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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 43 of 46

Grafton Dairy Co. Ltd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 November 1912 · page 2

Report for month ended 31st October: -- Paid for first-class butter 11¼d per lb. nett, second-class butter 10¼d…

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The Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 4

The disorganised state of the London but[?] market is held to be responsible for the further decline of [?] on the Sydney [?] The London price is[?] Salted,…

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Dorrigo Butter Factory. Manager's Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 3

DURING the month of October 21,7691bs of butter were manufactured, being less than 10 tons. This was the worst month experienced…

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Dairying Notes. Value of Testing

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 5

AT the request of the Minister for Agriculture the Hon. J. L. Trefle, M.L.A. the milk and butter records of the stud cattle at Berry…

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Points of a Dairy Cow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 7

The judging of dairy cows for other than standard requirements of the breeds has been reduced to a scale of points, at the Agricultural School, Storr's University,…

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Wollongbar Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The "S.M. Herald" says that the failure of the Government farm at Wollongbar to attract students is a matter that requires some…

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Drop in Butter. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 November 1912 · page 2

There will be another drop of 4- per cwt. in the price of butter in Sussex-street on Monday…

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Slaughtering Diseased Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 2

[?] come to the knowledge of the De[?] that some cattle owners are in [?] habit of collecting doubtful animals [?] talling them to lilcensed slaughter…

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The Butter Industry. North Coast Development. Local and Over-Sea Markets

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 8

At the end of last year the number of dairy cattle in N.S.W. was 89[?],755; the amount of butter produced was 83,247,121 lbs. The estimated value of the…

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The Wool Season

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The general estimates of this year's Australian wool clip is that there will be a decrease of between three hundred thousand and…

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Milk & Butter Yields of Stud Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

At the request of the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. J. L. Trefle,) the milk and butter records of the stud cattle at Berry experiment farm have been made available…

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Values for Butter Purpoies

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

Calculating, butter as worth 10d. per lb. and separated milk at Id. per gallon, the best cow in the herd, " Calm II," returned £23 12s. 6d. Comparing this with the…

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Milk and Butter Breeds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

The lesson to be learned from these figures, apart from that indicating the great necessity for individual testing, is that the dairy-farmer should choose his breed…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Withdrawal of Shaw Subsidy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

Considerable unrest, not to say consternation, has been created amongst the managing committees of Agricultural Societies in this State at the announcement…

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Land of Promise. Emigrants to Australia. Wool Worth 20 Millions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 3

Australia is this year making ready for a boom such as she has never known before (says the "Daily Chronicle.") By two or three years of patient, steady…

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Dairying Profitably

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 5

IN a recent number of the "Agricultural Gazette" Mr. P. G. Hampshire, dairy inspector, supplies some informative returns…

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The Irish Farm. Life Desoribed. How the Place Is Worked

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 3

Some time ago, whilst I was staying [?] in London, a man surprised me by making a remark. He had just taken me in to dinner, and the…

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Government Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The annual report of the Department of Agriculture shows that the revenue for the year increased by £18,868, while the expenditure showed…

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Grafton Dairy Co. an Important Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 4

A new issues back an article appeared in the "Examiner" drawing attention to the fact that the Gration Dairy Company had issued a circular containing an appeal to…

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Egg-laying Competition. Grafton Experiment Farm

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

The Manager (Mr. A. H. Haywood) reports for the month of November:—As was to be expected in the ordinary course of events there has been a falling off in the…

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