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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Cheese-Making v. Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

T. H. Davey writes in the Bellingen "Courier":- "I have received a communication from Mr. Frank, of Valla, stating that he had…

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Farmers' Co-operative Societies

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

The "Auckland Weekly News" writes:— The latest annual circular of the Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury contains a summary of progress extending…

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Advance in Butter Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Another advance of 6-, is about to be made in the price of butter, which on and after Monady next will be 110- per cwt for choicest…

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Australian Butter Refused

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 8

Information has been received from Melbourne to the effect that the Customs Department towards the end of last year found that a consignment of Australian butter had been refused…

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Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The Palmer's Channel Branch met on Tuesday, when there was a good attendance of members, Mr. E. Want (President) in the chair. Correspondence was received:…

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Instruction in Dairying

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 8

Our Ulmarra correspondent writes: In the ever increasing importance of the dairying industry in those and other North Coast districts, the need of guarding that…

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Farm, Field & Dairy. Brown Millet As Feed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 7

As brown-millet is becoming more extensively grown, it may be of interest to know the high feeding value of the seed, especially for…

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Farm and Dairy. Producing Eggs in Winter

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 7

As eggs are so very seare[?] is winter, I hear from every side I wish be state treatment I have ad[?]pted, and that I have found successful to make [?]…

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Assisting Farmer's Children. SYDNEY. Thursday.—The Min

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

ister for Education has decided to establish travelling schools for farmer's children…

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Beef Cattle at Sydney Show. Breeding Seriously Declining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 15

There were magnificent representatives of the beef breeds of cattle scrutinised by the judges at Moore Park on the opening day, and it is doubtful if a finer lot of young…

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Danes as Farm Workers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 15

There are a large number of Danes in New Zealand, and in some parts of the North Island settlements of them. They have proved estimabel colonists (says the…

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Experimental Farms and Plots

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 13

Mr. Perry, Minister for Agriculture, says there need be no fear that the experimental work of the department would not go on apace. No time was being lost and everything was…

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Another Rise in Butter. Sydney, Saturday Nighty

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the wholesale butter- sellers was held to-day, at which the advisability of further advancing the prices was discussed. In view of the…

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The Butter Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Referring to the pro bability of our butter being refused admission into the English market, the "S.M. Herald" says, "While the question is…

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New and Vital Facts for Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

Profossor Strakosch, an eminent scienvist of Vienna, has just completed a study of plants from a new point of view. Taking those species—the vegetables, cereals, etc…

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German Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 7

The total area devoted to agricultural purposes in Germany, including the half of the forest land attached to agriculture, amounts roughly to about four-fifths of the…

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Farm, Field & Dairy. Scalding a Pig

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

Success in scalding a pig depends entirely upon the temperature of the water. A reliable method of determining this is as follows:-- Before…

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Boys on the Farm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

The question of interesting the boys on the farm is one of universal concern. An English paper, dealing with the matter observes that a…

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Farm and Dairy. Good Calves

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 7

What we want to de in breeding calve is to keep only the [?] with good digestive powers. Then [?] to feed them regularly, and when the…

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Why They Buy Siberian Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—In an address at Birmingham Mr. Price, the South Australian Premier, strongly condemned the action of British merchants in purchasing Siberian…

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