A Butter Cooler
Mr. W. A. Stark, of Hillgrove, has invented an ingenious butter cooler. The inside case is made of light wood battens, around which is constructed a water bag, square in…
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Farming & the land, 1899
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Advantages of Dairy Schools
Mr. R. A. Pearson says dairy schools are an advantage to the public as well as to those comparatively few individuals who attend them for instruction. In countries where…
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A movement is on foot among the farmers in the New England district about Glen Innes to fix a uniform rate of payment for some of the more important branches of…
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The sixth annual meeting of shareholders was held in the Oddfellows' hall on Tuesday, when about 30 shareholders were present, and Mr. G. H. Varley was elected chairman…
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The report submitted to the shareholders of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Alex. Ross, J.P., showed that 57,046lbs. of butter had been made from the 1,564,854lbs. of milk separated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying on the Hunter
COMPARATIVELY Few people are aware of the rapid growth of the butter industry of the Hunter River district. Some six or seven years ago a wholesale firm in Newcastle used to bring up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Normal Values and Cost of Production. The Farmers' Great Defect. [FROm "THE cO-OPERATOR," SYDNEY.]
In all the multifarious callings of trade the cost of producing the articles appertaining to any particular trade, is one of the very first principles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Word to Farmers
THE ABMIDALE CHRONICLE, in an article on the manipulation of the market, addresses itself to the farmers in the following trenchant terms:—Apart from a knowledge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying and Exhaustion of the Soil
There is tv tendency among the farmers of this country to pay little or no heed to the effects of their farming operations ar to the increased or exhausted of soil fertility. Certain crops are…
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FARMING being quite the most fashionable occupation for woman nowadays, says a British exchange, and a craze for agricultural pursuits haying taken possession of ladies of fashion in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sorghum for Dairy Cows
THE sorghum cane is an exceedingly valuable plant for both green and dry fodder in that portion of the United States ranging from parts of Texas up into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Ulmarra Butter Factory
The Ulmarra Factory is now in its eighth year of progress, and its advancement has been, remarkable. There is little need to tell of the first year of existence, with the troubles and difficulties it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Relation of Size to Food in Cattle
As a rule, no doubt, we may eafely assume that there is a general but somewhat loose accordance between the size of un animal and the quantity of food it consumes, as there is also to some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying on the South Coast
THE protracted drought has had an injurious effect upon the dairying industry all along the South Coast. No man is better acquainted with the facts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.R. Pioneer Dairy Co
The annual general meeting of the C.R. Pioneer Dairy Co. took place on Saturday afternoon. The whole of the directors were present, besides about 60 other persons. Mr. James Retallick…
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Mr. J. J. Miller writes: Seven years ago an insignificant little band of farmers met at Wagga Wagga to discuss matters of interest to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Fat Prizes
DURING last year the Committee of the Central Richmond River Agricultural Society, Coraki, decided to offer the sum of £10, divided into prizes of £7, £2, and £1, for cows yielding the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Notes
MR. JOHN BALE writes:—The present month is most suitable for sowing Swede turnips. There is likely to be a good demand for them in Sydney next winter and spring. A few tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lenten Pastoral, 1899
The Bishop of the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale, addressing the members of the English branch of the Church Catholic in the Diocese, says: "There is a tendency,…
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