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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Clarence River Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 8

A meeting of Council was held at Grafton on Saturday. Present — Messrs. James M'Callum, Coldstream (chair); T. Donelly, Chatsworth; A. Short, T. See, Lower…

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Pitt Town Labour Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 4

The glory of this place has departed, and the time cannot be far distant when the farm will be abandoned. It was, as some of your readers will doubtless remember, established…

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Danish Butter Salting

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 4

In Denmark, as soon as the buttermilk has been removed the butter is weighed, in order to calculate the amount of salt required, and the salt is worked in at this time, usually on the butter…

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London Butter Market

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

THE agricultural statistics of Great Britain, so far as the number of live stock, etc., in Great Britain is concerned, were published on June 4 From these it is seen there is an increase in…

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Preservatives in Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 4

Some of the wholesale buyers in England of Australian butter have uttered a warning against the use of preservatives in the produce exported from the colonies. They…

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Mr. O'Callagham on Dairying

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 3

Last week, in the Maitland Town Hall, the tenth gathering conducted by the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural Association for the consideration of agricultural matters, took place…

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Farmers' Union

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 2

Meetings of the sub-committees appointed by the Council of tho above Union to arrange for a conference with John See and Co. regarding the details of the Union agency, and to consider the…

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Farming as a Profession for Women. An Example from Belgium

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 2

Mrs. Virginia Crawford contributes to the "Contemporary Review" a capital article on "Englishwomen and Agriculture." Mrs. Crawford…

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Dairymen's Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 4

Mr. Editor.—The benefits which dairymen have received lately through having margarine placed on the market as margarine, and not as butter, must tend to harden our…

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C. R. Farmers' Union. Amalgamation of Branches

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

A social to celebrate the amalgamation of the Alumny Creek, Carrs' Creek and Grafton branches of the Union, under what is henceforth to be known as the Great Marlow Branch, was held at…

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Co-operation Among Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 3

Referring to the subject of co-operation the Macleay Argus writes:—A co-operative concern has been formed on the Richmond, which is named the Ballina Co-operative Refrigerating…

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By-products of the Dairy. [From the "Agricultural Gazette."]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 3

Experience shows that in most lines of manufacture there are waste products, and upon the careful management of these often depends the difference between profit and loss in the business…

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Agricultural Notes. Clarence Dairymen's Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 3

Mr. Editor.—It is gratifying to learn from the columns of your paper that the Executive of the Association intend inviting owners of private separators to a conference, and the invitation…

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Dairy Supervision Act

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

FRESH regulations have been issued respecting one or two particulars in the administration of the Act, which are a modification of those formerly in existence. One of these refers to the…

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A Cool Dairy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 3

Here is the description of a cool dairy, which was very reasonable in cost, and is most successful in operation. The walls are made…

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The Crops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

After all, there is to be a pretty good harvest in New South Wales this year. At any rate, that is the opinion of the Railway Commissioners, and they are in a position to…

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Stock Returns and Dairy Registration

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 2

It is well, perhaps, to remind dairymen that the Dairies Supervision Act requires them, to register their dairies every year, and this must be done before the 31st instant. Forms can be…

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By-products of the Dairy. (Continued from Saturday's Issue.) Skim-milk As Feed for Domestic Animals

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 3

Next to human food, the most profitable use to which skim-milk can be applied is in feeding domestic animals of various kinds. (1) Skim-milk gives the best returns when fed to very young…

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Agricultural Notes. Winter Crops of Potatoes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the C.P. and A. Society, an assertion was made that it did not pay to grow potatoes in winter on the Clarence. In reply to this opinion it was stated that a Middle Clarence…

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By-products of the Dairy. (Continued from Saturday's issue.) Sources, Composition and Uses of Whey

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 3

Whey is the by-product of dairying remaining to be considered, with its uses. When cheese is made from milk, whether the milk be skimmed…

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