Farming as a Business
How strange it is that farmers look upon shopkeepers, manufacturers, and others as being in business, but never seem to think that they are in business themselves. Every farmer admits…
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Farming & the land, 1900
348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 18
Farmers' Union
A MEETING of the Council of the Union was held on Saturday at Grafton, Mr. W. Zuill (president) in the chair. There was but a small attendance of delegates. Letters were received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's Maize Crops
Some day the production of maize may be a big thing in Australia. To-day, compared with the leading maizegrowing countries, we do very little…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Labor in England
In the counties of Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire, the average cash earnings per man for the entire harvest, are…
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A Gippsland farmer writes: Granting that the Camperdown or Hampden shire system results in the production of a first grade article, why…
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MYER MILLER, a provision dealer, of 9, William-street, Cannon-street-Road, St. George's, appeared at Thames (Eng.) to answer an adjourned summons for selling butter adulterated with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying makes the Farmer
THE dairy farmer is more prosperous than most of the general farmers, largely because his business is more of a cash business than theirs. The effect is seen also on the tradesmen in dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Produce
Judge, Mr. F. [?]urabull. Stewards, Messrs. A. Anderson, jan, and R. J. M'Donald. The exhibits of maize were numerous and good, being one of the best sections of the show. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The World's Maize Crops
SOME day the production of maize may be a big thing, in Australia. To-day, compared with the leading maize-growing countries, we do very little indeed. To give some idea of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle
Stewards—Messrs. A. Cameron, James Creek; C. Farlow, Maclean; C. Bathgate, Ashby; D. Nicholson, Harwood. Judges—Dairy cattle: Messrs. W. Walmsley, Mayfield; A. Mole,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BUTTER v. BEEF
In order to te9t the relative costj of producing a pound of beef and a pound of butter, an American investigator recently conducted an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Deterioration. Over Stocking Pastures
A Victorian dairyman writes:—" A factor in the production of inferior butter, as far as this district is concerned, is the prevalent system of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural Notes. Dairying on the Richmond
For some time past there have been monthly papers read at West Maitland under the auspices of the H:R.A. and H. Association. The most recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The White Color in Cattle
With regard to the objections now being urged against the white color in cattle, Mr. Wm. Housman, the well-known English breeder, puts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Our Dairy Herds and Pastures. and How to Improve Them."
The above was the title of an interesting, instructive, and practical reading given by Mr. Albert Williams, of Tarro, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co-operation for Farmers. From the Queensland Agricultural Journal
Great efforts have been made from time to time to induce the farmers and producers of this colony to combine or co-operate to achieve the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Co-operative Associations
Though Farmers' Associations are not the success wished for on our Northern rivers, they are run on more satisfactory lines in other places. At Glen Innes the other day, Mr. John Perry, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Millionaire Dairy Farmers
SOME of the finest farms in the world are worked by New York millionaires. From 17 of these farms the produce annually sold amounts to £100,000. Mr. L. P. Morton derives a yearly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Farmers
AN American tells of the attitude of the Amertean lady-farmer towards more man. He says: I was in Dakota a few yeas ago and I called to see a couple of ladies who were running a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Cow
PROFESSOR C.F. Curtis, Director of the Iowa Experimental Station, is a perfect mine of dairy wisdom, and one of the most-quoted men in this connexion in the world. We make an extract…
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