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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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A Farmer's Suicide. Sydney, Wednesday night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 5

William Fry, a farmer, 73 years of age, residing at Moruya, committed suicide by hanging himself in a barn He had suffered from neuralgia…

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Bellingen Butter Co

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 2

A meeting of shareholders of the Upper Bellinger Butter Company was held in the School of Arts, Bellingen, on Wednesday afternoon, when between 20 and 30 persons…

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Nambucca Dairy Co

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Nambucca Dairy Company who held in the School of Arts, Macksville, on Saturday, l6th inst. Mr…

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Wool for Japan

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Dr. Otake, Director of the State Woollen Mills in Tokio, who is on a visit to Sydney, says that it is not worth while for Japan to breed sheep…

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Queen's Model Dairy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 7

Alexandra, Queen of England, is a practical dairymaid. One of her greatest delights is making butter. And it is fine butter, too; much better than you would expect a…

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Small Farms in Japan

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 7

Japan is cut up by mountain ranges, so that only about one-tenth of the whole area is suitable for cultivation. The land under cultivation in…

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On the Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 11

Our Ulmarra correspondent writes: A farmer in a large way on Deep Creak informs us that agriculture is at a standstill, nothing doing whatever. Early…

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Faults in the Dairy System

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 11

Several references to dairying in Denmark have of late directed special attention to the advantages which dairy farmers hold in that country in connection with the…

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Alleged Exodus of Farmers. Looking for Land in Chili

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—In an article under the heading "Exodus of disgusted farmers from the North" the "Sydney Morning Herald" publishes some remarkable statements as…

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The Butter Market

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

On Friday the butter market-ruled very firm at 11 [?]d, and the preference for choice brands were again very ' marked' Owing to the steady, export trade to England, some…

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The Wheat Market

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

There was very little life, in the wheat market on Friday, and prices were unchanged. Several thousand bags of medium to good grade sold for export to…

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Farmers and the C.S.R. Co

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 2

At the meeting of canegrowera at Ballina recenly, the old trouble of the want of a check on the Co.'s ganging of punts was discussed. It was pointed out that when an appeal was made…

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Electricity on the Farm. to Increase Production

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

Professor Lenlstrom, of Finland, has conducted a series of valuable experiments in Finland, France, Germany, and England, with an electric field installation, designed…

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Girls' Farming College

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

What shall we do with our girls? This is a question that many an anxious parent asks at present. The American girl has a habit of solving…

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Alleged Exodus of N,c. Farmers

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

In last Thursday's issue of ' the Sydney morning impers there were Extensive. references to an "exodus of North. Coast farmers." In the Assembly in the evening…

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Examiner's Sydney Budget. Farmers for Chili

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

One or two farmers In the Northern district made up. their minds to emigrate to Chill, believing that'they would do much better "for themselves: in that country, than…

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Farm, Field and Dairy. Imperfect Skimming of Milk

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

In a recent discussion with Siedal on the subject of the imperfect skimming of milk, Barthel (who contends that the cause of this trouble is a…

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The Cane Crop

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 4

Many farmers are still considering what they had better do with their field of frosted one-year old cane—out them down, or let them stand and take their chance. By taking the…

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Farming in Chili

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 11

Referring to the departure of Northern river farmers to Chili, a Newcastle gentleman says that the terms offered to settlers there are of a very…

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The Sugar Crops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 11

A report in the "Herald" from Chatsworth states that a large number of sugar-growers are dissatisfied with the payments for cane-crops at…

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