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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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The Wool Arch

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 5

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London Butter Market

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

ADVICES from London dated November 23 states:— Up to now the demand for Australian butter has not at any time this season been as brisk as was expected, and the main reason for this is…

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To Keep Butter Hard

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 8

Is there anything more distressing during summer months to the housewife than oily butter? Nothing, unless it is flies, and these she can dispense with by care and patience. Oily butter…

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Coffee, Millet, and other New Crops

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 4

MR JOHN BALE writes that 94131bs of coffee berries have been collected from his trees this summer, and there are yet about 2000 more on the trees. Tho Liberian coffee seeds from Fiji…

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Farmers and Labourers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

Agriculturists are wroth with the Government for fixing a minimum wage of 7s per day for the "professional" labourer, thus at once destroying the inviclable law of supply and demand that…

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Orara Co-operative Dairy Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 8

A meeting of the Provisional Directors was held at Coramba on Saturday. Mr. John Lee presiding. Correspondence between the Secretary and the Farmers' Co-operative Co. regarding the terms of…

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Prize Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 3

Mr. J. Metzer describes in the American Agriculturist how he makes prize butter. He uses good milk only. The milk is heated in the…

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Local and General News. Special Dairy Stock Prize

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

THE proprietary of the ADVOCATE has offered a special prize of £1 10s first and 10s second, for the best pea of dairy srock to be exhibited at…

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Clearing Boer Farms

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT with the N.S.W. forces writes:—We then went to the Vaal, traversing country that has now become familiar, and over which we have travelled time after time…

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Dairy Returns

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 3

PALMER'S ISLAND Dairy Co. paid suppliers 3 1-16d on a 36 test last month, the average being 3-3. 65611b. butter was produced. The directors decided to invite tenders for the surplus skim milk…

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Dairy Inspectors

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 3

According to the following, Victoria is aiming high in the matter of qualifications for dairy inspectors. The following are the proposed…

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Bellinger Butter Co

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 2

CONSIDERING the continuous dry weather the operations at this company's factory at Raleigh for the month of December last have been of a satisfactory character, and the…

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The Export Butter Trade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 3

Writing to the Daily Telegraphy Mr. H. Pateson says: Your excellent leader in last Thursday's paper will, I feel satisfied, meet with the general approval of business men…

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Dairying on the North Coast

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 1

Speaking at a picnic at Berry, on Tuesday, Mr. Fegan, Minister for Agriculture, in prop[?] "Prosperity to the district of Illawarra," said he bad been advised when in the north, to visit two…

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For the Dairyman. Facts Worth Noting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 2

Under this heading, Mr. G. S. Thomson, Government Dairy Inspector for South Australia, advises as follows:— A change from dry to succulent foot…

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Badly Packed Butter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 8

Owing to the accident to the Orient liner Ormuz the Government cool stores in Victoria new hold over a thousand tons of butter, valued at £100,000, of which 600 tons come from New…

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Dairying in Denmark

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 8

SPEAKING to an interviewer in Sydney last week, his Lordship Dr. Doyle said : "The Danes appear to be the most economic people in Europe as to the management of their lauds. There are…

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Orara Co-operative Dairy Coy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 5

A meeting of the provisional dircotors was held at Caramba on Saturday, Mr, T, J, Jarrett is the chair. The Secretary read a letter from the Raleigh…

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Our Butter in England

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 3

EVERY practical man that comes from Australia to London, and who makes any inquiry as to the handling of Australian perishable produce in the London docks, and on its way to the cold…

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Fishy Butter Experiments. An Important Discovery

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY, —Mr. O'Callaghan, dairy expert to the Agricultural Department, reports having made a discovery which is of great importance to butter-makers not only here but…

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