly meeting of the Board on Tuesday last, all the members were present—Mr. G. Bailey presiding. The manager's report, detailing the business operations…

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The Farmers of the Clarence and Sydney Public. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 4

MR. E. F, RUDDER, accompanied by an influential deputation, was introduced to the Mayor of Sydney by Mr. John See, to present the following requisition from farmers and others of the Clarence River,…

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The Pastoral Lessees and the Land Laws

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 3

"THE Commercial, Pastoral, and Agricultural Association of N.S.W: its origin and purpose." This is a pamphlet of 90 pages which gives the circumstances which led to the formation of this…

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Great Flood in the Clarence. the Highest Known Record. Destruction of Merchandise, Crops, and Farm Stock

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 2

THE Clarence has been visited by the greatest flood that has ever been witnessed by the oldest resident within the limits of the district. The visitation was quite unexpected, for though the river was…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, January 22.—Before the P.M. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 4

Walter Baker was chaired with having in the month of May last stolen a roan bullock, the property of John Watkins. Mr. Norrie appeared for accused…

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Import Duties on Agricultural Produce. the Clarence River Farmers' Appeal to Sydney. (From the Daily Telegraph)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 2

A MASS meeting of citizens, convened in response to a large requisition from the farmers of the Clarence River district, was held in the Sydney Town Hall on Thursday evening…

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Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association, Limited

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 4

THE adjourned half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this Association was held in the Theatre Royal yesterday. There were about 80 shareholders present, Mr. G. Bailey, chairman of the Board of…

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Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association, Limited

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1887 · page 4

THE usual half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this Association was held on Friday last. There were about 80 present, in addition to the Board of Directors. Mr. G…

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Brittany Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 2

THESE little cattle are very hardy and excellent butter cattle. The will keep in good condition and give a mess of milk on feed that a Jersey would…

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The Easiest Keeping Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3

THIS is precisely what most men who want cattle at all are in quest of. But it is true of cattle as it is of grass, that by the law of Nature wecannot get something for nothing…

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The Agriculturist and Grazier. Farming Prospects

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3

THE heavy rain and wind of the past week following so quickly after the high flood, have made things worse for agriculturists, by blowing down the crops which the flood had…

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On the Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3

IN consequence of the continuance of wet weather farming operations are almost in a state of entire suspension. Where the land is not too boggy, those fortunate enough to…

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Land Under Crop in America

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1887 · page 3

THE improved land in 1880 was but 15 per cent. of the total area, buteven then, according to Mulhall, it produced 30 per cent. of the grain of the world. The capital invested…

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