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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

338 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 17

Dairymen's 'Association

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

A MEETING of delegates was held on Tuesday Present--Messrs. Varloy (ahairmau), M'Millan, Ross, Leeson, Morrison, Baillie, Henderson, M Iutosh, Beatson, and Yoole, Mr…

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The Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—The markets is feeling, the effects of the drought, and still more the speculative spirit of holders. From the Northern rivers, Victoria, and Queensland…

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Clarence Dairymen's Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

A meeting of delegates was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday. Present—Messrs. G. H. Tarley (president), D. Baillie (v.p.), Copmanhurst; A. Rosa, Palmer's Island; T. M'Intosh, Contt's…

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Cattle Judges

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

At the meeting of tho committee of tho L.C. Agricultural Society on Saturday some amusement was caused by the reading of a letter from a gentleman who had been asked to act as a…

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Dairy Returns

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

BRUSHGROVE Dairy Company paid 21/8d on a 3.6 basis, the average test being 3.5 ; 19,143 gallons of milk were treated. The now Alpha Laval separator is working satisfactorily…

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A Good Cattle Cross

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 3

The well-known "blended" cattle of Tenterfield station are largely the resale of an accidental crossing of the Devon on Shorthorn. Mr. W. H. Walker attributes his success in producing his…

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The Price of Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 5

"The Fresh Food and Ice Company and the Creamery Company have risen the price of butter to 10d. Neither of these companies were party to the recent reduction from 9d to 3½d…

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Australian Butter Condemned

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 3

IT was, perhaps, too much to expect that the present season would pass without some bench Of magistrates being asked to fine some seller of Australian butter for it containing boric acid,…

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The Price of Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—Mr. Meares, in his letter appearing in your issue of Tuesday concerning the price of butter, states: "And while on the Clarance I found the F.F, and I. Co's, butter selling at the…

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Agricultural Notes. the Maize Crops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

The early maize is evidently turning out better than was anticipated, judging from the weekly export from the river. The dry weather at…

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Agricultural Notes. How to Make the Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 2

Hitting a cow with a fence rail will not break her off the kicking habit. She does not kick because she is naturally vicious, but because things…

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Bad Butter Saved

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 6

A NEW method of turning rank butter into good was tried lately at Cork. The process is started by all the butter being melted down into an oil in a large hot water jacket tank, and when in…

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The Maize Industry. Important to Farmers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES maize growers have of late taken up arms against what they term the present speculative and unsatisfactory system of maize-selling…

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The "Cattle-duffers." [From "Illustrated Bits."]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 3

Stories of the bash, eh? Well, my head in crammed foll of them. If any man living ought to know what he's talking about when this subject crops up, I ought. I put in three-and-twenty years…

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More Cattle

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 2

THE City of Grafton brought several head of valuable stock to the river on Thursday, in addition to the usual instalment of South Coast cattle on the way to the Richmond, Twelve…

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A "Cattle Queen."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 6

Mrs. Nat Collins, of Montana, is a great 'Cattle Queen,' and presents a picturesque figure of the rare and perfect Western type which is so…

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Cattle for the Richmond

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 2

AT the sale of Messrs. M'Lelland's dairy herd, near Milton, several buyers from the Richmond River were present, and most of the young stock were purchased for that district. The first lot of…

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Conference of Farmers Unions. at Grafton on

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 4

A conference of Farmers Unions will be held at Grafton to-morrow. This is the first occasion that a conference of the kind has been fixed in the North Coast, but they…

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Notable Butter Yields in Victoria

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

THE melbourne LEADER has received some remarkable figures concering the butter returns from a herd of cows belonging to Mr. C. Cox, of Bloomfield, in West Gippsland. THe average…

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Dairy Returns

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

THE F.F. and I. Company paid 3½d on a 36 test for the five weeks ending March 31, the average test being 3'65. Palmer's Island Dairy Company treated 19,433 gallons milk, from which the…

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