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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 26 of 46

Butter and "Engineering."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 4

"Anglo-Austral" writes in indignant fashion relative to the recent advances in the price os butter, "as [?] in Sussexstreet." He contends that "it is high, time…

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Butter Factories' Wages Board

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Before the Butter Factories Wages Board, Mr. Meares, of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, stated that it was not the rule to…

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Farmers' Friends Become Pests

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

Some time ago the attention of Mr. Chas. French, the acting Government entomologist, was directed to the fact that the harlequin bug, resplendent in its coat of red…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 6

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

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Dairying. Advancing the Industry

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 6

During the Royal Show week there was inaugurated in Sydney a movement that has for its object a union of breeders of all classes of…

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Gleniffer Co-op. Dairy Co

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Gleniffer Co-operative Dairy Co. took place at the School of Arts, Gleniffer, on 27th ultimo,…

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Australian Butter in England

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

Mr. A. Fenwick, of Mackswille, Nambucca River, publishes a number of extracts from the letter of a North of England correspondent containing pertinent criticisms on…

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The Wool Year

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 10

The end of June marks the close of the wool year. The record so far, is favourable. Up to the end of 1911 the number of sheep in the State showed no…

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Pickling Seed Wheat. STRENGTH [?] the Solution

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

In the recent article under this heading on the pickling of seed wheat for smut, it was inentioned that experiments were being conducted in the Department's…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. The Tenant Farmer

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

The present season of the year usually brings with it many changes amongst the members of the farming community on the Clarence. This is, of course, most…

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Nev Zealand Farming Record

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 3

Thne "N. Z. Dairyman" We would ask all our exchanges, to publish the bee[?] it really is the record for N.Z. The man who…

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New Dairy Regulations

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 3

Those interested in dairying pursuits are reminded that is necessary for them to obtain a copy of the Dairy Manual [?]…

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The Public Works Committee. Northern Breakwater Proposals. Important Evidence in Connection with Timber and Dairying Industries

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 2

The Public Works Committee, comprising Messrs. J. Storey, M.L.A. (Chairman), W. Robson, W. F. Hurley, J. Travers Ms.L.C., and R. Scobie, G. A. Burgess,…

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Dairy Instruction. Lecture by Government Dairy Expert

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. M. A. O'Calragban, Government Dairy Export, delivered a lucid and interesting lecture to students and local dairymen at the Gratton Dairy' Coy's factory last…

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Dairy Produce Shortage

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

SYDNEY, Friday.—Victorian officials expect a shortage in dairy products this year, and consider the shipment of butter to the United Kingdom will not…

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Home Farmers Problems

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

It is not only the soil that has to be considered in the growing of beet sugar in England. This parship-like plant grows deep. It bleeds [?] broken. It loses its…

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Export Butter Trade. Guarding Against Adulteration. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. F. Tudor, Federal Minister for Customs, has asked Sir Geo Reid, the High Commissioner, to obtain a report on Australian butter…

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Butter Substitutes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The discovery that out of 138 samples of Irish butter purchased in the shops of Loudon, 107 were margarine substitutes, has suggested to…

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Butter Factory Workers

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

The wages board, which has been inquiring into the rates of pay and conditions of labour of workers in ice and cold storage works, and butter factories, is concluding…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Experimental Plots

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

For some time past the local Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has been agitating for the establishment of an Experimental Farm for the Casino district,…

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