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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 33 of 46

Butter Grading. Decisions a Surprise to Department

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The High Court decisions declaring that the grade stamping of butter was beyond the powers of the Commerce Act has caused great…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Poultry on the Dairy Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 6

Poultry raisins is coming to be looked upon as one of the important features of farm work. The poultryman's profits depend in a great measure upon his success…

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Dairy Faciory Employees

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 2

The award of the Cold Storage and Ice Manufacturers' (Country) Board has been gazetted. It will continue in force for three years, and the industries covered…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 August 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' Association of N.S.W.

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 2

An Executive meeting of the above Association was bold in the office, 22 Post Officer Chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, on July 31, 1912…

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Farmers' Union

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 8

The usual meeting of the Chatsworth island branch of the Clarence River Farmers' and producers' Union Was held on Wednesday. Mr. D…

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Dorrigo Butter In London

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 5

IT may be of interest to suppliers of the Dorrigo Co-operative Butter Factory to learn that during the past season their butter commanded…

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A Cheaper Butter Box

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 3

THE latest thing in wire bound butter boxes made of very light timber bas been introduced by Mr. Sturrock, a saw-miller, of Melbourne…

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Dorrigo Butter Factory. Half-yearly General Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

THE half-yearly general meeting, of share-holders of the Dorrigo Butter Factory was held in the School of Arts on Saturday forenoon last…

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Dorrigo Butter Factory. [Continued From Another Page] Half-yearly General Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Johnston thought that the ½d reserve for depreciation of plant was wrong. He did not attend the meeting when the motion…

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Dairy Farmers' Association of N.S.W.

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

An executive meeting of the above Association was held in the office, Sydney, on July 31. The report showed a…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. 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 columns.—Editor.) Polluted Water

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 7

During periods of dry, weather supplies of domestic water have often to be drawn from tanks that have been polluted by stock, or from streams that have also been…

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Dairying Notes. LUCERNE V. the Silo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

THE question whether lucerne for hay or maize for silage is the better crop for the dairyman to grow is being discussed by many dairy-farmers…

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Dairyville

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 2

Our cricket club held their annual meeting on Saturday night. The usual election of officers for the [?] year took place. The…

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F. and S. Deputation. Converting the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation from the Farmers and Settlers' Association waited on Mr. Beeby and put before him a long list of resolutions carried at the…

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Clearing, with Explosives. a Farmer's Own Experience

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 7

Explosives in relation to farm work are attracting increased attention. At first their use was limited to the clearing of land of [?] and heavy timber, but there are…

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Farmers Want Seed Potatoes. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 2

Quite a number of orders from Northern River farmers for seed potatoes remain unexecuted. They are asking for Early Rose, Brownell, Sat…

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A Sad End. Farmer Thrown From His Horse

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 2

On Tuesday night last at 10.30 p.m. a well-known Wooroowoolgen farmer named Treahey Beecher Shepherd, aged 29, met with an…

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Farm Dairy, and Pasture. Butter Grading Illegal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 6

The unanimous decision of the High Court that the grading and grade marking of butter by the Commonwealth Customs are illegal is of very material…

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Chatsworth Farmers Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the local branch, the treasurer's report for the year was read and adopted which showed that income was £12 4s and…

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