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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Wheat and Butter Export

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 3

NEVER in the history of New South Wales has there been in December so favorable a prospect for the agriculturalist and…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 5

THE commercial agent in London, Mr. C. C. Lance offers some hints to our butter producers, Writing from London on November 13, he stated that…

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Cottage at Experimental Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 4

Plans and specifications for a new cottage to be erected on the Beliudagarbar Experimental Farm are on View at the Court House. The dwelling will have a neat…

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Illawarra Dairy Cattle

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 4

THE following notes on the foundat-ion of the Illawarra cattle have been supplied by breeders in the Dapto district:—About the year 1846 two…

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Good Dairy Cattle

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

A CONTRIBUTOR to the Ballina BEACON Writes:— One hears so many opinions, criti-cisms, and comparisons concerning…

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Good Cane Crops

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

DURING the past few days some very good cane returns from crops cut this season, have been brought under our notice. One of these was grown by…

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Dairying V. Cane-growing

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

THE R. R. HERALD, which loses no opportunity of condemning the sugar industry, comments in its usual mis-leading manner upon our statement…

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The Maize Crops

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 4

FROM all parts of the Clarence come reports of excellent maize crops, and if present prospects are borne out, the returns should be about a record for the Clarence. At all events, barring…

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Southampton Dairy Factory Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

A meeting of shareholders was held at the School of Arts, South Grafton, on Wednesday, to consider the position of the company. Mr. C. Suhwinghuiumcr (chairman…

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Commercial. Successful Farmers' Co-operative Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

The seventh half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held on, Tuesday, 60 farmers being present. The balance sheet showed a not credit for the six months ended…

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Meeting of Dairymen

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 3

Between 70 and 80 dairymen, mostly suppliers to the New South Wales Factory, were present at the meeting held at Lismore last Wednesday night to…

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The Maize Crop

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

The present maize crop is regarded on every hand as the most prolific ever known on the Clarence, and, given favourable weather for another month,…

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Dairying Industry

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

Speaking at the half-yearly meeting of the Byron Bay Butter Company, the Chairman of Directors, Mr. Alcorn, said, as many of the shareholders were aware, the proposed…

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Butter and the Cow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

Experience has revealed that the cow giving the best percentage of butter-fat also consumes less food in proportion than the poorer article. The best yielders seem to…

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Butter as a Medicine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

Butter is so common a commodity that people use it and scarcely ever think what wonderful value lies at their hand in the pats of dainty yellow cream fat…

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Farmer and Citizen

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The neighbors were discussing matters after the election meeting, and as the candidate had been speaking in a very patronising tone about the…

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Stale Butter in London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 1

The London butter market continues to fall steadily, and another reduction of 3 kroner in the official price at Copenhagen has brought the…

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Dairy Returns

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 4

LAST month the Grafton Dairy Company treated 49,080 gallons of milk, which averaged 3.6; the chura results being 24.1 lb milk to 1 lb of butter. The butter, including that exported, averaged over…

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N. Z. Dairy Regulations

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 8

Regulations for dairymen in New Zealand appear to bo moro strict than in this State, if we may judge from the following extract from the NEW…

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Commercial. Manufacture and Handling Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 4

Writing to the Secretary of the Clarence Dairymen's Association, the General Manager of the Fresh Food und Ice Company says: I notice from the returns published…

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