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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

913 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 46

Dairyman's Grievances

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 2

THERE are a few factory suppliers, who are morbidly suspicious of being "got at" by the factories to which they consign, and are…

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Assistance to Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The assistance to farmers and settlers given through the Advances to Settlers' Board is: 66432 loans to the total value of £683,308; the…

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For Men on the Land. (Notes issued under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. [?]. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and [?]ed mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land, a query addresed to the Under-Secretary of Agriculture. Sydney, will be answered[?] as far as space permits, in these colums.—Editor.) Sowing Lucerne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 7

Farmers who are proposing to sow lucerne during this and the following months may find the following remarks useful. They are taken from "Farmers' Bulletin," No. 37—…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Dairying and Timber. Possibilities of New England. What the Railway May Do

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 6

The special reporter of the "Daily Telegraph" writes from Byron Bay as follows:— The area through which the…

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District Exhibit Awards. The Butter Competitions. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 3

At the Royal Show yesterday the crowd numbered 3000 more than the same day last year. The District Competition results…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Swamp Reclamation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 6

Within the last three or four years several important draining schemes have been undertaken on the Clarence, and the work completed under the supervision of…

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Butter-fat Contest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

The following is the test of Mr. W. F. Smith's cow which was entered for the butter-fat contest in connection with the recent Dorrigo…

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Huguenot Wheat First

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 6

Plots were sown in May and June on farms as widely separated as Murwillumbah, Myrtle Creek, Glenugie. West Kempsey, and Stewart's…

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The Now Danish Butter Bill

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 5

THE London "Grocer" referring to the New Danish Butter Bill, which came into force on 10th December lost, quotes from the…

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Dairying. Winter Fodder Crops. Last Season's Experiments

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 6

The maintenance of a regular supply of green food for winter is a requirement of the coastal districts, which hardly receives the attention…

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Died by his Farm Gate

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 6

Wm. Gardiner (formerly of Gardiner's Coffee Palace, Ballina), was found dead at the wiie gate leading to his North Creek farm, last…

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The Dairy Farrowino Sows. How to Treat Them

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 4

Many sows will become up[?] and ravage if a stranger comet near the sty at the farrowing period, [?] the man who feeds them regularly will be…

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Important Case to Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 5

An interesting case to farmers was heard at the Killarney (Q.) Police Court last week, when R. Brunton sued R. Woods for £12, the value…

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The Orchard. Cover Crops. How They Restore the Son

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 6

Though late for some districts, it is not vet too late in many places for orchardists to sow cover crops, among the trees, and it is certainly…

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A New Butter Box

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 7

A London correspondent states that Mr. H. Allen, of Colonial House, Tooley-street, has invented and patented a butter box, which he is now bringing under the…

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Dairy Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

Mr. Editor.—Will you allow me space in your valuable paper for a few remarks anent the apathy of a large section of dairy farmers…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Bacon Curing Works

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 7

The dairy farmers of the Clarence and others interested are well aware of the efforts made some few months ago to establish a co-operative bacon factory at…

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For Men on the Land. (Notes issued under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. I. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and based mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land, a query addressed to the UnderSecretary of Agriculture, Sydney, will be answered as far as space permits, in there colums.—Editor.) Seed-Bed for Lucerne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 7

A bulletin of the Univerity of Nebras a Agricultural Experiment Station, entitled "Alfalia Management," recommends that in most cases land which is to be sown…

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Winter Fodder Crops. Last Season's Experiments

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 7

The maintenance of a regular supply of green food for winter is a requirement of the constal districts, which hardly receives the attention which it deserves…

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Agriculture. Importance of the Industry. Scientific Dairying Required

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the annual reunion of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College old boys, Mr. Trefle, Minister for Agriculture, said that in the past N.S…

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