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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Clarence Pioneer Dairy Co

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 2

"Correspondent "writes:-- " Your Ulmarra correspondent makes an ingenious and perhaps, to his mind, a smart reply to my criticism on the C.R.P.D. Co.'s finances…

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Judging Dairy Cattle. Judging uy the Point System

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. Frank M'Caffrey, manager for Messrs. Waugh and Josephson, dairy and refrigerating engineers, Brisbane, is well known as a keon judge…

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The Wheat Standard

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 4

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce has decided that the weight of a bushel of this season's wheat of fair quality shall be from 61 to 61¼, the lower weight being that of wheat…

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Farmers' Union

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 2

A circular has been issued by Mr. T. T. Bawden general secretary for the Farmers' Union, to the various branches as follows: With a view of enlisting further support to the Union, I would…

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Farm Produce Prices

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

It is rather interesting to compare prices which farm produce made 100 years ago with those of to-day. An old document says that in the year…

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Brushgrove Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 8

The annual meeting of shareholders, held at Brushgrove on Saturday, was attended by about twenty besides the directors, Messrs. Henderson, Flatley, Davis and Chisholm…

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Butter Co

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

THE secretary (Mr. F. R. H. Baker) of the Bellinger Butter Co., informs us that during the month of January last 12,910 lbs. cream and 19,718 lbs. milk were treated at the…

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Economical Dairymen

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 3

IT is an odd fact that Denmark, the butter-making country of the world, bought from the United States last year 35,000,000lb, of oleo oil, with which to make oleomargarine, and that the…

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A Farmer's Grievance

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 3

MR. McKEEVER, of Tatham, makes a very sorrow. ful statement in regard to shipping arrangements between the Richmond and Sydney, and the consequences to those who work the land. He says he…

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Advice to Farmers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 3

A FARMER writing in the Stock Journal pointedly remarks :-Happily, the fiscal question shall no longer divide us in our deliberations about land legislation. The question…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Breeding for Milk

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

An American dairy journal draws attention to a side of the question of breeding for milk which is not often considered by breeders. It is well known to every breeder that…

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Stud Farms in Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

The much discussed establishment of stud farms in Australia for the primary purpose of securing to the Empire an ample supply of horse-flesh in time of war has led up to…

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The Farmers' Co-operative Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 4

The first annual meeting of this institution was held in Kiama yesterday, Sir William Mo'Millan in the chair. A Batlifaotory report was presented and a dividend of 5 per cent, together with a…

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Fat Cattle Weights

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 4

THE heaviest beast at the recent Birmingham show was a "blue-grey" crossbread (Shorthorn and Polled Angus) exhibited by Mr. R. Radcliff, of Cumberland. At the age of three vears and…

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A Farmer's Collapse

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 8

MR. WILLIAM LONG, a farmer, pursues his daily toil at Warksworth, near Singleton. "He is," remarks a contemporary, "now of middle age, hale, hearty and vigorous," "A few years ago…

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Sanitary Farming

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

A very sensible suggestion made by Mr. Henry Richmond, of Lytham, in a Manchester paper, deserves the widest possible publicity (says Land and Water). It is that…

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Agrigultural and Pastoral. Danger of Interbreeding

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 3

The moral law laid down by the ancient moralists made it a crime to breed an animal to its progeny. It even forbade to use the ewe's milk to cook a lamb or a kid in (writes…

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Appalling Mortality in Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 5

Mr, J. Henderson, of Milton, Queensland, gives some explanation of the terrible times which the pastoralists are experiencing in the back blocks. The writer states "I have just reached home after…

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MrBale's Experimental Farm Improvement in Cowpea Manuring

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 4

A FEW days ago we were afforded an opportunity of inspecting Mr. Bale's experimental farm on Wombin Island, and the pleasure of an interview with Mr. Rale regarding has experimental work…

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The Harbor Trust the New Harbor Dues. How They Will Affect Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

THE wharf resumptions by the State are evidently not going to be an unmixed blessing. The producer who ships his produce to the Sydney market will do so with the full…

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