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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

233 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12

How to Save the Farmers From R[?]in

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1893 · page 3

Mr. J. BOYD KINNEAR is one of the most interesting writers upon agriculture that we have at the present day. He writes well to begin with,…

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Dairy Notes. Butter Factory at Copmanhurst

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 3

A MEETING of those favourable to establising a better factory at Copmanhurst was held in the School-of Arts, Copmanhurst, on Tuesday. The chairman (Mr. David Baillie)…

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DAIRYING. Maize Growing versus Dairying. Maize at 2s per Bushel, Milk at 3d per Gallon. Substantial Balance in Favor of Dairying. Milk v. Horse and Cattle Breeding

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 8

A CONTENTION frequently raised by the maize grower when asked to go in for dairying, is that it does not pay on the fertile farms of the river like maize production. It…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 4

A MEETING of the Directors was held on Saturday. A letter was ordered to be sent to the firm of Messrs. Tangyes (limited), certifying to the very satisfactory manner…

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The Bank Scare and the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 3

WHILE recent financial difficulties have been considered from a general standpoint, it may be of some importances to view how they affect the farmers. Mnny of our Clarenc…

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Linseed and Rape, as Australian Crops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 3

SEED crops offer special recommendations for Australian wheat farmers and dairymen and other who require feed to fatten. All of the oil seed bearing crops act excellently as…

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Dairy Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 3

THE manager of the Gulgong Dairy Company, gives trong testimony in favor of the advisableness of factories paying by results. He says:—"Payment for milk was again…

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A Profitable Bee Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 3

THE National Advocate of Bathurst, in an interesting report of Mr. Petersen's 10-acre farm at Wattle Flat, gives some figures which strongly favour the view that bee…

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[ESTABLISHED 1859.] the Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Saturday Morning, April 20Th, 1893. Union of Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 4

THE subject of Farmers' Unions is one that has not received very much active attention in this part of the colony. We allude, of course, to unions of a political…

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Proposed Butter Factory at Myrtle Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 8

A MEETING of selectors interested in starting a butter factory st Myrtle Creek, was held on Saturday afternoon at Greenstreet's hotel Mr. F..0. Henderson presided, and the…

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How Crops Gain hy Stirring the Soil

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 2

"THE advantages of surface cultivation are not always on the surface," the Stockbreeder (London) says, and the fact applies even with more force here than there. " Hoeing,…

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System of Crop Reports

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 8

WE understand that the system of crop re-; porting in connection with the Department of Agriculture, inaugurated in September last, has in consequence of retrenchment…

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Dairy Notes. Butter Export Trade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 3

ON Tuesday last a deputation waited on the PREMIER with reference to the Butter Export trade. The deputation represented three butter factories or thereabouts. The object…

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Onions as a Main Crop. How to Grow Onions for Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 3

WE have to acknowledge receipt of the following from Messrs. Arthur Yates and Co., seed inerchants and growwers, of Sydney, who write:—…

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Successful Farmers' Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 3

IN Westchester, Co., N.T., there is a most successful farmers' club. The meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month, at the homes of members who extend an…

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The Cane Crops on the Richmond. The Disease.—What is the Remedy? [From Our Co[?]rington Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 8

UP to date the cane has, despite the unfavorableseason made good progress, and although the area available for crushing this season may be somewhat cireumseribed, owing to…

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AGRICULTURIST & GRAZIER. Onions as a Main Crop. How to Grow Onions for Market. (Continued from last Saturday.) SEED

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 3

In this, as in every other crop, let "Reliable Seed" be your first consideration. You may comply with all the conditions as to climate, soil, cultivation, etc., but unless you sow seed…

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Grading Butter and Other Points

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 3

OUR Ulmarra correspondent writes: Our Victorian neighbours have kept up their reputation by having all butter examined prior to shipment. The Government expert…

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Australian Butter in London. The Opinion of an Expert

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, FRIDAY.—There is a diversity of opinion in London ns to which kind of salt is best for use in preparation of Australian butter for the London market. Mr…

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Dairy Notes. The Dairying Industry. Its Possibilities in the Future

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 3

Mr. EWING, M.P., has been addressing, through the columns of the Press, the dairymen and others along the railway line in his electorate, upon the dairying industry and…

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