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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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Dairy and Farm. The Scotish Milking Machine

Northern Star · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 6

IN the Farming World, of Edinburgh, ia an article on "Dairying," from the pen of R. McCracken, in which he says, in addition to the separator, we have now the instantaneous…

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Tenterfield Farmers Union

Northern Star · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 2

AT the usual monthly meeting of the Committee the secretary informed the meeting that when he took office he found accounts passed for payment amounting to £24, and a credit balance of £17 He…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 6

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 whenever furnished…

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Dairy and Farm. Corn Is King

Northern Star · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 6

AN essay read at Hubbardston, Mass., U. S. A. by J. G. Allen:—The yield of Indian corn some years within the Inst decade has reached the enormous amount of seventeen hundred million…

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The Successful Dairyman

Northern Star · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 6

A VICTORIAN paper, writes:—The successful dairyman, so far as our observation goes, is a man who with the aid of his family, milks his own cows and devotes his whole time and…

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Butter Making

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

Stop when the butter granules are of the size of wheat kernels. Wash with pure clean water till all trace of buttermilk is removed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

UNDER tins heading we shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments made will be published whenever furnished…

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Farmers Wives

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

Too many farmers' wives are wearing, out under the strain of mind and body. They say they cannot find time to visit, to read or to write, but if these same…

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Dairying and Poultry Raising

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

A new section of the Bureau of Animal Industry in the United States is to be devoted exclusively to dairy and poultry interests. This section will lend its aid…

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Butter Records

Northern Star · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 4

MESSES. Gillett & Son, Rosendale, Wis., cow Rijaneta has a butter record of 26 pounds 84 ounces in seven days, and milk record for single day, 83 pounds, 12 ounces, and for 30 days, 2,013 pounds…

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Dairy and Farm. Improving Maize. I. J. Farmer, Iowa

Northern Star · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 4

THE culture of maize is destined to play a yet more important part in the economy of farming than, it has done before. Each year the system of feeding stock becomes more scientific, as must follow in the…

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Opening of the Unara Dairy Factory

Northern Star · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

As announced, this, the latest addition to the district factories, was formally opened on Wednesday, and attracted a large attendance, the visitors coming from Clunes, Cooper's Creek, Pearce's…

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To Keep Butter Sweet

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 6

THE following experiments were made by Mr. Geo. Parr and reported in the 'Northwestern Farmer': "In the months of June, July, August, September and October, in…

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Richmond River Dairy. Farmers' Association

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 6

A MEETING of the above Association was held at Clunes on Wednesday evening. 26th August, for the purpose, of electing officers for the ensuing year, at which were present: Messrs…

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The Open Column. [This column being open for the expression of opinions on public matters we do not hold ourselves responsible for the statements made therein.] To the Editor of the Northern Star. on Butter Tinned and Otherwise

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 4

SIR,—I should like to say a few words upon the above subject, more particularly after reading the account of the opening of the Unara Butter Factory reported in your last. I have read with…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 6

UNDER this beading we shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments mede will be published whenever furnished…

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Dairy and Farm. Mixed Farming

Northern Star · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 6

THE atttention of the farmer should not be turned in one direction, or to the securing of one product. The farmer should pursue such a course as will be most likely to secure to him…

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Dairy. Farmers'. Association of New South Wales

Northern Star · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 4

THE annual, meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Association, of New South Wales was held in Sydney on Friday and Saturday. There was a large and reperesentative gathering. After the…

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Farmers' Co-operative Associations

Northern Star · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 5

AT the tenth annual meeting of the shareholders in the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, held in their own premises, there was a large attendance, representing about two…

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The Northern Star. Saturday, 5Th September, 1891. Successful Co-operation Among Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 2

AN extract which we publish to-day under the heading " Farmers' Co-operative Associations" is one which should be read and thoughtfully considered by every farmer in…

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