The Loss of our Maize Crop
IT is estimated that in 1891 the electorates of Grafton. The Clarence and the Richmond produced 1,800,000 bushels of maize. It is also stated that for the present year the prospects…
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Farming & the land, 1893
233 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 12
Stories From The Hills. No. I. How the Lochaber Cattle Thieves Fared in Strathspey
THE branch of Highland Railway, in course of construction between Aviemore and Inverness will, when completed, open up what has hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southampton Butter Factory
A MEETING of the directors was held on Monday last. The secretaries reported that there were unpaid calls amounting to £50 12s 6d, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Importations of Frozen Butter
THAT the British farmer will feel the effect of the importations of frozen butter, as he has already felt that of frozen mutton and beef, there can be no doubt whatever. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Notes. Dairying on the Clarence
To the farmers who have lost their crops by the floods—and this embraces a considerable number—dairying appears to be one of the speediest measures of obtaining a return…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kangaroo Farms
AT a recent meeting of the Tanners' and Curriers' Association a protest was entered against the continuance of the Noxious Animals Act (Pastures and Stock we suppose is meant) in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pioneer Dairy Company
THE adjourned extraordinary meeting of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co. was well attended last Saturday, showing that anything affecting the interests of the Company…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Notes. Expertation of Surplus Butter
At the export season for butter has terminated. the last shipments by the Parramatta" and "Cuz[?]o' (in all 1,112 boxes), were sent on the 6th and 13th (this was all packed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Authoress on Pastoral Interests
AFTER having devoted columns to the description of the agricultural and mineral resources of Queensland, Miss Shaw is now turning her able pen to the pastoral interest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hunter River Floods The Enormous Losses in Buildings, Cattle and Crops. The New Channel Cut by the River. (From the "Daily Telegraph's" Reporter.)
MAITLAND Monday, 9 p.m.—The floods are at last making a substantial subsidence East Maitland is virtually clear, though the waters continue to rush with a tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destruction of Crops by Floods
THE heavy floods that have swept the castern coast, of New South Wales during the current year will cause it to be long remembered by the farming population especially. N[?] one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brushgrove Butter Factory
THE postponed meeting for the appointment of directors was held on Saturday last. The report of the provisional directors— Messrs Alex. Campbell (chairman). J…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Opening of the Glenreagh Butter Factory
THE Glenreagh Butter Factory was formally opened on Saturday last; Mrs. Salmon, wife of the Manager, performing the interesting ceremony of breaking a bottle of milk on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[ESTABLISHED 1859.] the Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday Morning, March 21St, 1893. Butter Factories on the Clarence
THE opening of the fourth Butter Factory in this district is, under existing circumstances, of more than ordinary importance. Especially as indicative of the determination of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The English View of American Farmers
THE American farmer pays no rent, but as a rule he pays a much worse thing — interest on his mortgage. Farmers are often unable to pay the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Grafton Dairy [?]ompany. Opening of the Factory
THIS Factory, which is situate about 1½ miles from Grafton, on the bank of Alumny Creek near Mr. Irwin Leonard's, was opened on Saturday afternoon. There was an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Grafton Butter Factory
WE are indebted to the architect (Mr. George Finlay, jun.) for the following particulars of the Factory opened on Saturday. The building has a verandah fronting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ensilage for Dairying
AMONGST some interesting experiments in preparing, maize by ensilage for the winter feeding of milk cows, undertaken by experimenters in America, one farmer reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Notes
THE chief requisite to ensure success in dairy-funning is a good, reliable herd of miling cows. It is not numbers that pay-the dairyman, if the stock are not really good; for 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage by Recent Foods to Maize Crop
IN our issue of the 25th ultimo we deplored the loss of the maize crops on the Clarence, but congratulated our readers on the fact that in other parts of the colony, especially…
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