Dairy Farming on the Richmond
IT is only of late years that this industry has been started on the northern rivers. Men took it for granted that the climate was too hot for, the successful manufacture of…
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Farming & the land, 1887
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The Cattle Trade
IT appears strange (says the Queenslander) that it should not have sooner occurred to shippers of cattle to make the animals walk on board instead of…
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THE "Colonial Staudard" (Jamaica) writes as follows regarding the prospects of the cane crop of the island:— We are glad to learn from all parts of the…
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IN a recent address before the Edinburgh University, Professor Wallace referring to the advantage gained by keeping different kinds of stock on the farm…
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FARMERS boys you need not envy the yonng men who stand behind the counter of city shops. You need not envy the yonng men who are making ready to take the places of…
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THE following sensible letter appears in the S. M. Herald' of the 10th instant,— [?] at Glen Innes on Wednesday, the 24th August,…
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AN important meeting of residents and repreeentetives of the South Coast districts of this colony was held at the office of the South Coast and Camden Produce Company,…
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THE COLONIAL STANDARD (Jamaica) writes as follows regarding the prospects of the cane crop on the Island:—We are glad to learn from all parts of the Island that there is every…
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A CORRESPONDENT to the Weekly Times (Melbourne) says:—I find that butter made from scalded milk keeps much better than that made from unscalded…
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MR. TONKIN, M.L.A, has succeeded in having a site chosen for h produce depot. Close to the meat market, Darling Harbour, recently illustrated in this journal, there is a piece of land…
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COMPETITION with the technically-educated foreigner has severely hit the British farmer, who him the finest market in the world at his very door; but the purchasers prefers reliable…
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NOW that farmers are face to face with so much depression and competition, no one interested in the raising of stock can afford to pass over, without due…
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PERMANENT grass is one of the most desirable of farm crops. It is a grand thing to have a field or two of which one has no need to ask what is the best…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Open Column. [This column being open to all, for the ventilation of grievances or the expression of opinions on public matters we do not hold ourselves responsible for the statements made therein.] The Big Scrub of the Richmond, as Farming Land. To the Editor of the "Northern Star."
SIR,—The enquiries of various residents and owners of land between the Richmond- and Tweed rivers concerning certain defects which they find to exist, induces me to enter…
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OF all the fruits that come to the New York market during the summer season, peaches are probably tho most highly prized. They come from widely different…
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THE Picton Allows says:—Mr. Antill, jun., is doing single-handed a work that might, properly be classed as belonging to a company, or co-operative society; and because he is the…
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A TELEGRAM from Melbourne on Friday last states that an extraordinary, and at present unrecognised, disease has broken out in a herd of cattle belonging to Mr. W. Pearson, M.L.C.,…
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IT is a curious fact that there are only one or two large poultry establishments in the whole world, and though repeated attempts have been made by many to embark in the…
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THE package is the first thing to be considered. The style must be suited to the market supplied, and should be considered by buttermakers when packing their butter…
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RELATIVE to the strange death of the Hon. W. Pearson's cattle, (of which particulars were published in an extract in our last issue), Mr. A. P. Bowman, of…
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