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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 37 of 46

Butter-Factory Returns

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

At Kyogle there has been an increase of 100 per cent. on the butter output during the past twelve months. The amount distributed for…

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Clarence Potato Crop

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

The rains of last week will do an incalculable amount of good as far as the potato crop on the Clarence is concerned. The recent dry apell…

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A Cattle Tick Remedy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 6

A Queenslander with a bent for animal pathology, and who is engaged in dairying in one of the worst tick districts of the northern State, claims thiet by vaccinaving…

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A Wheat Crisis

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The wheat market is on the verge of a possible crisis. An extraordinary provision has ar[?]sen, there being not enough wheat in the country…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Primary Producer, and Wages Boards

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 6

Farmers and all interested in raral industries' are now being brought to close grips with the wages question as it affects the primary producer. The log submitted by…

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Farm Labourers' Wages

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 6

It is not only in Australia hat a minimum wage for [?]arm labourers is demanded. In the Contemporary Review" Mr. C. Roden Buxton asks for the adoption of…

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Dairyville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

Light frosts are in evidence, but so far have not done harm to growing crops. The farmers are complaining of the hardness of the land, brought about chiefly…

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Farmers' Fair

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 4

There is some prospect of instituting a Farmers Fair for Grafton, to be held in connection with the C.P and A. Association. The idea is only in the…

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Wheat Market. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

The wheat, market in N.S.W. is reported to be on the verge of a possible crisis, as there is not now enough wheat in the country to meet…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

Our Southgate correspondent writes: A meeting of those interested in the formation of a branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in this…

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Bogus Cattle King

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 7

At the Seymour Court (Vic.) a man will be charged with passing a valucless cheque for £8 on a local publican. He is declared by the police to be the…

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A Talk About [?]at Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 6

"It is the best market I have sold in since 1902." It was this way that Mr. Edwin Smith, of [?], Dungog, summe[?] up last Thursday's cattle market at…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture 50 Years' Continuous Corn-growing. Fifty Years Continuous Corngrowing. Important Experiment in British Agriculture

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 6

Mr. Marcus Woodward describes in the "Contemporary Review" for July an experiment made on Blount[?] Farm, Sawbridg[?]worth, Hertfordshire. The jubilee of…

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Farmers' Experiment Plots

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 6

On Thursday last Mr. G. Marks visited Coramba for the purpose of inspecting three offers of land to the Department of Agriculture for experiment purposes. Mr…

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Farmers Neglecting Lime

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 6

It is said that farmers as a class are rather neglecting the use of lime; they are depending too much on chemical manures, and omitting to give the soil dressing of…

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Liquid Cattle Brand

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 3

A liquid brand is being brought under the notice of stockowners in this State, and, as far as can be judged, it should enlist their interest…

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North Coast Cattle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

During this and the following years it is anticipated, there will be a great scarcity of cattle in the North Coast district; in fact the day of the…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 3

These notes will be issued every weak, 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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Ostrich Farming

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. Harris, a South African with considerable experience in ostrich keeping, has decided with a partner, to take up two farms on the Yanco…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Neglect of Fodder Growing. Awakening on the Richmond

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 6

Notwithstanding the somewhat mild conditions that have prevailed on the north coast during the past winter, the greater proportion of dairymen have had their…

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