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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

216 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 11

Dairy Notes. [The experiences of dairymen, also suggestions and interesting extracts relative to the industry, are solicited for publication in this column.—ED.] To Probable Suppliers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1892 · page 3

As dairying appears likely to assume large dimensions in this district, it may be as well at this juncture to re-publish a resume of several practical facts in connection…

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Sugar-growing by Queensland Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1892 · page 8

SOME little time ago, says the Queenslander, inquiries were instituted by the Department of Agriculture to ascertain to what extent the culture of sugar-cane was being carried…

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Australian Policy of the Future. United Australia. — A Gigantic Nation. — State Farming with Surplus Labor

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 8

SIR HENRY PARKES addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting on Thursday at St. Leonards. Sir Henry said he came there that night in something like a new capacity…

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Dairy Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes: It pays to raise the heifers which are to replenish the herd from the best stock: and it will pay farmers to buy pedigree cows, or one if more cannot…

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Dairy Farming. A Very Valuable Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 8

DURING my present visit to the Clarence, I am glad to see that at least one new and valuable industry has been added to those formerly developed. I'refer to the Milk and…

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Dairy Notes. [The experieness of dairymen, also suggestions and interesting extracts relative to the industry, are solicited for publication in this column.—ED.] Grafton Butter Factory. General Meeting at the Council Chambers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

A MEETING of the shareholders and intending suppliers was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday; Mr. G. H. Varley in the chair. There were about 25 present…

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Southampton Butter Factory

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 3

THE plans and specifications of the above Factory, as prepared by Mr. F. W. C. Schæffer, are on view at the office of Mr. J. C. Wilcox. The principal compartment in…

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Grafton Butter Factory

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 5

The prospectus for the above is issued, accompanied by application forms; and we understand will be placed in the hands of the subscribers during the coming week. A…

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POULTRY. How to Start a Poultry Farm. I (Written for the Examiner by J. MCCUR, "Moorside."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 3

IN commencing a poultry farm for profit the first thing that is required is houses to accommodate the fowl, and these should be so constructed that, whatever the number of…

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Dairy Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 3

HAND-MADE AND FACTORY BUTTER.—As between the two systems—home-made and Factory-made butter—it is evident that the Factories can afford to pay the supplier as…

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The Dairying Industry. Value of Floods.—£120,000 Lost Through Neglect. Restoration of Land

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 8

£150 A WEEK is now being extracted from weeds growing in flooded corn fields in and about Ulmarra. Plainly, this means that during the lost 20 years those farmers have…

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POULTRY. Farmers' Poultry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 3

BEFORE commencing this paper, I would call the attention of'my readers to a paragraph in the report of poultry farms in the July number of the Agricultural Gazette. If…

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Assisting Butter Export

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 8

IN the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Fuller asked the Minister for Agriculture what steps the Government proposed taking in regard to assisting the export trade of butter, as…

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System of Crop Reporting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 8

IT will be remembered that some time back the Agricultural Department took the initiatory steps in the establishment of a system of crop reporting, upon somewhat similar…

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Grafton Butter Factory

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 4

A plan has been submitted for a crossing over A[?]mny Crock, at Mr. Leonard's. As the trustees named by the Member have refused to accept the responsibility, it is expected that…

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Shorthorn Cattle for Newbold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 8

DURING the past week, by the Kallatina, there passed through Grafton, en route to Newbold station, four very choice pure-bred Shorthorns, purchased by Mr. W. A. B…

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The Working Dairy at the Royal Dublin Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 3

THE dairy presented an attractive appearance, being, filled with every, imaginable appliance for the improvement of modern dairying. The Laval separator were all for…

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AGRICULTURIST & GRAZIER The Experimental Farms on the Richmond

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 3

THE action of the Department in recalling the managers of the experimental farms on the Richmond points to the fact that these institutions are to be abandoned. The…

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School of Mines for The Clarence. Model and Experimental Farmus

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY NIGHT.—A deputation interviewed the Minister for Mines this afternoon, with reference to the establishment of a School of Mines and Model and Experimental Farms in the neighbourhood of…

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Dairy Notes. The Cow that Makes the Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 3

THE man who believes that in any one of the many dairy breeds lies all the superiority of milk and butter production, or that it lies necessarily in any pure breed, must be not a…

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