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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Butter Faking

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 3

The "making" of butter has assumed such proportions in England that unless some drastic measures are taken by the authorities on the other side our interests are…

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Paraffining Butter Boxes

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 4

The butter-box difficulty would be greatly simplified if the factories here would start paraffining. Even in New Zealand this is now being done…

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British Butter Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. J. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, in the course of an interview, with Lord Carrington, urged the new President of the Board of…

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Judging Age of Cattle by the Teeth

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 3

The specification adopted in connection with the great International Show, at Chicago, for testing the age of cattle by their teeth, is as follows, and is…

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Boys for the Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 4

The action of the Immigration Society in sending city boys to the country to learn farming is one which cannot be too highly commended. In every large city there are…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 4

A full meeting of the newly elected Board was held last night. Mr. A. Eggins was reelected chairman for the current year, and Mr. J. C. Wifcox secretary at the same…

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A Splendid Wool Clip. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 5

The wool season so far has shown an increase of 150,000 bales, valued at £2,100,00 while the grand total of the clip is approximately, eleven…

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Farm, Field and Dairy. Selecting and Testing Seed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 6

The practical farmer buys, plants nd grows seed for profit and hence it is the best economy for him to tes them for their percentage of germination,…

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C R Pioneer Dairy Co

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above company was died yesterday at Ulmarra. Considerable interest centred in the election of directors for which…

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Crafton Dairy Company

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

The first meeting of the new Board of Direction of the above was held at the Secretary's office on Modnay night. Mr. A. Eggins, was re-elected…

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Flavors in Butter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

The different flavors we find in butter that may be traced back to the patron are about as follows. A metallic or rusty flavor due to milk or cream…

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Protest Against the Stook Tax. Sale of Diseased Cattle

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 1

A well-attended meeting of stock-owners took place in Murray's Hall, South Woodburn, on Saturday week, for the purpose of taking steps to protest against the levy of 3d per head on…

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Cattle Lured Into the Sea. Remarkable Effect of Phosphorescent Light In Chesepeaks Day

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

The fanners along Chesapeake bay, in Mathews county, Va., have been visited by a new peril in the form of phosphorescent light which rises from…

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The Dairyman

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

Bacteria get into milk from the exterior of the cow as well as from a diseased condition of the udder, due to inflammation, bruise, etc., writes…

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Profit and Loss In Dairying

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

One of the remarkable things observed at Ohio farmers' institutes the past winter is the variations in the profits derived from the different kinds of…

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English Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 11

Mathie & M'William, Glasgow, report on 11th January:—Butter:—We have to report an active demand in all our markets, and prices show a further advance. The…

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Agricultural. a Cattle Disease

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 11

Messrs. Po[?]i[?] and Sons write:—The disease referred to is known to science as Danubian yellow fever, and is a very fatal disease outside its Asiatic home. It first…

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C. R. Pioneer Dairy Company. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 2

The annual meeting of shareholders in the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Coy., Ltd., was held on Wednesday in the Temperance Hall, Ulmarra, and there were present over…

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Boys for Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 10

Dr. Richard Arthur, M.L.A., president of the Immigration League, writes:—"Since the inception of the immigration League of Australia an important and growing…

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A Farmer's Crimes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 10

On his death-bed a respected farmer, aged sixty, near Lyons, France, asked to make a confession, not to a priest, but unconditionally to his own relatives…

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