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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
36 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
IT is often important for those who are not experienced judges by the eye to have some menas besides the scales of ascertaining the weight of cattle while living, and by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BY both, practical and theoretical men, farmyard manure ia considered our standard fertiliser, the best substance known for enriching the land, the one with which all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I KNOW of no one I pity so much as a farmer's wife who has to cook for a family of mon and children, and has no garden; but my sympathy wanes when I find the kitchen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I WAS talking to a farmer's daughter the other day, and we naturally, it seemed, dropped into complainings, and each revealed the fact that she was discontented. I asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE object of this article is not to puff any particular bleed of cattle, but to try to convince those farmers who keep a few cows of the importance of keeping better animals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UP with the birds is the early morning— The dewdrop glows like a precious gem; Beautiful tints in the skies are dawning, But she's never a moment to look at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARMERS have often noticed cows in pasture licking bones that are there found. This occurs in consequence of the food of such cows not containing the full quantity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"FARMERS, my dear," said Aunt Tabitha, as she spread a rug in the chimney corner for her favourite, the cat, "are, take them all around, a pretty contented set. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE farmer came in from the field one day; His languid step and his weary way, His bended brow his sinewy hand, All showed his work for the good of the land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MUCH discussion has arisen of late years in regurd to fowls as to which are the most profitable—pure-bred or crossbred. Some assert that there has been no improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Felhampton herd was founded in the last century by a gentleman of the same of Urwick, whose family occupied the farm until 1867, when the present tenant, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A WRITER in the London 'Agricultural Gazette' says:—My own experience this year, from the use of 1½ ctw, per acre of nitrate of soda, used alone was, I might…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TABULATED statement was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday last, showing the number, of sheep in possession of owners on 1st January last, as returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To obtain the most profit from cows, they ought to have abundance of food, from the time they are springing, at least. A oow is always in her flash of milk just after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the present moment there are so many different systems of setting milk, of keeping it till the oream has risen, and of churning, that a novice in dairying is bewildered, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I SUPPOSE that there are many farmers who never used a paint brush; and I can imagine how their old rusty waggons, ploughs, etc. look, the wood-work badly oraoked, and going…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TUMBLE-DOWN fences or fences clumsily propped up and patched, here and there, with bits of broken boards and rails; gates hanging by one hinge, or leasing forlornly against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE exlsting system for the disposal of provincial made butter in Sydney does not afford satisfaction to those concerned. There are several produce agants in Sussex-streat to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I WILL lay down a few rules for successful farming as follows: 1. Have order and system in all you do, having in your mind in advance what crops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There are several varieties of horned sheep still extant, but all the most renowned breeds which are eagerly sought after in every part of the world for their mutton and…
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