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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farmers and Settlers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference extended over seven days, and ended on Wednesday last. In one sense it was a remarkable [?]eeting; from the character of…

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Farmers and Settlers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 11

[?] Farmers and Settlers' Conference was continued at Sydney, when the following [?]solutions were dealt with:- That P.P. boards be vested with power to…

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Potato Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 8

Up to the present the [?] worm has not affected the Victorian potato crops, but has confined its attention to onions and turnips. The officers of the Agricultural…

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The Price of Butter. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 5

This morning it was expected that butter would be further advanced in price, but it was decided at a meeting held to make no alteration…

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Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 4

From most of the producing centres in victoria, the butter consignments forwarded for the closing local market of the week showed a substantial increase on…

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Farmers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Union was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Saturday morning, there being a fair attendance. Mr. D. M'Intyre presided…

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Farm, Field & Dairy. Butter Making. New Zealand Methods

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3

Mr. Singleton, the Acting Dairy Commissioner in New Zealand, has given publicity to the following hints on buttermaKing in private dairies…

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Mottled Butter

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3

"When mottled butter has been produced" (writes an American paper) the blame is usually laid to improper salting, but tests show that salt…

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Casein in Butter

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3

A new test has recently come to light in the United States to' determine the casein in milk. The inventor is Professor E, B. Hart, of the…

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The Butter Market. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 5

The butter famine is over in Melbourne. Supplies are increasing and those holding stocks will take 1s 5d per lb. for them…

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(To the Editor of the "Argus.") Co-operative Butter Factories

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 7

Sir,--When will the suppliers of Hie butter factories of the North Coast waken up to the necessity that exists for a more improved system of audit…

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C.R. Farmers' Union. Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Clarence River Farmers' Union was held at the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Saturday last, Mr. D. M'Intyre (president) occupied…

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Farm and Dairy. Over-run in Butter an American View

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 7

How to obtain the proper over-run in butter is a matter that has been discussed very much of late years. It has claimed the attention of our best better…

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Latest Commercial. Butter Market. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 4

A material reduction has taken place in the price of butter in Victoria. Owing to the high rates prevailing lust week, the consumption of butter greatly decreased. It…

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Potato Crop

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 1

Up to the present the worm has not affected the Victorian potato crops, but has corr[?]ined its attention to onions and turnips. The…

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Experimental Farm at Dorrigo

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. Briner asked the Minister for Agriculture, last week in the Legislative Assembly:—(1) In view of the report by the…

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Special Market Reports. (From our Sydney Representative.) Butter Markent. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

The sudden slump in the butter market is an eye-opener. To-day the leading agents in Sydney decided to lower the wholesale price by 40/ a ton, equal to a…

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Farmers' Union Meetings

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

The monthly meeting of the Tyndale Branch was hold on Monday, Mr. F. W. Eglington presiding. Mr. C. W. Rayner was appointed to act as sceretary owing to illness of…

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Dairy Congress

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 6

The dairy congress for factory managers, extending over a fortnight, at the Berry Central Factory, has been attended with success night through. The grading of…

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South Coast Dairy Herds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 7

At a special meeting of the Berry Agricultural Association a communciation from Mr. Alec Hay, president of the society, was read to the effect that he had been considering a means of…

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