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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Queensland Pine for Butter Boxe

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 3

Before the Tariff Commission at Brisbane, Mr. J. C. Brunaich analytical chemist, Queensland Department of Agriculture, gave evidence of experiments…

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A Fall in Wheat. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 5

The Ogilvie grain elevator at Fort William, Ontario, Canada, has tilted into the river with half-a-million bushels of wheat, which was all destroyed…

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Farm, Field and Dairy. Preventing Blight in Potatoes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 3

Mention was mads a few weeks track of the success achieved by Mr. J. O. Eastwood, of Tongaporutu, Tarana[?]d, New Zealand, in growing…

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Farmers' Union

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 4

A special meeting of the above was held at the Maclean Council Chambers on Saturday last, Mr. Rayner presiding over a fair attendance of members…

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Farming 100 Years Hence

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 3

What will farming be like 100 years hence, when the world belongs to our great grandchildren? The question is a curious one, as it…

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Channel Island Cattle

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 3

THE Journal of Agriculture of South Australia publishes an article from the pen of Mr. Coleman, Tuela, Saddle worth, who says:— While I do not…

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Why Butter Goes Rancid

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 6

There is a peculiar form of bacterium Rich, when it finds a proper place in Rich to multiply, develops an acid with well-known and well-liked flavour. This…

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In the Dairy

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

At the recent meeting of the Grand Traverse (Mich.) Dairy association Colon C. Lillie gave a talk that was replete with sound dairy wisdom, says…

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Queensland's Wheat Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 11

Queensland Statistician has farnished us with a copy of his report on the Northern State's wheat statistics for 1905. The experiences of the wheat campaign last year,…

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Compulsory Butter Grading

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 11

The Melbourne "Age" is a strong supporter of Government grading, and thus deals with the subject:—"At one time Victorian butter consistently realised 2s per cwt…

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Railway Freights for Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 8

The Railway Commissioners have been pressed for some time past to make a reduction in the rates for the carriage of butter. Several deputations waited upon…

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Agricultural. Farmers and Their Fowls. No. 16

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 11

All work should be considerad a pleasure; then it will be well done. Every useless (non-productive) bird kept is lessening the profits…

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Gulf Cattle Country

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. Norman Former, of Comoodilly (says the Gladstone "Observer") has just returned from a tour extending over nearly three months in North Queensland, where he was…

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Farm Cream Separators

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 1

The cream separator for farm use has proved its utility, and we want to impress upon those of our readers with milch cows the absolute…

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America and its Farmers

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 4

Country telephones have proved a great success in America. The Commonwealth Postal Department is in possession of some interesting…

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Dairy Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 4

Bacon—Pineapple 6[?]d, Bodalla 6d. Hams— Pineapple lld. Cheese—Bodalla 6½d. Honey—Choice 4d, prime 3d to 3½d. good 2[?]d. Beeswax—Prime 1/2, dark 1/1 to 1/1 [?]…

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Wheat Barque Wrecked. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 5

A cable received to-day stated that the barque Cassard, bound from Sydney to Falmouth with a cargo of 27,000 bags of wheat, had been…

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Farm, Field and Dairy. Watering Horses

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 2

Opinions probably [?]hiter more on the subject of water for horses than on any other part of their treatment, and owners, breeders and grooms are never…

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The Butter Companies

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

REPRESENTATIVES of the various butter companies along the North Coast are visiting the different centres with the object of collecting information and dealing with…

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Government Grading of Butter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture is an enthusiastic advocate of compulsory grading of all dairy produce exported (writes a Melbourne…

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