How to Make Dairying Pay
The "Otago Witness," having offered a £20 prize for the best essay on dairy farming, the following rhyming effusion was sent in by a lady competitor:…
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Farming & the land, 1900
348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 18
The Wheat Crop
Mr. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, has issued a progress report with regard to the wheat area and crop. As the weather of the next three weeks will affect the yield,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Pastoral Industry
A few years ago Queensland pastoralists found they had more stock than they could profitably dispose of. An outlet for the surplusage beyond the sea was therefore necessary, and in view of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Rosebery as a Farmer
DOWN at Tho Durdans, near Ep[?]m, Lord Rosebery plays the part of tho bucolic agriculturist to perfection. [?] is a many-sided man, and a knowledge of pigs, poultry, pruning, and potatoes comes as…
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A RAG-MAN who was gathering up worn-out clothing in the country, purchased in the pair of discarded trousers at the farmhouse and remarked to the man of the house, as he paid for the stuff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Notes. Green Cropping in Bry Districts
A northern farmer in South Australia gives some practical notes upon the above subject. Dairy farmers and other own rs ot stock, he remarks are hoting well the lesson of the past dry season,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellinger Butter Co
THE monthly meeting of directors of the Bellinger Butter Company was held on Tuesday evening last, at the registered office in Bellingen, Mr. F.R.H. Baker's rooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Leaks and Losses
THE most common error in Australian farming is that of attempting tho cultivation of more land than can be property attended to. Everywhere one will see farmers trying to cultivate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Interesting Dairy Test
To determine whether your cow is in calf or not, the following remarks by a writer in an American dairy journal will be of interest:—"The cow to be tested is, of course, milked separately,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Medium-sized Farms
IN his paper in the Year Book for 1900, issued by the U.S. Agricultural Department, Mr. Geo. K. Holmes, quoting statistics of agricultural development, draws attention to the increasing…
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Regarding wheat growing on Wooroowoolgen, about three miles out of the town of Casino, and on the river banks, to which brief reference was made formerly, the older residents here with whom…
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The above company is going slow, the object of the provisional directors being in every way within their power to conserve the interests of the dairymen of the district…
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A special meeting of suppliers was held on Thursday at the factory; Mr. G. H. Varley in the chair. Mr. Stening, local manager of the F.F. and I. Co., at the request of the Chairman, fully explained the details of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agrigultural Notes. Dairymen! Your Ear
"At cur creamery," writes a correspondent of Hoard's Dairyman, an American publication, "there are 80 farmers who bring milk every morning. We have all noticed that one of our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Closer Settlement Bill. How to Acquire a Farm
The Closer Settlement Bill, or, as it is termed, the "Agricultural settlement Bill," was introduced in the Assembly by the P.M.G. on Wednesday. The measure is a short one, containing 19 clauses only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural Notes. a French View of the Butter Trade
M. de Loverdo has communicated to the National Agricultural Society of France his opinion as to the struggle for the English butter market…
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A FEATURE of last year's business was that there was a together of the prices of "choicest" and "finest" qualities—the difference being only 4s per cwt., while the choicest is really…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Table. Perfumed Butter
At dainty tables in America, says the "Gentlewoman," they are serving perfumed butter. The butter is first made into pats, stamped, and wrapped in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Examinee." Saturday, December 1St, 1900. Capturing the British Butter Market
The decision of the Government to institute an official brand for butter leaving N. S. Wales for the British market will be welcomed by all who realise the deadly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wooroowoolgen Cattle Sale
To-day will commence the most important sale of cattle that has ever been held in these districts. It is now about 35 yeara since the writer first saw the Woorooowoolgen herd. The brand had been…
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