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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Farm, Daisy, and Pasture, Explosives in Agriculture. George Marks, Inspector of Agriculture, North Coast District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 6

The Editor of the "Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W." gives prominence to Mr. Marka' illustrated article in the last number of the publication. The following extracts…

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Grafton Dairy Coy., Ltd. Twentieth Annual Meeting. Capital Increased to £10,000

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

Nearly fifty shareholders of the above Company attended the annual meeting, which was held in the Town Hall on Thursday. Mr. A. Egging…

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Maclean Co-op Dairy Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

The eleventh half-yearly meeting was held in the Maclean Mechanics institute on Saturday. Present Messrs. E. C. Bishop (Chairman of Directors, in the chair), R…

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The Butter "Blenders." Enormous Profits. Where the Farmers Lose. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

The Maypole Dairy Co., a great English firm of butter and margarine blenders, have decided a profit for the past year of half a million…

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The Milk Supply. Dairy Expert's Evidence. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

The Royal Commission (Mr. Bavin) appointed to inquire into Sydney's food supply continued taking evidence this morning…

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Copmanhurst Dairy Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

The fourteenth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Copmanhurst Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the Literary Institute…

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Australian Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Maypole Dairy Company, great butter margarine blenders, declared a profit for the half-year of half a million, sterling, which represents…

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Dairyville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

Mr. Pridham, of the Department of Public Works, was on a visit to the Upper [?]a district a few days ago, and paid [?] official visit to the Mirrong…

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Palmer's Island Dairy Co, Ltd

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

At the annual meeting there was just a quorum present, with Mr. A. H. Garven (Chairman of the Board) presiding. The other Directors and the manager were also…

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Dairying. the Breeds at Wollongbar Experiment Farm

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 3

The conditions on the North Coast, especially on the Richmond River, make it quite necessary that the dairyman should study carefully the…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 3

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

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District News. Maclean Mems. Farmers and Politics

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

The farming community seem to have the strenuous part of the season over, and one sees a little more of them away from their farms…

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Murderous If Emotional. Prefers Poultry Farming. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. Knight thrice attempted to murder his wife by means of poison, strangling and drowning. Miss Grimes participated in his…

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Farm, Dairy, Pasture. Breeds of Dairy Cattle. Year's Record at Berry Experiment Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

Probably at no previous time in the history of New South Wales has cattle-breeding, for dairy purposes been given so much attention as at present. This is no…

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Fashion and Fancies in Dairy Cattle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

This brings us to a question to which dairy farmers of experience must have given some thought of late years, namely, the rapidity with which one…

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Individual Butter Yields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

The returns show that, judging from a butter point of view, the best cow in the herd was the Berry-bred Guernsey, Calm II (by Rose Prince, Imp.), she having…

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The Butter Blender

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

"Orion" in the "Clarence and Richmond Examiner," in commenting upon Sir George Reid's report regarding Australian butter on the London market, expressed the…

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Down Grade in Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

Another drop of 2s in butter prices reduces the quotations to first-grade 96s, second 88s to 92s, pastry 78s. This morning's "Herald" says that "the…

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The Farm and Dairy. The Position of the Tenant Farmer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

The inroads of the rabbit post towards the coastal districts is directing attention to the unenviable position of the tenant farmer. I[?] [?]ooks as if he is going to be…

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Dairyville

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

A very enjoyable evening was spent at the fine new residence of Mr. W. H. Secomb on Friday last, when about 30 of the local…

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