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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 29 of 41

The Next Potato Crop

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

Judging by the qualities of seed potatoes that came to the district this season, the spring, planting on the Clarence should we[?] nigh be a record one. Latterly farmers…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 3

John Moorhead, on bail, was charged with, on or about March 1 last, stealing one bullock, the property of Charles Walker, of South Grafton…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 August 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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Dairying. Milk Fever

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 6

An agricultural authority of wide repute in England (Mr. Primrose McCounell, B.Sc.), recently sketched the past and present status of that…

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Agricultural. Maize Varieties. How Farmers Should Regard Them

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 2

Pursuing the subject of varieties of maize, the manager of Coonamble experiment farm in his article advises growers to take into more careful…

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Our Butter in England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

A deputation, accompanied by Messrs. Palmer, Thomson, and Greene, Ms.H.R., representing the co-operative butter-producing interests of the Commonwealth,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. the Silo. Its Adaptability

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 5

TWO recent questions on silage are worthy of note as raising practical points. A farmer who had a silage pit…

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Farm, Dairy and Pasture. (Continued from page 6). District Show Exhibits

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 7

Mr. Editor.—I was surprised to read in a recent issue of the "Examiner" that the president, of the C.P. and A. Society opposed a proposition to send a…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Grafton Experiment Farm. (Continued from Tuesday's issue). No. Viii. a Visit

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

"Farming is a serious business which is on a par with any other profession or occupation. It is a business, which if developed to its greatest efficiency,…

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The Orara Co-Op. Dairy Co., Ltd

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 2

The general meeting of shareholders of the above was held on Tuesday last. The chair was occupied by Mr. H. Playford…

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The Farmer's Idle Wife

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

The farmer's wife, in early days, got up at half-past 2. And shined the ploughs and milked the cows, and put the prunes to stew,…

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Boys for Farm Labour

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

The N.Z. Immigration Department states that the Government has decided to give each farmer in the Dominion the opportunity, if he so desired, of procuring boy…

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Dominion Farmers Organising

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

WHITINGTON (N.Z.). Friday.— A private meeting was held in Christchurch to discuss the Farmers' Union scheme for organisation to prevent export trade…

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London Butter Market LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

Butter is quiet and unchanged. Colonial quotations are nominal. The market is greatly oversupplied with second qualities which are arriving freely from…

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Ulmarra Homestead Farms Over 200 Applications

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

Three homestead farms in the parish of Ulmarra were made available last week, and the reputation of the Ulmarra land was domonst rated by the number of…

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Pioneer Dairy Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

The forty-first half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at Ulmarra, o[?] Saturday afternoon, Directors present: Mr. J. Retallick (Chairman, presiding), and…

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C.R. Pioneer Dairy Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 2

The forty-first half-yearly meeting of the above Company was held at the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. Retallick,…

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Australian Butter in London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 3

Mr. John Russell, manager of the dairy produce department in Sydney," of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., has returned to Sydney from…

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Handling of Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Government has received the American expert's report on the bulk handling of wheat. The report is a severe one. Mr…

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The Brisbane Show. Butter Section

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 8

The National Association's annual exhibition was opened, on Monday in beautiful weather. The attendance was 6000 and the takings were £55 12s 6d…

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