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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Room for Dairying

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 3

Within the Clarence watershed there is abundance of scope to extend dairying. Now that a considerable area of the North Coast lands have been taken up, attention…

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Agricultural Notes. Raising One's Own Dairy Herd

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 2

On this subject, which is yearly becoming more important to the dairy farmer, Mr. G. T. Truman, a very successful practical man, makes some interesting remarks in the…

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Pastoral Visit

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

THE Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, accompanied by the Rev. L. Nye, of Hillgrove, arrived at Bellingen on Thursday evening last. On the trip down, via Dorrigo, his…

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A Cattle Deal

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 6

IN the cattle-duffing days a New South Wales country stock-and-station agent was offered 200 head of cattle at £2 per head, and agreed to take delivery and pay cash. on a certain day,…

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Farmers and the Labor Party

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 6

HERE and there the generally dull-witted cockatoo farmer begins to wonder whether that "sturdy independence" with praise of which cunning politicians have tickled him is worth…

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Dairy Returns

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

THE export agreement having expired, local rates for all butter were paid by the F. F. and Ice Co. for the month ending February 25. The F. F. and I. Co. and Graf ton Dairy Co. paid suppliers…

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Clarence Dairymen's Association

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council was held on Tuesday. Mr. Va[?]ley in the chair. Representatives of Grafton, Southampton, Stockyard Creek, South Arm, Ch[?]t[?]worth, Brushgrove, Coutt's Cossing,…

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British Butter Markets

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 3

In the matter of the daisy industry of Australia the people of the United Kingdom are having their eyes very widely opened. It appears from a trade circular issued in London at the end of January…

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Clarence Dairymen's Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 2

The Branch delegates met at the Grafton Town Hall on Tuesday, when there were present: Mr. G. H. Varley (president), Mr. D. Baillie (V.P.), Mr. D. Beatson (treasurer),…

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The Butter Industry. The Australian Article Losing Its Reputation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 3

In Victoria it is generally held that the growing practice of separating cream with hand separators is the main cause of the large quantity of…

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Agricultural Notes. Farmers' and Producers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 3

A meeting of the Council of this body will be held on 24th instant. It is a regrettable fact to note that the interest in the Union is on the…

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A Penal Farm for Loafers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 4

The Government have decided to establish a penal farm for loafers. What is meant by penal? If the word is to be accepted in the ordinary literal way, then the farm is to be…

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The Butter Market

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

THE recent glut of Australian butter in the London market seems to have monopolised the attention English buyers for the time being The success…

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Dairying in Denmark

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 4

MR. CHARLES F. NEILSON, at the request of several persons interested in the Bundaberg Dairy Factory, wrote to his father, Mr. Peter Neilson, in…

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Curried Sheep's Head

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 7

Wash the head. Slice and fry an onion with an apple in loz of dripping, add a tablespoonful of curry powder, a pint of stock and salt to taste. Cut…

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Exportation of Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 3

A number of the south-western farmers in view of the surplus of wheat in the colonies have combined to send a shipment to London. Space…

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Local and General News. Proposed Butter Factory

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

A CONFERENCE of delegates from the directorates of the Co-operative creameries of Southgate, Lower Southgate, Brushgrove and Palmer's Island was held at Brushgrove on Friday in…

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A Good Dairy Cow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

A dairying journal in the Eastern States of America asks its readers to send in descriptions, in the fewest number of words, of what a good…

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Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 8

A meeting of Council was held on Saturday, Mr. W. Zuill (president) in the chair. There was a small attendance of delegates. A letter was read from the members for Grafton…

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Cattle Eating Ti-tree Bark

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3

SOME time ago Mr. A. Ritter, of Half-way Creek, wrote to the Member for the Clarence stating that there were numerous losses of stock in that locality due, he believed, to eating the bark of…

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