Dairy Rhyme
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 17 of 18
Government Butter Grader
REGARDING the correspondence referred to by the Minister for Agriculture in favor of the appointment of a bustor grader, with the object of giving a better standing to our produce abroad,…
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THE O.S.R, Co. has announced a bonus of 2s per ton of this season's crop on the Lower Clarence, and 1s S½d on the Upper Clarence. As was anticipated, the sugar contents of the cane…
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Writing to the Herald, Mr. C. C. Lance says:- "Through the columns of the press we are being continually made aware of the alertness of the Minister for Agriculture in the matter of grading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farmer on Dairying
The following is an extract from an address delivered by a Kansas dairy farmer before the local society:—"The cow is the greatest friend the farmer has if he treats her half-way decently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Hundred of Hooligan. Experiences of an "Outback" Farmer in South Australia
Young Josslyn had not been brought up on a farm, neither had he attended an agricultural college. His imagination was fired one day by reading the report of a debate…
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The advisability of Ayrshire-Jersey cross having been questioned, a dairy farmer in America challenges any person to state—1st. Whether they know anyone who carefully tested the cross…
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On Saturday last, at mid-day, the treatening aspect of the heavens was a fitting harbinger of the afternoon's storm. "Something will come out of this," said an old hand. And sure enough…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Up-to-date Farming
A farmer has complained that there is too much scientific education in teaching the young up-todate farming methods. Theory is over-riding practice in too great a degree—in fact, he thinks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The Examiner." Tuesday, December 11Th, 1900. Imperial Horse Farms
Since we last urged the necessity of cultivating the Imperial horse market, by improving the quality of our breed, a copy of the London Times has come to hand…
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According to the completed agricultural returns for the United Kingdom, there were this year 57,789,444 out of a total of 77,681,644…
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A good many visitors to the Paris Exhibition have remarked the magnificent specimens of vegetables displayed. Mr. J. M'Kay says that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orara Co-operative Dairy Company
A meeting of the Provisional Directors of the abuve was held at the Hampden hotel, Coramba, on Saturday, at 7 p.m. The proceedings commenced by a warm discussion on some action taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Practical Dairying Questions
A journal in one of the dairying States of America formulates three inquiries, and asks its practical readers to answer them. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Butter Market
The S.M. HERALD'S London correspondent says: Weather it is because the market is dull, or from actual facts, it is impossible to say, but complaints of fishiness in Australian butter are…
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An English speaker referring to the growth of co-operative agriculture said : "It was from the land that the people had to live, and sooner or later the land question would have to be…
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AN account of what is said to be the largest dairy in the Australian colonies was published in the Sydney Mail At the time of the reporter's visit 600 cows had calved, and 700 moro were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Intensive Farming
A GOOD many visitors to the Puris Exhibition have remarked the magnificent specimens of vegetables displayed. Mr. J.McKay says that in the vicinity of Paris thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Butter Market
A correspondent, writing on November 9th, states there is a continued dullness in the demand for Australian butter, brought about chiefly by the buyers using up the butter many of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming on the Middle Clarence
Our Lower Southgate correspondent writes: The late planted maize is growing well, and there has been a considerable area sown since the late…
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