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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 34 of 46

A Chair of Dairying Suggestion

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 4

Last week, a deputation from the F. and S. Association urged the establishment of a chair of dairying. They had put the matter before Mr. Carmichael, but…

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Telephones for Farmers

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

A visit to the United States has greatly impressed Mr. John Austin, a South Australian farmer, with the boon which the extension of the telephone has conferred…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Stone on the Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 6

"Coaster" in the "Daily Telegraph" writes:— In many parts of the State considerable damage is done by the depredations of the…

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Butter Factory Employees Award

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 2

The award of the Cold Storage and Ice Manufacturers' (country) Board was gazetted on August 7th. It will be in force for three years in the…

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Farm and Dairy. I

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 3

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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Cleanliness Wanted Everywhere in This Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 3

In the course of a lecture to dairy-farmers recently, the chief dairy expert of tins department exphasised once more the absolute necessity for…

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The Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

IN our Report of the General Meeting of the Dorrigo Butter Factory, appearing in our last issue, the Chairman (Mr. Andrew Walker)…

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Maize v. Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 7

In rotation trials conducted at Minnesota experiment farm (Bulletin 286, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture), wheat grown continuously…

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District Doings. Wild Cattle Creek

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

A TOURNAMENT in connection with the Tennis Club has just been completed. The play was arranged for singles only. There were nine…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Increasing the Maize Yield

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 7

Maize being the principal fodder crop grown in the United States, and, economically, by far the most valuable, it is not surprising that the energies of the State…

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Transmission of Dairy Qualities

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

It has long been recognised that the bull is half the herd. Some breeders now contend that be is more than half; but be that as it may, the…

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Dairying Notes. Cleanliness in the Dairy

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

IN the course of a lecture io dairy-farmers recently, the chief dairy expert of this Department emphasised once more the absolute…

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Who Robs the Farmer?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 4

A correspondent writes:—Do you not think that it is the middleman who swamps so many of our small farmers, and not the high…

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Sydney Markets. Butter Market. SYDNEY

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

Merchants are anticipating a busy time in butter about the middle of the next month, as increased supplies will be arriving during the first…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. The Dairy Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 6

(By A. Kyle, Victorian Dairy Supervisor.) The newly-born calf is usually introduced straightaway to the poddy pen, and it is here, in most cases, that trouble arises…

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Dairyville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 2

At the Farmers and Settlers Association meeting the yearly report was read. The following officers were appointed for the year:—President, Mr. J. H. Hartley…

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The Sugar Industry. The Farmers' Increased Burden. No. I.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 4

The sugar industry in this State and Queensland is at present passing through a rather momentous period. The canegrower on the Clarence has had many…

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Side Lines for the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 6

There are many simple though extremely [?] side [?] in connection with farming in the State; strange as it may seem, however, the farmers as a body are…

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Butter Factory Returns

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 2

Lismore Co-op. Dairy Co. manufactured 381 tons of butter for the half-year ending June 30. Suppliers were paid an average price of 11.63d…

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Sydney Markets. Butter Market. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 2

Butter has declined 6- per cwt. The fall was expected last week on account of the fall in other States, but it was put off as long as…

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