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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 29 of 46

System in Dairying

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 6

No line of work has been more abused by lack of system than farming The great fertility of the soil has made large crops possible with a minimum of cultivation…

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Training Boy Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 6

The following are the interesting and instructive regulations issued by the South Australian Minister for Agriculture for the new agricultural training institution for…

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The Farmers and Settlers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 7

It was the Farmers and Settlers, at their annual Conference, who were honoured with the first intimation of Ministerial intentions. It is hardly necessary…

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Prospects of the Maize Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 6

A good deal of specialation is still being indu[?]ged in regarding the probable price of maize during the remainder of the season and the time which will elapse before…

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London Butter Market

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 2

The Danish Import Co., Ltd., of Tooley street, London, report as follows, under date of June 21 :-- The strike is gradually breaking…

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Still Unreported. Open Boats Found. Butter Washed Ashore. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 3

There is still no news of the missing ketch Candidate. The ketch Ladysmith, which was sighted on Sunday, has not yet…

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Mr. Neilsen's Return. Two American Farmers with Him. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 3

The American liner Sonoma to-day brought back Mr. N. W R. Ne lsen, ex-Minister for Lands, who has been away in America for months on…

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Latest Wires. Farmers' Conference Pastures Protection Boards, Abolish or Re-Constitute? SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 3

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference to-day, Mr. Kane, of Urana, moved " That the Pastures Protection Boards be abolished "…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Mr. Johnson and the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 July 1912 · page 6

Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief, Railway Commissioner, at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, referred to a remark made by Mr. Stewart, of Parkes, who was reported…

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Current Events. Experiment Farm for Tamworth?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 July 1912 · page 4

The secretary of the Tamworth District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has been notified by the Department stating that Mr. G. Valder,…

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A Farmers' Conference Story

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 July 1912 · page 8

One of the notable figures at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference has been the secretary of the Victorian Producers' Union, Rev. C. W. Wood, a young and…

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Farmers Union. Chatsworth Branch Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Chatsworth Branch of the C.R.F. and P. Union was held on Tuesday, with Mr. A. Donaghy in the chair…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. DAIRYING

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

A FARMERS BULLETIN, published by an American agricultural bureau, indicates various ways in which abnormal odours and flavours may…

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Butter Washed Ashore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At Eden, lumps of butter, are being washed ashore. To all appearances, they come from the same source as that recently picked up on the…

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Payi[?] Butter Factory

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

The [?] on the Numbucca have [?] a very simple and of the [?] tive butter factory. Dis[?] old method of…

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Important Sale of Horses, Cattle, etc

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 5

Mr. Murdoch Mclean has decided to dispose of all his live stock prier to departing on his holiday tour, and has instructed…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Operating the Babcock Test

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 7

Any farmer selling his milk on the [?]tterfat basis can test his cows himself with the Babcock test, and learn definitely what they are doing. Strange as it may seem…

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The Farmers' Conference

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

The conference of representatives of the land, held in Sydney, was one of great importance, and msut occupy a mometous place in…

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District and Inter-District. CHATSWORTH. Farmers and Producers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

The annual meeting of the local branch of the above union was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. A. Donaghy (President) occupying the chair…

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Potato Culture. Manager Grafton Experiment Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

Judging by the number of inquiries reaching here relating to potato culture, it is anticipated that there is a growing desire to improve the present methods of culture,…

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