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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

179 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 9

The Farmers' Bank

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 6

THE farmer's bank is his manure pile. To obtain profitable crops there must first be a sure supply of manure of some kind. Barnyard is first, green manuring is second, and…

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The Farmers' Bank

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 6

THE farmer's bank is his manure pile. To obtain profitable crops there must first be a sure supply of manure of some kind. Barnyard is first, green manuring is second, and…

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Mauritius Sugar Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

WHILST in certain quarters the planters complain of an excess of wet, in others it is a contrary excess that interferes with the young plantations. The cutting continnes actively, and in general the…

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Mauritius Sugar Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

WHILST in certain quarters the planters complain of an excess of wet, in others it is a contrary excess that interferes with the young plantations. The cutting continues actively, and in general the…

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A Scotch Farmer's Experience

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 3

PROFESSOR PRIMROSE M'CONNELL, one of a number of Scotch, farmers who migrated to Essex a few years ago, and who have been able to farm the heavy land of their…

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A Scotch Farmer's Experience

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 3

PBOFESSOR PRIMROSE M'CONNELL, one of a number of Scotch farmers who migrated to Essex a few years ago, and who have been able to farm the heavy land of their…

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Two Crops of Wool per Annum

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 2

AN extraordinary experiment has been tried in Canada with promises of success. It is in shearing sheep twice a year—April and July. The result has so far not only yielded a larger…

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Two Crops of Wool per Annum

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 2

AN extraordinary experiment has been tried in Canada with promises of success. It is in shearing sheep twice a year—April and July. The result has so far not only yielded a larger…

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Butter Factories for the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 2

SIR.—Butter-making is becoming, in fact has become, a most important industry in our sister district—the Richmond. For butter there is always a large and usually steady demand. Under the…

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Butter Factories for the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 2

SIR.—Butter-making is becoming, in fact has become, a most important industry in our sister district—the Richmond. For butter there is always a large and usually steady demand. Under the…

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Butter Factory for Woodburn

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 3

A MEETING of the Progress Committee was held in the Woodburn School of Arts on Saturday evening, for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps towards the formation of a butter factory in…

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Butter Factory for Woodburn

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 3

A MEETING of the Progress Committee was held in the Woodburn School of Arts on Saturday evening, for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps towards the formation of a butter factory in…

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Grafton Police Court. ON Thursday, before Mr. A. L. McDougall, P. M. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 8

John Bennett was charged with stealing two bullocks, the property of C.G. Tindal, of Ramornie. Constable Jones, stationed at Grafton, deposed that on 27th inst. he went to accused's house at…

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Grafton Police Court. ON Thursday, before Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, P.M. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 8

John Bennett was charged with stealing two bullocks, the property of O. G. Tindal, of Ramornie. Constable Jones, stationed at Grafton, deposed that on 27th inst, he went to accused's house at…

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C. and N. C. Farmers' Association. Half-yearly Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 3

THE eleventh half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above Association was held in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday. Mr. G. Bailey, chairman of the Board, presided, and there were on the…

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Orara Farmers' and Miners' Progress Association. Second Annual Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the above Association was held at Mr. Budder's on the 26th ultimo; Mr. A. W. Parry in the chair. The Secretary submitted a quantity of…

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The Farmers and the Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 2

PERHAPS no other class in the community do politics affect so much as the agricultural. Yet farmers, as a rule, are not the most prominent in electioneering, nor so united in their action as they…

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The Farmers and the Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 2

PERHAPS no other class in the community do politics affect so much as the agricultural. Yet farmers, as a rule, are not the most prominent in electioneering, nor so united in their action as they…

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Orama Farmers and Miners Progress Association

North Coast Times · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above association was held at Mr Rudder’s, Curamba, on Saturday, the 26th ult. Mr. A. W. Parry in the chair…

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On Thursday before Mr. E. M. Ryan, J.P. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 5

John Bennett, on remand, was charged with stealing two bullocks, the property of Charles Grant Tindal, of Ramornie. Mr. Norrie appeared for accused…

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