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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1909 · page 4

The half yearly report to be presented at the meeting of shareholders to be held at Lismore on 1st June states that the nett profits for the six months are £3315 14s…

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Victorian Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 4

Victoria is just closing one of the most insatisfactory butter seasons yet experienced. Mr. Crowe points out that butter exports from July 1, 1908, to date totalled only 9456 tons…

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The Jungle Cattle. Some More at Homebush

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 3

The "S. and S. Journal" says :—Some more poverty-stricken cows were included in the yarding at Homebush on Thursday. Only a…

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The Coff's Harbor Dairying and Refrigerating Co-operative Co

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 2

At the Directors meeting on Saturday, May 22nd last, two Sydney and four local tenders were received for the Butter Factory Buildings, and a decision will be…

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"Dry-Farming."

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 4

"Dry-farming" a recently imported American method of growing crops, without water, has been tested with marked success in the Tem[?]ra…

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The Butter Industry. Unclean Cream

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 11

The Minister of Agriculture is in receipt of a report from one of the departmental dairy instructors which reveals, a serious state of things in connection with a butter factory in an old…

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Great Discovery for Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 3

Magnesia proves to have a hitherto unrealised importance as a fertiliser. M. Kigaux, experimenting in Belgium, finds that surface soil contains less magnesia than is usually supposed,…

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A Dairyman's Comparison

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 7

MR. R. C. Johnson, a prominent dairy larmer, who is spending a holiday on the northern rivers, writes the following candid letter to a neighbour on the South…

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The Wheat Gamble Patten's Profits. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. Patten's successful "bull" campaign in May wheat on the Chicago market has closed quietly. His profits are estimated at £1,000,000…

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Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 6

Prescott, Ltd., report: During the early part of the week the butter market was extremely dull, and lines were ottering at cut prices. However, there is a better…

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Fodder Crops on the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 4

There is, perhaps, no district in the State able to rival the Clarence in respect of the wide range, of fodder crops which can be grown successfully without any…

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Grafton Dairy Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 4

In pursuance of a resolution carried at the recent public meeting, the Grafton Dairy Company has secured an extension of the time allowed for the purchase of the works…

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Co-operative Butter Standard

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 6

Under the present system of co-operative marketing (writes a correspondent) there is no inducement for a factory manager to grade cream rigidly; he knows that…

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The Butter Business. Projected Pooling of Output

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 6

The project pooling of the output of the Richmond River factories is probably one of the most portentous propositions promulgated in connection with the butter…

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Belindigarbar Experiment Farm. Visit by "Examiner's" Representative

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 2

Of late a considerable amount of experimenting has been done at the above institution, on what was formerly the Commonage for the city of Grafton, six miles…

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The Butter Factory

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

It is expected that the contractor for the new additions to the local butter factory will make a start next week, and most likely the additions will be completed and…

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Butter Factory Shares. a Warning to Investors

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 3

A case of the "I didn't know it was loaded kind," was heard at the local police court on Tuesday last week, before the police magistrate,…

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Supposed Baby Farm. Husband and Wife Arrested

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 3

What appears to be a bad case of baby-farming has come to light at Asnieres, a suburb of Paris (said the "Morning Leader" on March 1). The…

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Palmer's Island Farmer's Union. More Straight Talk Agaiest the Shire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the above Union was held on Monday evening. Present: Messrs. D. McIntyre (President), J. Orr, F…

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Butter Trade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 2

A London report states:—The butter to hand lately from N.S. Wales has been of secondary quality and grade—probably the higher grade butters were retained for the intercolonial trade…

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