A Travelling Dairy
SOME time since we stated that the Under-Secretary for Agriculture was in communication with the Department of…
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Farming & the land, 1889
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Clarence River and North Coast Farmers' Association
PURSUANT to advertisement, Mr. Archibald M'Donald, Secretary of the above Association, addressed a meeting at the Oddfellows' Hall, Coraki, on Friday evening last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Should be readers
THE advancement of many a good farmer is retarded by a sentiment of contempt for "book" farming carried to excess. The practical farmer views his fancy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manures for all Crops
THE Colonial Sugar Refining Company is about to remedy a defect which has for many yearn been apparent in connection with the agriculture of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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.] Management of Contributed Milk to Butter Factories. To the Editor of the "Northern Star."
SIR,—There appears to be a decided movement in this district advunced in the direction of farmers combining for the purpose of manufacturing their milk into butter on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judging Cattle
IN pedigreed cattle colour is as much an essential in judging as plumage is in poultry. In the shorthorns only two colours can be recognised, red and white (or a combination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Butter Manufacturer on Protection
JOHN LINDSAY, one of the largest dairymen on, the South Coast, speaking regarding the duty on butter, said it does not affect him one way or the other, and he believes the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Lesson for Farmers
IN "Lessons from the Harvest" the Victorian farmers get some sharp words from a writer in the LEADER of the 19th January. He says:" The lesson of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer of the Future
A WRITER in the Blackwood's Magazine for this month gives tho following definition of the successful farmer of the future:— "The successful farmer of the future mus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Travelling Dairy
SOME time since we stuled that the Under Secretary for Agriculture was in communication with the "Department of Agriculture of Victoria with a view to obtaining information…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter and Bacon Duties
THE motion tabled in characteristic bad temper by Mr. J. P. Abbott, protectionist, favouring the removal of the bacon and butter duties, is likely to prove…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry Farming
A WRITER in the S. M. Herald says:— Bearing poultry as a business requires the same attention as any other business if you want to make a profit. " Come…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Factories in Denmark
THE keystone of the modern Danish system of butter making, it seems, is cooperation; and though the system is of comparatively recent growth, having been introduced less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milking Properties in Pure Bred Cattle
IN these days of high pressure in the art of beef making,it is very important that due attention should be given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmers of the Future
A WRITER in Black wood'a Magazine for, this month gives the following definition of the successful farmer of the future : " The successful farmer of the future…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washing Butter with Brine
MANY believe that washing with pure cold water is injurious to butter, because it takes out the colour and flavour. Any one can easily prove that fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Dairymen in Sydney
A MASS meeting of dairymen of the city and suburbs was held last week in Sydney, for the purpose of discussing matters pertaining to the trade generally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Farmers Association
THE usual monthly meeting of the Board of the Clarence River and North Coast Farmers Cooperative Association was held in company's office Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Quecu as a Farmer
BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER contains an interesting description of the Shaw Farm and Home Park at Windsor. The Royal farms, at Windsor are two in number, and extend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How They Make Farmers in Denmark
Old man are apprenticed to the best farmers off over the kingdom for two or three years, under the overnight of the Royal Agricultural Society. They work…
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