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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 41

Wheat Harvest

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The wheat harvest in parts of the Riverina is the most prolific on record. Some crops have returned forty-five bushels per acre. One share…

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Big Wheat Yield

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

The what harvest in parts of the Rirerfaa is the most prolific on record. Same crops go 45 bushels to the acre. One share farmer…

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A 4[?] Fall in Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

A little while back, when butter was expected to rise, it wo[?] not rise—apparently until its own convenience was suited. Then it did go upward to the tune of 4s…

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Butter Industry. Colonial Committee Blameless

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The outcome of the recent deputation of co-operative butter factory representatives to the Minister for External Affairs protesting against…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Scourge of Our Dairy Herds (Reprinted from the "Sydney Mail.")

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

Among the worst diseases that attack our dairy cattle is mammitis, a contagious affection of the udder, that, in its worst form, may bring about death in…

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Dairying Notes. Silage on the N. COAST

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

Two spells of dry weather within the past couple of years have proved that even on the fertile soils of the Richmond River, where the pastures…

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Co-operation Among Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

There are about 1200 co-Operative dairies in Denmark with 160,000 members, and 40 baconcuring societies, with about 100,000…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

The first annual meeting of the Council of the [?]ranches of the F. and S. Associations on the Clarence was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Friday. There was a…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. District Council Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

The first meeting of the above was held in the Shire Hall. Maclean, on Friday last, when the following delegates were present:--Messrs. T…

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Current Events Depression in Dairy Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 4

There is a remarkable depression in dairy cattle just now. It is rather hard to understand way cows that are milking are not worth more money, seeing that [?] most…

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Dairying. Silage on the North Coast. Hillside Silo for Economy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

Two spells of dry weather within the past couple of years have proved that even on the fertile soils of the Richmond River, where the pastures…

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Science Congress. Paper on Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An interesting paper read in the agricultural section of the Science Congress dealt with butter making experiments. Doubts had arisen…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Scourge of Our Dairy Herds (Reprinted from the "Sydney Mail.") (Continued from Saturday's issue.) Destruction of the Milk Cells

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 6

The disease, is really an inflammation of the mucous lining of the duets and sinus, followed by a more or less extensive formation of fibrous tissue and consequent…

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Dairying. North Coast Fodder Crops. Queensland Cattle Cane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

"A great cow feed," said the manager of Wollongbar Experiment Farm, when referring to his experience with Queensland cattle cane. Several…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 6

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

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A Lighter Capsizes. Wheat Cargo Sunk. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

A fighter carrying eleven hundred bags of wheat turned over and sank at Darling Harbour this morning, in thirty feet of water. Efforts are…

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Dairying. Silage on the North Coast

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 6

Two spells of dry weather within the past couple of years have proved that even on the fertile soils of the Richmond River, where the pastures…

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For Men on the Land Agricultural. Potato Growing. Grafton Experiment Farm Methods

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

Much useful work, instructive to the district and profitable to the farm, has been done in the growth of potatoes at Grafton experiment form…

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Butter Milk

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

Only a few years ago the chickens and the pigs got most of the residium of a churning. They get very little of it now, for the wise men of the hospitals have…

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Fixing Butter Prices

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

Although Sir George Reid has exonerated the Co-operative Advisory Committee in London as far as the alleged manipulation of butter prices is concerned, he still…

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