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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Agriculturist & Gra[?]zier. Dairying on the North Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 3

"Whatever praise may be due to other localities on the North Coast as being suitable for dairying purposes, at is clear to my mind that in a few years…

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The Wheat Harvest

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 4

After all the complaints about the destructive effects of the dry weather in October and November on the wheat fields, the average yield of wheat for the whole colony…

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The Dairying Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 4

Speaking in New Zealand this week, Lord Hampden expressed the opinion that there is a danger of overdoing the dairying industry in the colonies. I have held a similar opinion…

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Butter Factory

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

MR. GEORGE BARR, who contemplates starting a butter factory at Bellingen, has requested us to state that he will be here next week, and, if the farmers are still of the same…

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The Dairying Industry

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

TO THE EDITOR OF THE RALEIGH SUN. SIR,—As one deeply interested in the dairying industry, I read in to-day's issue of year valuable paper a letter signed…

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Notes and Comments. Lord Hampden on Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales recently addressed the Maorilander on the topic of butter. He said that he was not altogether certain that Australasia was…

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Clarence River Dairymen's Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

A meeting of representatives was held at the Council Chambers yesterday; Mr. G. H. Varley (of the Grafton Dairy Co.) presiding. There were also present—Messrs. E. Yoole,…

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Dairy Cattle

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 2

THE s.s. Rosedale brought another shipment of dairy cattle, last week, for Mr. F. T. Matlhews, J.P., for the Raleigh Estate. One yearling bull and twelve heifer comprised the…

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Sheep Board Directors

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 5

The following circular has been sent to the Chairman of the Board of Sheep Directors at Grafton. Sydney, 12th January, 1898…

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The Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

The London correspondent of the S. M. Herald writes:— It has been one of the just complaints of Australasian shippers of butter that their…

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Treatment of Rancid Butter

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

WHEN butter turns rancid (says LE BULLETIN), it may be made good again in the following way:—Put the rancid butter into water containing from 20 to 30 drops of chloride of lime to…

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Dairy Returns

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

THE F.F. and I. Co. produced 147,990 lbs of butter at Grafton for the month ending January 2. The product for the half-year was 532,366 lbs; and for the year, 1,06[?],654 lbs…

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Bellingen Butter Factory

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 2

ONLY about a dozen persons attended the public meeting in connection with the proposed butter factory at Bellingen on Saturday last. Mr. Geo. Barr, of Bowra, who purposes…

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Tales of Outlaws. [Copyright.] Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. Selected from the DAiry and the Correspondence of an Old Colonist. the Grim Cape Outlaws. Part Vii

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 4

For more than six months after this the fugitives remained in their wild and gloomy retreat, and several times each day they ascended the cliffs to see if a…

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Yield of Butter From Milk of Varying Richness

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

In reply to inquiries, we publish the following letter addressed "Farm and Home"—I notice in your August issue a table setting forth the number of pounds of milk required to make 1lb. of butter,…

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A Farm Partnership

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 6

Two men, one an Irishman, the other a German, were joint owners of a farm in California, and cultivated it harmoniously for some years. At…

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Dairy Items

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

The first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Palmer's Island Dairy Company is to be held on saturday. The company has been in operation but a cople of months, and the…

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Agriculturist & Grazier. Pure-bred Fowls for Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Pettipher, a well-known authority on poultry, writes to "Mark Lane's Express Almanac," 1898:—Most of those who advise…

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Farmers' and Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

We are in receipt of the prospectus of this Society, formed in Sydney on the lines of the English and Scottish co-operative societies…

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Farmers, Producers, and Commercial Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 5

A meeting of the Council of the Clarence Farmers, Producers and Commercial Union was held at Maclean on Saturday. Present— Messrs. T. Hadfield (President), Carr's Creek;…

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