Travelling Dairy
MR. SYDNEY SMITH, in anwer to Mr. Jones (for Mr. Haynes), said the complete cost of the plant of the travellign dairy; was £411 19s 5d, salaries and wages up to June 30…
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Farming & the land, 1891
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Berrima District Farmers' Cooperative Company. (Abridged from the 'Scrutineer.)
AT the adjourned meeting of gentlemen interested in the dairying industry held at Burrawang on Saturday, July 25th, there were present: Messrs. Diggins, J. Brooker,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence River and North Coast Farmers' Association
THE usual half-yearly meeting of this Association was held at the Theatre Royal, Grafton, on Friday. There were about 80 shareholders present. Mr. W. Goodger, chairman of the Board presided, and the…
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UNDER this heading we shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments made will be published when ever furnished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence R. & N. C. Farmers' Association
THE sixteenth half—yearly meeting of the Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association was held at Grafton last Friday, Mr. W. Goodyer (chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Surplus Maize Crop
ENQUIRIES have been addressed to the Department of Agriculture from the Northern Rivers as to the amount of raw spirit obtainable from a standard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Farmer's Garden
THE farmer's garden is too small. It should be large enough to till with a horse, and should contain, everything. Plant among other things the old…
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THE Leader states:—"In the South Coast district of New South Wales, where dairying is the staple industry, a Dairy Herd Book has been established in which are recorded the names of cows that produce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy and Farm. Testing the Quality of Cream In Milk, and Payment for it by Butter Factories
IN your "Dairy and Farm." column of issue 1st August, the article on the way ALL descriptions of milk are paid for at the various factories in this district, deserves the thanks and the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How to Raise a Big Corn Crop
AN American writer says: I have been experimenting with about twenty different lands of corn since 1870. Some kinds would yield more bushels [?] acre one year, and the next year another kind would…
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NOTWITHSTANDING all that is being said and done for associated effort, never afford to lose sight of the fact that, it is only when brains follow the plough and direct and plan the work…
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IN connection with the above our readers will be pleased to learn that operations will soon be commenced. For the one situated at Meram Greek, which comprises 270 acres of the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Open Column. [This column being open for the expression of opinions on public matters we do not hold ourselves responsible or the statements made therein.] To the Editor of the Northern Star. the North Richmond River Farmers' Union[?]
SIR,—A large number of individuals have joined the above, some simply to get rid of an energetic canvassor, others to assist the movement, having no idea what shape or principle the committee may…
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THE farmers of the Macleny River have formed a Farmers' Union, the main-object of which will be to "do away with the middleman"—the commission agent. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Value of Cattle for Dairying
MR. D. Wilson, the Government expert in dairying, stated in a recent lecture that the returns from cows varied from £3 to £16 per head. Now, this is a…
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UNDER times heading we shall be glad to publish [?] having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results experiments made will be published whenever furaished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Co-operation Amongst Farmers
WE recently referred to the importance of cooperation amongst fanners, and indicated that there should be no difficulty in co-operation in the agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Preparing Butter Tubs
THOS. CONEY, of Iowa Co., Wis, is capital dairyman and in his talk at the Farm Institutes gives the following advice for preparing butter tubs:[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Logic of the Butter Test
MR. E. NORTHROP writes a letter to the American Creamery in which he vividly portrays the situation in which so many dairy farmers find themselves with the ever present poor cow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ration for the Champion Butter Record
THE CHAMPION cow 'up to date' (says an American authority) is a Holstien named. Pauline Paul, of which Messrs. J. B. Dutcher and Son, of Pawling, New York, are the owners. This…
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