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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Dairy Farmers Association of N.S.W.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the Executive of the a[?] Association; held in Sydney t[?] present—Mr[?] R. Shepherdd (presid[?] Messrs. J. W. Lawrie and D [?]…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Mosquitoes and Stock

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7

The cow is a patient, meekly-suffering animal, as a rule, so that when its tolerance is tested to such an extent that it is driven frantic, it must be admitted at once that…

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Dairying Notes. the Tuberculin Test

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 3

PREJUDICE against tuberculin test dies slowly, but a statement issued by the "International Commission on the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis"…

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Up-to-date Farming an Example From Riverina

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7

The irregular and unforseen attacks of the elements, to which farmers in this State are subject, are largely responsible for a state of mind which makes men…

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Farm Manure. How the Value Diminishes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7

In the course of an article on this subject an officer of the Minnesota Experiment Station (U.S.A.), points out the value of conserving farm manure, and of…

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Farm and Station Laborers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 4

The Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of the…

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Wheat-Sowing in Dry Seasons

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 6

In a day wheat-seeding season such as has so far been experienced this year, there would seem to be a distinct advantage in the new type of drill which was tried in a…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Wild Bees and Timber

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 6

One has to go back nearly a generation to find a record of a drier summer and autumn than Eastern Riverina has experienced this year. In some parts of the country there…

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Dairyville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

Rain is much needed for pasture as well as domestic purposes. There is every appearance of a dry winter. Mr. W. H. Secomb, who had the…

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Farm and Station Labeurers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

The Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us. of further large shipments of selected agricultural labourers from the rural districts of the United Kingdam to…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 4

The annuul meeting of the Gurranang branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday, the 11th May, Mr. F. Ward, J.P., in the chair…

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Stock, Crops, and Water

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 6

The Commonwealth Meteorologist supplies the following summary of the condition of stock, crops, and water in New South Wales during April, gleaned from reports…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Drought Phenomenon

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 6

It has frequently, been observed in times of drought that springs have burst forth where none had previously been noted, or that the flow of springs or wells had…

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Farmers Warned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The attention of the Inspector of Stock (Mr. H. D. T. Symonds) has been drawn to an article recently published, which recommended…

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Butter Boxes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 4

The Dairy Expert has noted lately that a number of batter factories have been using an inferior type of wood for the export…

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Pickling Seed Wheat. Strength of the Solution

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

In the recent article under this heading on the pickling of seed wheat for smut it was mentioned that experiments were being conducted in…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 6

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

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Dairy Farmers: Get the Best

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 4

"Tangye" oil engines and "Gane" milking machines have gained such marked ascendancy over all other brands, that it is hardly necessary…

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Dairy Farmers' Association Ulmarra Branch. Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Ulmarra branch of the Dairy Farmers Association was held at the Conned Chambers Ulmarra, on Saturday…

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Dairying. Milking Herd Records

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 6

The value of here-testing is illustrated in the records of the 1911 milk yields for the Hawkesbury Agricultural College dairy herd,…

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