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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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London Butter Frauds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Messrs. Coopman and Young pleaded guilty at the Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday to the charge instituted by the Agents-General of having…

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Phosphate for Dairy Pasture

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 3

An authority states:—"There is no doubt whatever in the minds of experienced graziers, as well as those who study the soil in a scientific way, that cattle grazing over…

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Trial of Farm Implements

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. George J. Lindgren, representative of the well known Moline Plough Co., of Illinois, U.S.A., gave all exhibition of the firm's implements at South Grafton. The…

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Latest Market Reports. Dairy Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

Bacon, Pineapple 8½d, Bodalla 7½d, Hams, Pineapple lld. Cheese, Kameruka 6d, Bodalla 6½d. Beeswax 1/ to 1/2. Honey 2d to 3d…

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Dairy Records

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The records of the Government farm at Berry, covering the whole of the lactation period, show how misleading brief records are as an index of…

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Care of Butter Factory 'Machinery. &c

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

Good clean milk is essential for the production of, good butter, but the cleanliness and care of the machinery and utensils in the factory are just as…

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Farm, Field and Dairy. Broad Tyres

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

It is surprising how backward farmers are in the matter of the use of broad tyres on their carts. Broad tyres perform tho duty of rollers in…

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Co- Operative Farming

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

England at the present time stands unrivalled in the successful establishment of co-operative societies amongst farmers and those getting their living…

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Dairy Jottings

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

The annual consumption of milk in Francie is 1,507,000,000 gallons. This is equivalent to 40 gallons fur each inhabitant…

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John Bull's Farm

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 6

Britain my be viewed as one farm extending from county to county, interrupted by towns, it is true, but surrounding them like the ocean, surrounds an archipelago of…

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Successful Dairying

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

THE Manning River dairy company reports the best month it has ever had since its formation— everything being a record. The quantity of butter manufactured and the price…

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Lismore Show. Splendid Cattle Exhibits

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

The 21st annual show of the Lismore Agricultural Society was opened on Wednesday, and concluded on Thursday; but, unfortunately, our Northern friends had the…

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Boys on Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 11

Something has been done in tentative and spasmodic fashion to encourage boys to abandon city life and employment in offices for more strenuous and healthier…

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Dairy Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

Bacon, Pineapple 8 ½d, Bodalla 8d. Hams, Pineapple 11d. Cheese, Bodalla 6½d, Kameruka 6d. Beeswax 1/ to 1/2. Honey 2d to 3d…

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Boys for the Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The attempt made by the Immigration League to find work in the country for city lads has not proved a success. Several letters have been…

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Farmers and Their Fowls. No. IV

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 11

When the farmer has a flock of good laying hens, the question of carefully marketing the eggs to the best advantage is one of vast importance to him, and one which is…

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Dairying on Low Lands

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 11

It may seem superfluous to warn dairymen of the dangers attendant on conducting their business on low and swampy lands, at a period when drought is devastating…

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Muswellbrook Irrigation Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 10

Last week Mr. Henson, an officer of the Hunter River and Sewerage Board, and Mr. Chapman, representing the Public Works Department, visited the irrigation…

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Potato Growing in Tasmania. Value of Scientific Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 3

A former resident of the Clarence, Mr. T. C. Davis (T. C. Davis and Son, Sydney), recently returned from a trip to the northwestern coast of Tasmania. While over…

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Dairy Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 4

Bacon, Pineapple 8½d per lb., [?]odalla 7½d. Hams, pineapple, lld. Cheese, 5½d to 6d. Beeswax, 1/ to 1/2. Honey, 2d to 3d. SYDNEY, Monday…

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