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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 38 of 46

Kidman the Cattle King. Overlord of 31,000,000 Acres. The Man and His Kingdom

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 7

This is the story of Sidney Kidman, Australia's cattle king—the man who owns 100,000 head of cattle, 10,000 liorses, and is lord of 31,000,000 acres…

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Home Life on the Farm

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

Mr. Potts, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College (writes "Countryman") struck the right nail on the head in his address to the Sanitary Inspectors'…

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A Woman's Poultry Farm

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

While poultry farming is work for women every woman is not suited for poultry farming by a very long way. The work is too exacting and to an extent too laberious for…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Indian Cane

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 6

Mr. G. Marks, North Coast Inspector of Agriculture, writing on the above subject in the "Gazette," stated inter a[?] that although the introduction of Indian Cane to…

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The Clarence & Richmond Examiner. Established 1859. Grafton Thursday, Oct. 3, 1912. Ostrich Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 4

An industry that is likely to develop well in Australia is that of ostrich farming. It has been considered for many years that South Africa has a peculiar right…

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Farm Apprentice Schools

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Agriculture desires it to be known that there are several vacancies, for apprentices on the Farm Apprentice Schools…

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Latest Telegrams. the Tamworth Seat. Farmers Nominate Candidate Vigorous Letter from Mr. Levlen. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

At a special meeting of the Tamworth branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association only one nomination, that of Frank Chaffey,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Potato Growing

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

Haphazard-selection of seed potatoes is certainly not the method for the grower who is looking for profit. In the past the seed has generally…

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District Doings. Wild Cattle Creek

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

THE most successful social yet held at Leigh Hal eventuated on September, 27th. The committee of the Megan Cricket Club organised…

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Farm and Station Workers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 6

The bill introduced into the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly to replace the Shearers' Accommodation Act of 1901 is a very radical amendment of the existing measure…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. The Best Farm Horse. Views of a Wimmera Expert

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 6

As the outcome of forty years' experience as a Wimmera farmer, Mr. C. O. Mell, now of Gerogery, Southern Riverina, holds very definite views as to what should be the…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

It will be remembered that during the past few weeks quite a number of branches of this Association have been formed at various centres on…

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Woodford Leigh Farmers Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night when there was a good attendance. Mr. A. Want occupied the chair…

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Benefit of Mixed Farming. Important Results From Lime

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 6

Ten years ago, Warrayure, a sheep station, situated within a few miles of the north-east of Hamilton Victoria, was privately sub-divided. The holdings made…

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Suicide of a Wheat Speculator

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The late Mr. W. Short, of the well-known firm of Short and Co., millers and grain merchants, of Gunnedah, had during recent years been…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Feeding Calves

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 6

Constant attention is devoted to the calves at Wagga Experiment Farm. They are fed on warm milk and other foods in special pens that resemble ordinary bails on a small scale…

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Utilising Surplus Grass. a Dairyman to Dairymen

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 6

In a special article to the "Daily Telegraph" "W.S." writes:—"During the 13 years of my dairying experience I have never started the winter without an ensilage stack…

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Californian Ostrich Farmer. A Promising Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 6

Neither the cold calculating eye of the average business man nor the enthusiastic optic of the gifted prophet can foresee the immense trade that is to result in the…

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Wild Nature. a Farmer's Friends

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 7

A farmer who for many years has lived in a pleasant part of Gippsland, but once earned his livelihood in a city, recently sent me some notes concerning his [?]sh…

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Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 4

At Homebush 3238 cattle were [?]arded mainly from the North, North-western, and Hunter River. 336 were from Que[?] land. the hardings comprised very…

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