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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Irish Butter in Australia

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

THE F.F. and I. Co. recently obtained an original package of Irish butter in cool chamber from London, with a view to seeing how butter from the other side would land in Australia…

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Marketing of Farm Produce

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

A MEETING of the delegates appointed by the Farmers' Union to devise a scheme for a bettor method of marketing produce was held at Kempsey on the 15th instant…

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Clarence Farmer's Union

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

A MEETING of the Council of the C.F.P. and C. Union was held in the Council Chambers, Maclean, on Saturday. The delegates present were: Mr. T. Hadfield (president), Carr's…

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The Dairying Industry. to the Editor of the Raleigh Sun

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 2

SIR,—You will doubtless think I have been rather long-winded in sending you more dairy news ; but, unlike Mr. Barr's usual custom, we were not paid for our…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 5

The fifth annual meeting of shareholders was hold in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening. About 25 shareholders were present, and Mr. G. H. Varley (Chairman of the Board of Directors) presided…

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Butter in London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

A correspondent writes from London:—The butter market has suffered a considerable fall in prices, and especially is this reduction marked in the Australian products. The…

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A Wool-Ganger in Trouble

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 4

A WOOL-GANGER, of No. 4 Globe-Street, Circular Quay, by the name of Arthur Andrew Belfitt, interviewed the other day by a reporter, sated that he had for a long time been a terrible martyr…

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Palmer's Island Dairy Co. First Annual Mooting

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 3

THE first annual mooting of the shareholders in the Palmer's Island Dairy Company was held at .Palmer's Island on Saturday afternoon. There were about 40 shareholders in attendance and…

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The Passing of the Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

John Fallow was a farmer free— No mortgage on his land; Of years he'd just turned fifty-three. Yet work ne'er stayed his hand;…

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London Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 5

SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—London advices state that the market for Australian butter has broken up, with the result that prices fell four shillings in a week. There exists,…

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Share System of Farming

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

A VICTORIAN reports that, at a low estimate, it is expected that over 20,000 bags or grain will be taken off the Dhurringile Estate this harvest. The average per aero will be five bags of wheat…

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Farmer's Residences

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 6

AT a meeting addressed by Mr.J.L.Thompson recently, the speaker said residences of farmers should have as pleasant surroundings as possible, He instanced two men in equal circumstances…

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Butter Fat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

It is pretty well settled that the great value of butter fat lies in its peculiar nourishment of the brain and nervous system. The butter fat of cows, when the animal is not in gestation, is composed…

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Cattle Ticks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

MR. EDITOR.—Referring to the correspondence appearing on the question of the tick plague, perhaps my experience on animal parasites will be interesting, and allay…

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Wheat Shipment

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

Consequent upon the action of the Millers' Association not to pay more than 4s a bushel for New South Wales wheat, arrangements were made by some local speculators to send…

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Agriculturist & Grazier, Threatened Exodus of Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

A gentleman who was farming in different parts of Queensland for 25 years, has written a letter to the Minister of Agriculture warning farmers against leaving Victoria for the northern colony…

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The Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

The correspondent of the S. M. Herald writes from London on January 7th: It is very disappointing to have to record another fall in the butter market, so far as Australia…

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Export of Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The export of butter to London has fallen off very considerably of late, although, however, supplies are scarcely so large as a month or two back…

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Ulmarra Dairy Company

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the C.R.P. Dairy Company was held at Ulmarra on Saturday. There was an attendance of about 250 shareholders and suppliers, and over 100 others…

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Clarence Pioneer Dairy Factory, Limited

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

The usual half-yearly meeting of this Company was held in the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. Retallick presided, and there were on the platform the…

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