Sugar Cane for Cattle Food
Sugar cane in a new form is now largely used as a cattle food in England, the supplies being obtained mainly from the West Indies. The cane is prepared in a very…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1905
735 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 33 of 37
Japan As a Market for Cattle
The first shipment of fat cattle to Japan from Sydney last week, may prove an event of the atmost consequence to landholders. While the frozen ment trade may be relied…
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The special representative of the "Daily Telegraph" writes: The Hunter River farmer and his lucerne patch have long been an established institution, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Dairymaid on Calf-raising
Do not put calves in pasture to be tortured by flies and to suffer from the hot sun. The young calf's skin is thin and tender and is often blistered by the sun, causing…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation to-day asked the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Moore, to extend the present Government stud farm at Berry, so as to convert it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LOCAL & GENERAL. The Wheat Crop
The Government Statistician says:--Reports just received indicate that the area to be cut for wheat this season will be 1,944,000 acres, and for hay 276,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipment of Cattle
Mr. Macdonald, of Broadmeadow Station, shipped fifty-one head of dairy cattle at Lismore on Thursday per s.s. Wyoming, for Brisbane. The stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liquor at Cattle Sales. Sydney
A witness in a licensing case at Lismore stated that at country cattle sales liquor was supplied free, and children, from 10 to 12 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grading of Butter in Victoria
The Victorian Government dairy expert (Mr. R. Crowe) has "supplied to the Secretary for Agriculture a very interesting report, on the grading of butter. He stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Market Reports. Cream and Butter Tests
BRISBANE. Monday.—A conference of butter manufactures has resolved that to ensure uniform cream testing the Government be asked to amend the regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improvement of Dairy Cattle in Ireland
At a meeting held recently in Dnblin with reference to the improvement of dairy cattle, Sir Horace Plunkett gave an outline of the scheme proposed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ringworm in Cattle
A leaflet issued by the Board of Agriculture, London, gives some notes as to the treatment of ringworm. The disease is due to a vegetable parasite of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field and Dairy. Tuberculosis in Pigs
"Kimball's Dairy Farmer" (U.S.A.) is exorcised over the increase of tuberculosis among pigs in the dairy districts of the United States, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Crop
The Acting Statistician's estimate of the wheat area is 2,200,000 acres. Placing the hay acreage at 290,000 acres, that to be hurvested for grain will be 1,910,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers' Union. Council Meeting at Maclean
A meeting of the Council of the Farmers' Union was held at Maclean on Saturday, Mr. C. Rayner (President) presided, and the following delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violet Butter
Why do we prefer our butter to be of a yellow color instead of the milky hue it has when it is freshly churned? Nobody can give any reason for the preference, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Trade
The present year is a memorable one for the squatters. They are making a great deal more money than they expected to make, and they are rushing all the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Farms in Japan
Japan is cut up by mountain ranges, so that only about one-tenth of the whole area is suitable for cultivation. The land under cultivation in Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Farmers' Union. Meeting at Maclean
The Council of the Union met at Maclean on Saturday, when Mr. C. Rayner presided, and there were also present Messrs. B. Morrison. T. McMahon, J. Maher, D. Shearer,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Prolific Dairy Cow
Mr. E. A. Windsor, of Scone, writes of a wonderful cow—On my father's dairy farm at The Page, Segeahoe, near Scone, is a remarkable cow that has just given birth…
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