Crops and Rain
AT the present time there is very little doing in farming, but the late maize will soon be fit for pulling. The potato crops at all parts of the river is unusually good, both in quantity and…
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Farming & the land, 1899
338 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 17
Dairying on the Macleay
Sylvan, who has recently visited the Macleay, writes in the Sydney Mail on the subject of dairying on the river. The holdings on the richest land are small,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pasteurised Butter
An interesting butter test has just been concluded at the Government depot, South Australia. The test extended over six months. The…
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A TELEGRAM from Melbourne in last Thursday's S.M. HERALD stated that an uneasy feeling is caused by the failure of the Government to renew the contract with the P. and O. and Orient…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Notes. a Bird's-eye View of Danish Farming
Denmark is a small country; its total area extends to 9,352,751 statute acres. Denmark is a flat country, whose highest height is only some…
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THE directors of the Bellinger Butter Company met at Feramount on Monday night. Tenders were opened for the clearing of the site at Raleigh and smoking a well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of Karangi Butter Factory
SATURDAY last, May 20, was what may be justly termed a " red letter," day for Karangi, when the time at last arrived for the opening of a creamery…
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A SOUTH Coast paper says:—Over two years ago Dr. Hay uud Mr. Alex. Hay, of Coolangatta, started weighing and testing milk from the individual cows at Coolangattu, and the first year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federation and the Cattle Industry
Mr. R. S. Archer, of Queensland, speaking at a recent meeting of the Central Queensland Stockowners' Association, referring to the opening of the markets of the colonies by Federation, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pasteurising for Butter Making
THE Minister for Agriculture has lately been proclaiming the virtues of Pasteurising cream for butter making, and states that if it were universally adopted in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen's Association
A MEETING of delegates of the Dairymen's Association was held at Grafton on Wednesday. Mr. D. Baillie presiding. Mr. A. Ross said with reference to his motion…
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A meeting of delegates was held at Grafton on Wednesday. Present—Messrs. D. Baillie (chairman), A. Rose, D. S. Martin, G. Fraser, C. Leeson, J. M.Pherson, B. Eglington, W. Morrison, W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying on the Richmond. the Industry in a Frenzy
From the number of sales of dairy herds and the enormous prices paid for stack it would be absurd to ignore the fact that the industry is in a frenzy just now. On a diggings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Dairymen's Association
A MEETING of the above ASSOCIATION was held in Grafton on Wednesday, Mr. D. Baillie in the chair. Mr. Ross explained that his reason for proposing to have butter graded was that he…
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Mr. Editor.—I am pleased the Dairymen's Association ia taking this important matter in hand, for it means a lot to the Clarenoe to have its butter put on the market as high grade. I am…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grading of Cream. [From the "Farmers' Co-operative News."]
Competition, both locally and on the world's markets, is forcing discriminatory action upon us; central factories, north and south, are receiving two or more qualities of cream. Managers or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Washing Butter in the Churn
How many times ought butter grains to be washed in the churn? Some dairy teachers are of opinion that butter ought always to be washed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural Notes. Cattle at English Shows. a New Departure
By the incoming mail we are informed that Mr. Richard Stratton, the well-known breeder of milking Shorthorns, has carried, by a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Conference
THE executive of the Farmers and Settlers Association met at Junee on Tuesday. It sat till 1 a.m., having received over 100 letters from various parts of the colony. Mr. Pinkstone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scottish Sheep Dogs
In the highlands of Scotland it has been a rule with shepherds to have two dogs, and occasionally a young "reserve." One dog is taught in English, and the other in Gaelic. By this means…
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