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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 41 of 46

Dairy Farmers' Association Reply to Mr. McLean. Meeting at Ulmarra

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 3

It will be remembered that some few weeks ago Mr. J. McLean, the organiser of the Farmers and Seetlers' Association, visited the various centres on the…

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The Short Day on the Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 7

In a contribution to the "Sunday Times" Agricola writes: There is nothing extra, ordinary in Mr. Spence, M.H.R., alleging that men can do more work in a short day than…

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Dairy Farmers' Association Ulmarra Branch

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Ulmarra Branch of the above Association was held in the Council Chambers, Ulmarra, on Friday afternoon…

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Failure of Citrus Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There is a great scarcity of fruit. It is 20 years since supplies were so low as they are just now. Prices are almost prohibitive…

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Timber on Homestead Farms

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., writes:— "In reply to very numerous further inquiries which have reached me lately, I desire to say that the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. the Orchard

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 3

THROUGHOUT the spring and summer months thorough cultivation should be, given to orchards and vineyards, and after each rain the…

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The Wheat Harvest

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 3

The prospects of the wheat harvest are not quite so dismal as they were. Light rains have fallen over a comparatively large area, and it is hoped that more…

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Butter Factories and Egg Sales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 7

The Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Company, is doing good work for farmers by regularly collecting eggs from its cream suppliers and marketing them…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Destructive Insects

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 7

A Wingham correspondent writes that an insect pest is playing havoc with the ironbark trees along the North Coast. The leaves of the…

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The Clarence & Richmond Traminer. Established 1859. Grafton Saturday, 2nd NOV., 1912 Butter and Bacon Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 4

The abnormal progress of the 'North Coast during recent years can be largely attributed to the dairying industry. From Byron Bay…

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Farmers and Settlers

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

MR. MCLEAN, organiser in connection with the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, was in Dorrigo on Saturday…

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Umber on homestead Farms

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

MR.G. S. BRINER, M.L.A. writes; —"In reply to very numerous further inquiries which have reached me lately, I desire to say that the…

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Ye[?] Record. Nearly [?]On Farm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 3

Mr Robert [?] of Cottam's Farm. Hes[?] a rural village on the West [?] coast, about midway [?] pool and…

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Difficulties of Dairymen. Paspalum's Limitations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 7

The recent spell of dry, hot weather is causing dairymen on the north coast a good deal of concern on account of teh bareness of their pastures and the diminishing milk vields…

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Drill and Harvesting. a Farmer's Application. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1912 · page 3

A farmer at Stawell (Vic.) has applied to the military authorities for exemption during harvesting of' his five sons, between the ages of…

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Dairying Advance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 8

The latest returns show that the dairy produce- yields New South Wales £7,250,000 a year. The Premier, in officially opening the new…

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N.s.w. Dairying Statistics

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

The latest returns show that dairy produce yields N.S. Wales £7,250,000 a year. In 1902 more than 82 per cent. of the factory butter produced…

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Cheese Replaces Butter

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 7

A gentleman in New Zealand, who is in a Position to form a correct opinion, writing to a Lismore friend : -- "Australian dairy…

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Sheep Stolen. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 5

Thomas Donohue, owner of Burrangong Station, Yerranderie, placed 500 ewes, valued at £250, in a paddock some distance from the homeste[?]d in…

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