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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 5 of 46

Popularising Farming in America

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 3

The tendency to get back to the land is not confined to Australia. All over the world there appears to be a great desire on the part of city dwellere and others to…

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Orara Co-op. Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 3

The annual general meeting of the Orara Co-operative Dairy Company was held on Saturday last, and was attended by about 23 shareholders…

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Dairyville

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

Steady rain set in on Tuesday from the south-east, wtih every prospect of continuance. The Upper Orara district was just…

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Wool Growing in Japan

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commercial Agent in the East for this State, has reported the gist of some remarks made to him in the course of a discussion with Baron Makino,…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Royal Agricultural Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

In a few weeks the annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society will be held in Sydney. As formerly, Easter week is selected for the holding of the…

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Something for Intelligent Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

Prof. C. E. Wallace, of the Ohio Experiment Station, writes in the Ohio "Agricultural Student" as follows:— "By applying some of the lessons learned…

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Income Tax Retunns Advice for the Farmer

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 4

"Uncle Wiseman," in the "Farmer and Settler," instructing a small farmer how to fill in the return says:--…

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Judging Dairy Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

In the course of his periodical report, Mr. Frank McCaffrey, hon[?] secretary of the Illawarra Dairy Cattle Association, in discussing the purity of the Milking Shorthorn…

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The Butter Box

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

A few months ago there was some talk about the Grafton butter-box, which gave some promise of solving the difficulty which faces the dairying industry in this…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

At a meeting of the Nashua branch of the Dairy Farmers' Association, Mr. Fred Reading, member of the executive, announced that the association was making…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Taxation and the Tiller

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

By the income tax the farmer is confronted with a new liability, provided he is of the well-to-do class of agriculturist. In other words, if by his industry…

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Farmers' Fighting Fund

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Gloucester branch of the F. and S. Association, it was unanimously decided to adopt the schem promulgated by Mr. A. Perrett, of…

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Farmers and Settlers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 3

The annual conference of delegates from the F. and S. Association to the Western District Council was held at Gilgan[?]ra last week. The branches represented were…

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When to Cut a Crop for Silage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

The time at which to cut a crop for silage varies with the different varieties usually ensiled. Thus, maize, one of the principal crops grown for silage, is ready…

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Canadian Grain Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

In order to deal with the situation arising out of the congestion in freight traffic d[?]e to the efforts to move the grain crop in Canada West, an appeal has…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 4

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Winter for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Treffe), and are based mainly on the experiments of…

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Dairying. Drag of the Race

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 4

The experiment stations utmost throughout the dairying world are being continually questioned by dairymen as to the "why and wherefore"…

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C.r. Pioneer Dairy Co. Ltd. Half-yearly Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 6

The following report is to be submitted to the shareholders in the above company at the half-yearly meeting at Ulmarra next Wednesday :…

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Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 4

There has been an improving market locally throughout the week. On account of the demand for shipment in Northern Queensland, state Prescott's Limited in…

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Butter Factory Squabble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 10

Mr. A. Black, Chairman of Directors of the Raleigh butter factory has resigned as a protest against the action of the managing director. Mr. Black's…

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