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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Percentage of Butter Fat

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

A controversy has been proceeding in the American dairying journals upon the point of the possibility of increasing the proportion of butter fat in a cow's milk…

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Dairyville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

The rainfall for the first quarter in this year totals 2153 points, and for the precedent year's first quarter the rainfall totalled 4439 points; yet the present…

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Farmers and Politics

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

Close observers will have noted a very gratifying increase of interest in the Country party idea: meetings of farmers in various centres all over the country…

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Harwood Farmers' Union

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 4

The regular meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Jas. Carey (President) occupied the chair…

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Pure-bred Dairy Stock. Breeders Association Formed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 3

A Breeders' Association has been formed to represent the pure-bred stud dairy stock. A herd testing scheme will be drafted…

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Guernsey Cattle Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 6

Steps were taken at the annual meeting of Guernsey Cattle Club at Sydney Show, ground to get the society under way. Mr. Gillespie (Inverell) presided. Several…

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Butter from Whey Residue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 6

The stock branch of the Victorian Department of Agriculture is giving attention to what promises to be an adjunct of some value to the dailry industry of that State…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Possibilities of the Pig

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 6

A Keenly interested visitor at the R.A.S's. Show was Mr. Kirkpatrick, of the firm of Messrs. A. Kirkpatrick, and Sons, bacon curers und provision merchants,…

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Dairying. Winter Fodder Crops

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 3

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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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 3

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minter for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefic), and are based mainly on the experiments of…

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Importance of Dairying

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 6

At the annual re-union of the Hawkeebury Agriculture College old boys, Mr. Trefle, Minister for Agriculture, said that such was the…

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Winter Fodder Crops

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 6

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

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[?]tant to Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 6

An [?]resting case to farmers w[?] h[?]d at the Killarney (Q.) Police Court, when R. Brunton [?] r. Woods for £12, the value…

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Agricultural. Hawkesbury College. Winter School for Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

This year's winter school for farm ers will commence on Monday, 17th June, and will terminate on Saturday, 13th July…

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Clarence Farmers' Union. Quarterly Council Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 8

A meeting of the Council of the above Union was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean. on Saturday morning last, Mr. A. P. Gale (Vice…

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Dairy Employees' Award. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 7

The Dairy Employees' Union are complaining that the employers are…

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Surplus Moisture in Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 7

Since England fixed the standard of 16 per cent, of moisture as the maximum, writes Mr. C. Pedersen, dairy instructor, some trouble has been caused, not only in…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Organising the Dairyman. The Fighting Fund

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 7

Mr. Frank Badgery, treasurer, and a member of the executive of the Dairy Farmers' Association, who has returned to Sydney from a flying visit to the Northern Rivers,…

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Dorrigo dairy [?]

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

THE London butter market is reported by Messrs. Weddell and Company to be very stagnant, final Australia selling at 118 with a…

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For Men on the Land. (Notes issued under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. 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 Under-Secretary of Agriculture, Sydney, will be answered as far as space permits, in these colums.—Editor.) Horse-Breeding. the Need of Advance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 7

"In comparing the qualify of draught horses in New South Wales with other States of the Commonwealth and New Zealand, a glance at the list of…

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