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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Sheep on the North Coast. Limited Possibilities

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 2

Opportunity was taken by the Sheep and Wool Expert at a recent meeting of the Nimbin branch of the Agricultural Bureau to counsel North…

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Farm and Dairy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 2

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

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For Men on the Land Dairying. Cheese. Its Proper Care in the Curing Room

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 2

The condition of cheese arriving on the market during the hot weather of the recent summer has reminded the Department's dairy instructor…

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Butter Grading

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

TOWARDS the end of last year instructions were issued by the Minister for Customs, Mr. Groom, to the effect that managers of factories…

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Butter-Fat Competition

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 9

The result of the butter fat compotition in connection with Casino Show is as follows:— Hannigan Brost Vanity, 2.21 butter, 1; P. Matthews Mottle, 2.07 butter, 2; W. Duncan's…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Herd Testing. What is Revealed about Profits

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

The extent to which herd testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than in simple statistics. It was in that…

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Farm, Dairy, Pasture Maize in New England. Question of Variety and Soil Fertility

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 6

The selection of the correct variety of maize for those districts in New England suited to the crop is a matter of considerable importance to the growers…

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Dorrigo for the Dairyman

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

Nearly all the dairymen in the Dorrigo district have done remarkably well during the late spring and summer. Very few of them have averaged…

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The Farmer's Missing Link

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

AN Iowa woman has supplemented a lifetime on the farm by inveating a corn harvester and baler which recentfield tests have demonstrated…

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Heavy Burden for Farmers. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 3

Mr. Halloran, speaking at the Wagga F. and S.A. meeting, calculated that the rural workers' award would mean an additional £50,000…

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Grafton Dairy Co., Ltd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 2

Report for month ended 31st March: -- Paid for first-class fatter 10[?]d per lb. nett, second class 9[?]d, pork…

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Coastal Farmers' Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers' Co-op Society report for the week ending April 24 : -- Butter. -- With the advent of cooler…

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Dairying Conservation of Fodder in Practice

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

One practical result of the Department's advice to farmers on the subject of conservation of fodder has been furnished this Reason by a farmer…

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Third N.C. Egg-Laying Competition. At Grafton Experiment Farm. Figures for First Month. a N.S.W. RECORD

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

The 35 pens competing in the third N.C. Egg-laying Competition at the Grafton Experiment Farm completed their first month yesterday afternoon…

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For Men on the Land Agricultural. Good Cultivation and North Coast Maize Crops

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

Discussing the progress of his work, and the valuable object lessons that are being provided in his district, the Inspector for the North Coast during…

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Sheep-Reading on the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 9

In an address at Maclean on Tuesday night Mr. Marks, of the Agricultural Department, emphasised the mistaken practice by Clarence River farmers of…

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The Cocoanut Gold Mine. the Era of Vegetable Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 7

The development of the cocoanut industry is not o[?] any very direct importance to our agriculturists, but in several respects it has strong indirect interest to…

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Megan Crops

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Bennett has on show in his window fine samples of corn and potatoes grown on Mr. Owen's farm at Lower Beilsdown, Megan. The corn…

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Income Tax Imposition. From a Farmer's Standpoint

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 3

The Income Tax Amendment Act is but an expected development in Socialistic legislation. The minimum screw that escapes taxation is £250 per annum…

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Farmers' View on Many Subjects

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 5

At the Macquarie district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association sitting at Dubbo, the following motions were carried:—…

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