Dairy Jottings
Good cows, look better, do better, and pay better than scrubs, and it is the farmer who invests in good cows who makes the most money…
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Farming & the land, 1906
763 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 39
Chatsworth Farmers' Union
The regular monthly meeting of Chatsworth branch was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. McMahon (President) occupying the chair. Correspondence was received from Mr. J. McFarlane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Curing Pork on the Farm
In butchering any animal (says a writer in the "Prairie Farmer") it is important that it should be handled in such a way as not to unduly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Competitions
The "Herald" writes:—Experienced factory managers, following approved lines, may be relied upon to produce superior butter. But it would appear that to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Faking
Another illustration of the extent to which butter-faking is practised in England was given the other day by a speaker before the British Farmers' Club. He was urging…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Pastoral Outlook
In their "Annual Review" of the Australian wool trade, Goldsborough, Mort, and Co. write on the pastoral outlook in an optimistic strain as follows:—Excepting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stolen Cattle
A remarkable discovery of the daring destruction of valuable cattle for the mere value of their hides was made by the police recently whilst investigating the loss…
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The regular monthly meeting or Chatsworth branch was held on Wednesday, Mr. T. McMahon (President) occupying the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Queensland Farmers
The following extracts from a departmental report issued the other day on the Brisbane district of Queensland are of interest in this State:—"Ticks have been active,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Agricultural. Farmers and Their Fowls. the Leghorn-wyandotte and Plymouth Rock. No. 7
The Leghorn is the most popular of any breed. No matter into what outlandish district you go Leghorn blood will be found, either in pure birds or strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying on the Richmond
The returns for the four weeks ended February 24 for the Casino Co-operative Butter Company, Ltd., shows that the output in that period was [?] butter,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Horses
Professor Angus at Port Pirie said the animal required on the farm was a fleet, clean-limbed, flat-boned horse. They did not need heavy dray horses…
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At the last meeting of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Association the condition of the experimental farm in this district was severely criticised. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Stealing
John Dezoet was charged with cattle stealing, and pleaded guilty. Evidence was given that at the Casino Police Court, on the 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dehorned Cattle
Absence of horns on cattle either in the dairy herd or in the mob on its way to the sale-yards is a decided advantage. Sometimes the hornless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Butter Guarantee. London
The conference of representatives of the colonial butter trade recommends that the genuineness of all imports of butter be guaranteed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm, Field and Dairy. Action of Lime on the Soil
The functions of lime when applied to the soil are very complex, and may be summed up as follows:-- 1st--Its influence liberates plant food…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Jottings
Use milk pails, cans etc., for no other purpose but to hold milk. Whitewash the interior of the cowshed at least once a year. Now is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1200 Sheep Drowned. Sydney
Twelve hundred sheep were drowned between Adavale and Windorah, Queensland, during the recent heavy rains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lassoed a Cattle Thief. How a Women Overcame Border Desperadoes, Kitting One
The people in the San Joaguin valley of California have never ceased telling of a deed of rare bravery enacted by Sirs. Victor Daniels some twenty-five…
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