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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

924 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 47

The Failure of the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 6

The author of "Australian White Slaves," a book (recently published in Sydney) which attempts to set Australians on the right political…

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Right Back to Noah. the Original Dairy Cattle

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

In a letter to the Kangaroo Valley P. and A. Society, offering to deliver a lecture on "The Dairy Cow and Her Products," Mr. Frank McCaffrey…

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The Season's Butter Exports

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

The Commonwealth statistics of butter exports show an enormous increase for the period since the 1st July, 1910, compared with previous…

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Wild Cattle Creek and Eastern Dorrigo

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

Mr. Surveyor Drummond has connected the West Branch Road with the Dorrigo Plateau. The grade is about 1 in 20 and the distance from Hartley's Crossing on the…

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Farm and Dairy. Advantages of Early Ploughing

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6

The chief Inspector tells of a case at Narromine, where two crops of maize were grown on farms adjoining. One crop was between 6 and 7 feet…

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The Dairy. Value of Skim Milk

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

Amongst [?]ig-breeders a very considerable diversity of opinion exists as to the best methods to adopt in feeding. and any information bearing on the…

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Pastoral. Noxious Weeds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 5

The Department is receiving samples of noxious weeds from landholders, asking that these troublesome growths be identified, and for suggestions as to…

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Butter Market

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 3

THE "S.M. Herald" grows warm on the question of butter :—The price of butter was causing general dissatisfaction among most of the merchants on Tuesday. The…

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A New Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Tye, Principal of the Agricultural College at Cowork, who was associated with the late Mr. Farrer, N.S.W. Government expert and…

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Butter Trade Must be Considered

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 9

Mr. Winchombe, M.L.C., said that the Commissioners had gone largely into the question of strategic railways for military purposes and cross…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. The Port of the North

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 11

Those engaged in our agricultural and pastoral industries on the North Coast and the New England Tableland are interested in the report of the…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. for the Man on the Land. Fallowing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 5

Although the varieties of wheat may be improved, perhaps, to double their present yielding capacity, the proper cultivation of the soil must not be neglected…

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Dairying Notes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 3

The organisation for the manufacture and marketing of dairy products have been well established in this State. The producer can reach the…

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Dairying. Testing the Herds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 5

The organisation for the manufacture and marketing of dairy products has been well established in this State. The producer can reach the world's markets,…

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Rotation of Crops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 5

Rotation in crops is an absolute necessity in maintaining soil fertility. Continuous cropping with cereals, aided by commercial fertilisers, exhausts an…

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Dairymen's Union. Branch Formed at Ulmarra. Farmers Waking Up

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 2

A meeting of farmers, convened by the directors of the C.R. Pioneer Dairy Coy., Ltd., was held in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on Saturday…

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A Cardboard Butter-Box

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 3

Those interested in the manufacture and handling of butter in Sydney have for the past fortnight or so given some attention to a butter-box of New…

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The Wool Combers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 5

Bradford wool combers demand a general advance of 5 per cent. wages. The minimum wage is 25s a week for night workers. The employers reply…

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Special Market Reports. Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 4

Foley Bros., Ltd., report:—During the week the demand for prime qualities of first grade butter has been good, but anything not answering this description is…

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Farmers on the Defensive. Monster Meeting at Ulmarra. Dairymen's Union Formed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 3

A meeting of dairymen and farmers, convened by the Board of the Pioneer Dairy Co., was held in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on Saturday, for the purpose of…

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