Raising Dairy Heifers
We raise all the heifers from our good cows, taking them from the cow when about a week old, give them new milk for about a week, then give it…
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Farming & the land, 1906
763 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 39
Limewater In the Dairy
Speaking with a buttermaker about the "off quality" of butter, he said: "I had trouble with my butter, it seemed all right when shipped out, but in…
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Contrasting the advantages of dairy farming over grain raising, Professor E. H. Farrington of the Wisconsin dairy, school says in Hoard's…
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The grain ration is where a good many fall down. We ought to remember it is on the amount fed over and above the actual maintenance from…
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A good cow is a milk making machine. Usually she will give milk in proportion to the feed given. If milk is the object it pays to feed the right…
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Though not among the most serious of dairy troubles, "mottling" of butter has perhaps been the cause of as much discussion as any, nays American…
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WE have received a copy of the report of the Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society which was presented at the meeting of share— holders held at Lismore last Wednesday. The…
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UNDER this heading a correspondent writes:— "If the maize growers along the North Coast are not careful there will be a slump in maize. It is a fact that the land…
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"One would imagine from the way people have been talking that butter grading was a new and revolutionary thing," said Sir William Lyne to a Melbourne "Argus"…
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Mr. A. J. Vincent had a peculiar loss on his farm, near Wangaratta (Vic.). He was planting a 30-acre paddock with lucerne, and after having rolled half the plot,…
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The Tyndale and Shark Creek Branch of the F.U. and P.A. met on Tuesday, Mr. W. Benson in the chair. Mr. T. W. Eglington, secretary, read correspondence…
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If half of the chickens that are hatched were reared, there would be great profits in poultry raising. To be successful, the greatest care should be taken with the…
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Mr. Aubin Dowling, of Talgai West, Hendon, in reference to a paragraph which appeared in several publications in connection with the milk yields of his dairy herd,…
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Bacon, Pineapple, sides 6 [?]d, flitches 6¼d; Bodalla, sides 6d, flitches 6d. Hams, Pineapple 11d. Cheese, Bodalla 6½d. Honey, 2[?]d to 4d lb. Beeswax, 1/1 to 1/2…
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Fancy figures have been used by some of the gentlemen who have imported Dr. Danysz to illustrate the amount of loss the country has sustained by the rabbit pest…
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A suit at last Grafton District Court regarding a case arising out of a share agreement prompts the S.M. "Herald" to make some suggestions…
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A correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writes:—Last week I mentioned the numerous evictions of good settlers, largely owing to political reasons, taking place on…
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Hurdle Race, about 2m.—Cangon, 10-12 (A. Scott), 1; Mercury, 10-7, 2; Ballalaba, 10-5, 3. Won all out by a neck. Time, 3.[?]3¾…
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Bacon, Pineapple, good sales, sides 6¼d, flitches 6d, middles 7¼d; Bodalla, sides 5d to 5¾, flitches 5d to 5¾d. middles 7d. Hams, Pineapple 1.1d. Cheese, Bodalla 6½d…
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Skim milk makes a very good and inexpensive paint for outbuildings. The "Scientific American" gives the following directions for making this…
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