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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 16

Clarence Farmers' Union

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council of the Clarence F. P. and C. Union was held at Brushgrove on Saturday. The delegates present were Messrs. T. See(in the chair) and W. A. Zuill (Lower…

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Champion Dairy Cow

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 4

THE FARM and DAIRY in a recent issue says: 'Mr. Dougherty, of Chatsworth Island, has a great milker in Maud, a pure bred shorthorn 5 years old. Her daily yield last summer was 6…

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Clarence River Farmers' and Producers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 4

A meeting of members was held at Brushgrove on Saturday; Mr. T. See, V.P., in the chair. There were about 15 members present. The annual meeting was fixed for…

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Regulating the Butter Trade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 3

Before the factory system of daliying became general in New South Wales it was usual to arrange matters so that the calves were dropped late in the winter, in order that the cows should…

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Southampton Dairy Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

The annual meeting of shareholders was held in the South Grafton School of Arts on Wednesday evening. Mr. D. Beatson presided, and there were about twenty…

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Dairy Herd Book

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 3

We understand that Mr. G. H. Varley intends to urge the C.P. and A. Society's Council to amend the rules and regulations now in force in connection with the Society's Herd book, and with the…

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AGRICULTURIST & GRAZIER. Dairying in Denmark

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 3

Mr. J. L. Green says, in the "London Daily Mail," in regard to how Denmark developed and fostered her dairy industries—"Prior to the year 1860 little had been done for the improvement of…

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Menace to the Dairying Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 8

Mr. H. Pateson writes in the Herald: Rumour has it (and in this case, I think, with truth) that margarine is being manufactured in Sydney, and sold as butter; and…

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Dairy Appliances

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1898 · page 3

The English Royal Agricultural Show was opened at Birmingham on June 18, and the following are among the most striking novelties…

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The Farmer's Horse

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 4

Farmer Blake had bought a cast cavalry charger, a fine-looking bay, which had quite a dashing appearance in the farmer's buggy. And very well pleased was Mr. Blake with his…

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The Dairying Industry. in Two Parts. Part I.

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 3

ON the 6th April, in the West Maitland Town Hall, Mr. J. W. Boag gave one of a series of readings organised by the committee of the Hunter River…

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Margarine and Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

A deputation, representing butter exporting companies and others, waited on the President of the Board of Health on Friday to ask that some enactment should be passed…

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Co-operative Dairying

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 8

In a letter to the " Bega Standard," Mr. Meares, of the "South Coast" Company, says it will doubtless be remembered that, at the invitation of his company, the…

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Book Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

H. J. Ramsey writes:—A writer lately in the public press sneeringly alludes to book farming in the same article that he is presumably trying to put forth a little book farming on his own…

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Pioneer Dairy Company, Ltd

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 3

THE half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Pioneer Dairy Company, limited, was held in the Gaiety Theatre, Ulmarra, on Saturday afternoon. The directors, the secretary, the…

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Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 8

He half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above Company was held at Capp's hall, Ulmarra, on Saturday. Mr. Retallick, chairman of the Board, presided, and there…

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The Clarence Dairymen's Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 4

Mr. Editor.—I have received a circular from the Association, inviting me to take part in a meeting to bring about a concentration of the producers of milk. This is a step in the…

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Wastes on the Farm. From The Rural Australian

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 2

One of the things most forcibly impressing the merchant who feels a desire to return to the cultivation of the soil is the waste and leakage…

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Clarence Farmers' Union. Annual Meeting

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 5

THE second annual general meeting of the C.F.P, and C Union was held at Grafton on Wednesday. Mr. T. Hadfield (President) occupied the chair, and there was a representative attendance of about 35…

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The Dairying Industry. BY J. W. BOAG, Mclville, Went Maitland. Part Ii

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 4

A great advance has been made in what, may be called the factory system, in which the dairy farmers send their cream to one centre to be converted into…

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