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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Farmers'& Settlers' Association Deputation to the Premier. (By Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday Night—In pursuance of resolutions passed by the Farmers and Settlers, Association Conference, recently held at Dubbo, Mr. M'Inerny, President,…

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Cattle Thieving

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 2

A Richmond River correspondent writes: There has been many cattle missing from around Woodburn and Du[?]garubba lately, especially during…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Election Platform

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 3

The following platform was adopted at the Dubbo Conference:--1. Land settlement to be paramount over revenue, to include--…

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Cattle Stealing

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the R. R. HERALD that there has been a good many cattle missing from around Woodburn and Dungarubba lately, especially during the past month. Some of the…

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The Butter Trade

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 4

THUS the BULLETIN :—If there is one lesson that the Victorian Butter Commission—so far as it has gone—clearly teaches, it is the absolute…

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Stranded Farmers In the West. Proposed Exchange of Holdings. A Site Suggested in the North. (From Daily Telegraph.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

Some few months ago a deputation of wheat farmers from the Condobolin district urged Mr. Crick, as Minister for Lands, to arrange for an…

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Dairying In Denmark

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 3

Major Henry E. Alvord, the Chief of the Dairy Department of the United States Department of Agriculture, points out that while Denmark is…

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Came Crops on the Lower River

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 4

The one-year-old cane on the Lower Clarence is looking splendid, and is making great growth. Should frosts keep off during the remainder of this…

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Unsuccessful Farming

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

WHY is it that the yields of crops of today are so much less than these of past years? Why is it also that the quality of the crops is inferior? One answer to these two questions will fit both…

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Dairy Labor in Victoria

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 8

Touching the statements made in the Federal Parliment re farm wages and hours of labor, a correspondent of the Melbourne Age makes this surprising…

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Sheep Breeding. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 3

Reports from the various sheep districts show that over 6,650,000 lambs have been marked…

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Big Scrub Cattle Sales

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 1

A Richmond River correspondent to a Graf to a Grafton paper remarks that, not withstanding the low price of butter, dairy cows in milk are realising high prices. At one sale recently some cows…

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Butter, Maize, and Cane. (By Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday Night. — £607,000 worth of butter was exported to this State during the season. The output of the North Coast last year was 124,000…

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Land Settlement. Butter, Eggs, and Bacon Policy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Referring to the Government's land policy, the "Sunday Times" says that a settlement laid out on the chess-board system, with…

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Clarence Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 4

The annual general meeting of the Union is convened for next Saturday at Brushgrove, and a good meeting is assured, as the Union is now a fairly strong body,…

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North Coast Butter Company

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 4

At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the North Coast Co-operative Company, held at Byron Bay on Saturday, Mr. Alcorn,…

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Queensland Cattle Thieves

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 8

In the Queensland Legislative Assem-bly recently Mr.G.Martin, Member for Burr[?](formerly of Ballina), re-sumed the debate on the…

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Poultry Notes. Poultry As a Farm Crop

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 3

Let the reader look over the average crops per acre, and then compare them with poultry. First, let us consider what an…

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"Fishy" Butter

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

Some of the butter that has recently been exported to England, from New South Wales and Victoria arrived in a "fishy" condition, and the experts in London say,…

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Grass on Sheep's Back

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1904 · page 4

The sheep up Armidale way, a correspondent writes, " are taking no risks, and in case a drought should come along they intend to…

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