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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Farm and Dairy. Cheese Versus Butter

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 7

Mr. T. H. Day, writing to the "Macleay Chronicle," gives his experience in making and marketing cheese, and contends with some emphamsis that…

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Warning to N.S.W. Farmers. a Reply to Mr. Vaskess

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. G. L. Bondfield, a member of the auctioneering firm of Messrs Maurice & Johnston, Grafton, and who is at present residing in Brisbane, writes…

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Impure Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 6

A short time ago the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. J. Perry, considered it necessary to [?]raw attention to the loss accrning to dairy farmers in certain parts of the coastal districts…

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Mammoth Cattle Station

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

Mr. Stdney Kidman, the Cattle King, gives some particulars of the great Northern Territory property. Victoria Downs station, of which he says:—This is considered…

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Farm Produce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 3

Judge, Mr. E. Turnbull: stewards, Messrs. K. M'Donald and J. M'Intyre. Ford Bros, took prizes for small maize, medlum maize, large maize (first and…

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Grafton Circuit Court. Second Day—saturday. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

George Barnier was charged with stealing a call, the property of Thomas Timbs. Mr. Gannon, instructed by Messr. M'Guren and Pollack, appeared for accused. The…

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A Woman's Dairy Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 7

At 5 a.m. the woman dairy farmer raps at her guest's bedroom door and says, "Time to get up!" Twenty-year-old Jean has already lit the fire and bolled the kettle,…

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Sydney Show Butter Awards. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

The annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.B. was commenced at Moore, Park yesterday. The exhibits were very numerous and…

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Farm, Field & Dairy. Value of Deep Silos

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

A deep silo is preferable to a shallow one, as more ensilage can be stored in the same number of cubic feet. The pressure is greater…

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Impure Farm Seeds

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

Frequent reference has been made in these columns to the necessity of a more rigid supervision of seeds offered for sale. How this can be…

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Feeding Dairy Cows

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

The food which one cow eats with avidity another cow dislikes and eats with reluctance. The ration that is perfectly balanced for one member of…

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German Dairy Methods

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

The Germans have reduced dairying to a science. They are particular about the health of their milch cows. In that industry the…

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Cattle

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 2

Judges—Messrs. H. W. Kirkland, S. Lancaster, H. J. Braithwaite and J. Pollock Although the Nambucca cannot…

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Farm and Dairy. Tubercolosis on North Coast

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

The coastal areas are our best dairying districts and always will be; it is unfortunately a fact that in these rich regions with their usually abundant…

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Warning to Dairymen. Dairy Improvements Necessary

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 6

Reports on the municipal dairies in the districts of Bombala, Mudgee, and Wagga Wagga, and in police districts at Pambula, Taraiga, and…

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Farm Produce

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 2

Judges—Messrs W. Saul aud J. T. Greer. This was one of the best filled sections of the show and the number…

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Butter Awards

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

In Exports Butter, Alstonville scored 96 points, The Downs 95, Byron Bay 94. Unsalted for export, Alstonville 98, Berrima 96, North Coast 95. For local…

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The Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The cattle maintain their standing as one of the best features of the show. This year they are a very fine lot right through, and if anything of better quality as a…

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Municipal Cattle Yards

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

South Grafton Borough Council has unanimously decided to proceed with the establishment of municipal cattle yards. It has been decided to acquire power under the…

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Cattle in the Streets

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The question of allowing dairy cattle to graze in the streets has been dealt with by the Board of Health, and that body intimates that it has no power to grant the…

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