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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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Dairymen and the Butter Fat Test

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. C. W. Bowyer-Smith, Sutton Forest, draws attention to a very peculiar practice in the manufacture of butter: -- "Dairymen who are in…

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British Wheat Imports

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

So much is made of the tremendous wheat crops of Canada that it comes as a surprise to learn from the unquestionable authority of The Times that the…

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London Butter Market. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

The London butter market is quiet and weaker. Choicest New South Wales butter is quoted at from 94s to 98s per cwt…

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Co-operation in the Butter Trade

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

GIVING evidence before the Butter the Butter Commission the other day Mr.Fairbairn said the only way that co-operative factories would over succeed…

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Wool [?]Umdoloo Fish Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

[?] IS TO IS 3D PER [?] [?] Supplies of other fish were [?] the [?] from yesterday, and with searcely good demand, Schnapper, none; bream, 4s to 5s…

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World's Fair Dairy Competition

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

THE dairy coe competition at the St. Louis Exhibition— the greatest event of its kind ever held—has concluded, and Professor James Long,…

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A Farmer's Grievances

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 3

A Farmer writes: I have been interested in the endeavour on the part of the Goveemnent to settle people on the land. If the prospective settler on either private or…

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The Question of Grading Dairy Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. F. N. R. Meadows, manager for Pearson and Rutter, Ltd., London, on being asked to give his opinion as to what grading had done for the butter industry in…

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Dairying in New Zealand. (Republished from "Sydney Mail.")

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 3

This, my third letter, is written in Sydney, at home, where I arrived last week after what may be fairly termed hard graft. My voyage, as…

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Special Messages. Immense Damage by Bush Fires. Many Settlers Ruined. a Dairy Hero Destroyed. Several Lives Lost. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 5

Immenso damage by fire was caused near Avoca, in Victoria. Four hundred settlers checked the progress of the fire but not before losing heavily, It is reported that…

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Large Quantity of Wheat Destroyed. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 5

The railway authorities estimate that between 50,000 and 60,000 bags of wheat have been destroyed, on the Corowa line…

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Farm, Field and Dairy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

Any kind of succulent food will assist digestion and render all other foods more beneficial. Carrots do not contain much solid matter,…

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Butter Commission. Sydney Witnesses Examined. the Co-operative System. Remarkable Means of Profit

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 6

The following culled from the Melbourne Argus should prove of interest to all interested in the dairying industry : --…

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Farm Gossip. Soot as a Fertiliser -- Cutting Maize for Ensilage -- Preparing Seed Potatoes -- The Proper Selection of Seed Maize

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

I am always advocating the use of soot as a fertiliser. An instance in which the influence of this fertiliser on some gooseberries and tomato…

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Farming in Denmark

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 3

THE great majority of the farms in Denmark are small—ranging from 3 or 6 to 24 acres. The people are contented with small…

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Copra and Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

A remarkable demand has recently been made for copra in Europe, as the result of French chemists solving the problem of rendering delectable the substitute of…

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The Butter Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5

An interesting return has been furnished to the Director of Agriculture by Mr. Crowe, the Victorian dairy expert, showing the exports of perishable produce from Victoria…

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Pastoral Leases and Occupation Licenses

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

Up to the year 1885 the whole of the unsold lands outside town and suburban limits were, brondly,speaking, held under pastoral lense. Lessees, however, although…

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Returns to Dairy Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

The statement to the effect that suppliers to a butter factory have boen refused statements showing their tests indicates, that some dairy farmers are very regardless of…

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Dairying in New Zealand. (Republished from "Sydney Mall.") (No. 4.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

Last week the views of farmers, factory managers, and directors of co-operative dairy companies were given. The information was obtained with considerable…

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