Pigs on Dairy Farms
A CORRESPONDENT, writing to the Sydney [?] says—" A pig will eat almost anything, and I have good reason to say so, because, in common with other…
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Farming & the land, 1898
305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 16
Schemes for Improving Farmers' Cattle. [From the Live Stock Journal.]
It is very gratifying to find, after years of discussion, that some practical measures have been and are being taken with a view to the more geneneral improvement of the ordinary cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Experiments in Feeding for Butter Production
Some important experiments have recently been made by Professor Soxhlet, of Munich, on the effect of feeding rich foods to dairy cows. The majority of previous experiments had tended to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The Farmer's Boy."
The sun had set behind you hills, across the deary moor; Weary and lame, a boy there came up to a farmer's door…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ideal Dairy Cow
The average dairy cow of "Australia gives, it is believed, about 250 gallons of milk per annum. At the average price paid at the butter factories of 2¼d per gallon, this brings in a return to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Dairymen's Association. Council Meeting at Grafton
A meeting of Delegates was held on Thursday. Present—Messrs. G. H. Varley (chairman), A. J. Hewitt (Grafton), D. Beatson and J. T. M'Kittrick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairymen's Association
A MEETING of delegates was hold at Grafton on Thursday. Delegates representing Grafton, Southampton, Ulmarra (factories), and Copmanhurst, Tyndale, Coldstream, Coutt's Crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Address on Dairying. Mr. Pateson at Ulmarra
Last Wednesday night, about 140 attended at Capp's hall to hear Mr. Henry Patesnn on "Dairying: past and present." Mr. Retallick occupied the chair by request…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Making in Denmark
MR. BARTRAM, in 1896, gathered the following data whilst in Demark and Sweden. Coming from a practical man, the information may be relied upon. The annual rent paid for dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Poor Farmer
You Lour the cry on every hand How wicked it was to tax the land, For who he brunt of the tax would stand? The poor unfortunate farmer!…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers, Pay Your Sons
WHY do some farmers' sons become discontented with life on the farm, and evince a disposition to earn their living amongst other surroundings? asks the AUSTRALASIAN. The reason is that in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying
A BRITISH farmer advocates bran water as a milk stimulant for dairy cows. Here is his recipe. If you desire to get a large yield of rich milk, give your cows…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Pastoral Outlook
A return appears in a recent issue of the Maitland Mercury of an important commercial magazine of the United States, relative to the position of the pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exporting Butter
The results of the first season's export of Clarence River butter is satisfactory to all concerned. The quantity thus, disposed of relieved the colony's market at a time when relief was most needed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How I Manage My Dairy Farm
In writing this article (says "Illawarra" in The Farm and Dairy) I merely give my own experience and the results of my own observations. As my herd is my capital, the source of all my income,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Butter in London
The London correspondent of the S.M. Herald writes on April 1: In my communication a month ago mention was made of two brands of Australian butter which were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sugar Industry. The Company and the Farmers
WHEN I wrote the first of these letters some weeks ago, I did so in anticipation of a continuance of the industry on a Free Trade basis. Within that short time, however, events have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smithtown Dairy Company, Limited
THE Smithtown Dairy Company was started in 18890, the promoter of the initial meeting being Mr. W. C. Eddis, lately district inspector of the A.J.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inoculation for Ticks. Important to Dairying
The Queenslander states:—We have now approached a stage in our experience of inoculation which practically makes us the master of the tick. Along with our latest reports on tick encroachment we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wollongbar Experimental Farm. [By a Special Commissioner.]
There are a large number of novelties to be found growing on the Farm, from extraordinary capsicums to that very little used vegetable known as "salsify," not forgetting "liquorice root," The…
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