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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 28 of 41

Australian Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.,— A searching inquiry into the treatment of Australian butter in England is urged by the High Commissioner. He suggests that…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 4

At the Commanhurst Police Court on Tuesday, before the P.M., Messrs. D. Baillie, J.P., and D. Roche, J.P., John Moorhead was charged with…

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Grafton Experiment Farm. (Continued from Saturday's issue). a Visit. No. V.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 6

"To Keep account by means of careful registration of the milk yield of each cow, the amount of the butter fat in the milk, and the relation between the yield and the…

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"The Butter Faker."

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 4

Under the heading "Business and Robbery" the "Bulletin" deals with the export butter question. "The dexterous butter faker has been a…

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Colonial Butter in England. Decline in Quality

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 6

Weddel and Company, of London, in their annual review of the butter trade, state:—"There is no denying that the quality of the Australian…

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Potatoes on the North Coast. Spring Crop Versus Autumn Crop

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 7

The season of the year best suited to the production of potatoes in the Clarence River and contiguous districts has been the subject of…

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For Men on the Land Agricultural Maize Seed. Improvement and Selection by Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 7

Maize growers have not so far given the attention to the selection of good varieties and the improvement of seed that is given by wheat…

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Farmers' Bags. Action by the P.L.L.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 8

At a meeting of the Grafton branch of the P.L.L., held on Wednesday night it was resolved on the motion of Mr. M. Larney, seconded…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Maize Seed. Improvement and Selection by Farmers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

Maize growers have not so far given the attention to the selection of good varieties and the improvement of seed that is given by…

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Dairy Farmers and Y[?]co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

A to[?] to Yanco for the benefit of dairy farmers, proposed by the Department of Agriculture, is to come off on September 12th, 1913, on which da[?] the party will…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Grafton Experiment Farm No. VI. (Continued from Thursday's issue.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 6

The serious loss to the Northern River producer is accounted for chiefly by the fact that there is no daily collection of eggs, no suitable enclosure for fowls, and many…

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Homestead Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Lands, who recently decided to resume the Ungarie and Wollongough lease, situated on the authorised railway from…

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Potatoes on the North Coast. Spring Crop Versus Autumn Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 7

The season of the year best suited to the production of potatoes in the Clarence River and contiguous districts has been the subject of discussion many times, but…

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Farmers Victimised. Carr's Creek P.A and Chamber of Commerce

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 11

At a meeting of the Grafton branch of the P.I.L., held on Wednesday night it was resolved on the motion of Mr. M. Larney, seconded by Mr. Jack Irwin,…

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Opossum Farming

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 7

Mr. [?] Souef, who recently visited England in order to obtain information with legard to the Australian fur trade and the possibilities of its development, is…

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Farmers' Potato Plots

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 6

Satisfactory results were obtained from the potato plots conducted by the Department of Agriculture at Crookwell. The yield per a[?]re in the variety trial…

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Hope for Abandoned Farms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 6

Declaring that more than one million acres of farm land in the State of New York have been abandoned in the last ten years because proper business methods have not…

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Farmers' Experiment Plots

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 6

Preparations are now being made by the Department of Agriculture for the planting of potatoes on the farmers' experiment plots in the earlier districts. The number…

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Grafton Experiment Farm. (Continued from Saturday's issue). No. VII. A. Visit. the Orchard

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 6

An orchard has recently been established, and an endeavour is being made to test the suitability of various kinds of fruit to the district. While…

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Cattle-Maiming. More Dastardly Outrages. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 3

Cattle-maiming outrages, similar to those at Great Wyrley years ago, have been discovered to have been committed close to Walsall, near the…

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