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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 21 of 46

Department of Agriculture. W[?] at Wollo[?] Ferimental Farm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 3

The object of this school is to provide at the flack period of the year, a practical [?] instruction, the school being…

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A Farm Hand's [?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 3

Come all you Tipperary men. Come listen to my tale; I'm working for a dairyman, And wish I was in gaol…

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[?] Farm Areas

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 5

For the three areas of land which lie between four and five [?] close to [?] were…

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Butter Exhibition

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

The butter exhibition to be held in June under the auspices of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers' Association, promises great success. The competing…

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Wild Cattle Greek

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

THE social organised by the local Church Council to start a fund to purchase a piano was held in Leigh Hall on Wednesday evening last The Committee are…

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Prices for Butter Boxes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 11

We have been asked by the New South Wales Box Co., Ltd., of 58 Margaret-street. Sydney, to publish the following, [?] the above:—"We learn that a rumour…

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Dairy Farmers; Cot the Best

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

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

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Experiments with Maize

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

Some time ago the "Examiner" brought under the notice of the Hon. Mr. [?], then Minister for Agriculture, the necessity of setting apart an officer of the…

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Dairying Notes. Hereditary Influences. Dams of Quality and Maturity

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

THE influence of heredity in develop­ing high-class herds of pure-bred cattle is a subject of endless interest. Some results of careful investigation…

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Grafton Experiment Farm Education Facilities Neglected. Drought and the Invaluable Silo

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

Although Australian farmers are now faced with a serious drought, and its inroads are felt on the North Coast, but not nearly so extensive as in the…

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Winter School for Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

In connection with Winter School for farmers, to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from the 17th June to 13th July, the Department of Agriculture…

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Farming in New Zealand. As Seen by a N.S.W. Farmer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

Unfortunately, many stock diseases are rife in the Dominion. What is known as "bush sickness" attacks sheep and cattle in the country outlying Rotorua. The…

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Cattle Disease

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

Mr. C. Sabine informs us that very serious outhreaks of hieura p[?]monia (a [?]ng[?] affection) amongst cattle in this ditrict has lately occurred. At the…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Value of Pigs in an Orchard

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 6

It has been found by a number of orchardists in Victoria that the pig makes an excellent adju[?] to the fruit farm, and many who have tried this combination of…

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The Farmers and the Ministry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

In the matter of simple veracity, Mr. T. [?]. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, has scored heavily Against members of the…

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Harwood Farmers' Union

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening, present: Messrs. Jas. Carey (President, in the chair), Jas. Murphy, P…

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Land Hunger. Eighty Applicants for 14 Farms. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 3

Over one thousand applications, by 80 applicants, have been lodged for the 14 homestead farms on the resumed portion of Woodlands scrub…

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Insolvent Butter Factory

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

The Lowood Creamery Company, Queensland, is in trouble, the crediters having stopped in under the Companies' Act to put it into liquidation. An official…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Encourage the Producer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 6

It is well enough [?] that there are many frauds in connection with competitions at agricultural shows, [?], the [?] culty in most canea is, to shoot it nome…

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Clarence Sugar Crop

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

The Colonial Sugar Co. announce the commencement of crushing operations at Harwood Hill on July 10. The season is expected to Continue until the middle of…

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