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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 6 of 46

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Deaths to Plant Maize

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 5

PROFESSOR PERKINS and his assistant gave the results of the years' experiment relative to the best depths to plant maize, and draw…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Foreigners as Farmers

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

Amongst the thousands who are flocking to the shores of the Commonwealth at the present time, there is a proportion of foreigners, whose entry does not…

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Electricity for the Farm. A Stimulant for Crops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 7

This is an age of scientific miracles, and of all the achievements of modern inventors, the most marvellous is the application of electricity to agriculture…

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The Apathy of Dairymen

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

At the last meeting of the Nashua Dairymen's Association, Mr. F. Reading, of Bangalow, delibered an address in which he condemned the tendency of branches…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. The Tick Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 6

"Stockowner" writes to the "Stock and Station Journal" as follows:—Your leading article of January 9th in commendation of the work done by the tick…

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Dairyville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm passed over here on Saturday night[?] accompanied by torrential rain, which registered six inches. The river rose six feet. This…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. 400 Acres of Potatoes. Millthorpe Methods. Yesterday and To-day

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 6

Yes, it is a "big order," but in Millthorpe district the title will not excite any great surprise, because several growers are approaching this area. It is…

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C.R. Pioneer Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Coy., was held in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Jas. Retallick (chairman…

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Local and General. Grafton Dairy Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 4

At the usual monthly meeting of the Board held on Tuesday afternoon, the members adjourned for an hour out of respect to the memory of their late…

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Herd Testing. C.R. Dairymen's Association. W[?]-out Unsuitables

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 4

A meeting of dairymen under the auspices of the above Association was held at Fitzgerald's Chambers yesterday to consider the desirability of forming a Herd Testing…

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Butter Factory Strike

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 6

Strikes are in the air everywhere. Up north they are having some mild excitement of the kind at a butter factory. It had been the practice at…

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A £50 Butter Test Prize

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 3

There is great indignation at Coff's Harbor (says a correspondent) at the committoo of the Coramba District Agricultural Society not awarding…

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Bulls for Dairy Farmers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 3

In Now South Wales there is a demand for the State to import bulls for dairy farmers. In Denmark the Government has another way of…

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Dairy Farmers' Association of New South Wales

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

A combined Executive and State Council meeting of the above Association was held in the office, 22 Post Office Chambers, Pitt-street,…

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The Dairy. Treatment of Pigs. Most Suitable Food

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 3

In a paper read before the Railton Branch Board of Agriculture, Tasmania, Mr John Donoran gave some useful hints on pig breeding and…

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Sale of Choice Dairy Stock

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

Special attention is drawn to the important sale of Mr. W.H. Sharp's Shorthorn Dairy Herd, at "Orars Grange, Coramba. The auctioneers,…

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Orara Dairy Company

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

The annual meeting of shareholders in the Orars Co-operative Dairy Company yet held here, when the operations for the past half-year…

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C.R. Pioneer Dairy Company Ltd. Half-yearly Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

The thirty-eighth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above progressive company was held in the asonc Hall, Ulmarra, on Wednesday…

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Dorrigo Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

THE half-yearly general meeting of the Dorrigo butter factory will be held in the School of Arts on Saturday morning next. The…

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Butter Factory Returns

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

For the mouth of January 55,259 lbs of butter were manufactured at the Dorrigo butter factory, which is equal to 24 tons 13cwt 63lbs, an…

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