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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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Perfume Farms

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 6

SEVERAL of the farmers in Victoria have turned their attention to the cultivation of perfume-producing plants and flowers, and the product is said to…

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Farmers' Company Dispute

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 6

AT the Grafton District Court last week before Judge Bennett, Archibald M'Donald sued the C. and N. C. Farmers' Association for £200, for alleged wrongful dismissal as…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 6

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

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Colonial Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 4

IT is good reading to read, as do in a recent number of the (London) Agricultural Gazette, that "with the prospect of continued milder weather, prices…

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Improvements in Dairy Practice. Henry Stewart

Northern Star · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 4

THE your 1890 should be memorable for the valuable improvements which have bean made in the practice of dairying. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the scarcity…

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Australian Butter in England

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 6

THE S.M. Herald' says:—A cablegram advised that a portion of the shipment of Melbourne butter in the Massitia hade been sold at from 109s to 110s. A cablegram dated on…

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Loading a Cattle Ship

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 6

THE following description of loading a cattle ship is from an American paper:—"Here I let me see you get that bale of hay[?]on board, lively now!" We went at it with a will…

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Transit of Dairy Produce. Dairymen's Association

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 2

THE adjourned meeting of dairymen met on Saturday afternoon at gollan's Imperial Hotel when about 14 were present, and Mr. J. Secombe was voted to the chair. No reply had…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 March 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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The Best Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 4

PROFESSOR COOKE, of Vermont, says :-The best butter is that which bast suits the taste of the person for whom it is made. The keeping quality is no longer…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 6

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

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Dairy Rules in New York

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 6

AT the last annual meeting of the New York Dairymen's Association the following rules were adopted. To make dairying a success certain things…

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How to Keep the Boys on tne Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 6

THE following address by Mrs. G. E. Dugan was read before a State Agricultural Society in America:— Denman Thompson in his graphic story,…

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The Dairying Industry. A Valuable New Invention

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 4

THE establishment of the principle of da[?]ying on the co-operative basis at Mudgee has resulted in the introduction of a splendid invention which is likely to revolutionise butter making in all…

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The Butter Trade

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 6

A MEETING of importance to the dairying industry of New Smith Wales was held at the office the Sydney Agricultural Society, Moore Park, on 26th ultimo. The meeting…

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Farmers' Meetings for Profit and Pleasure

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 6

INFORMATION desired and entertainment enjoyed lie ut the basis of all farmers meetings strictly so-called. Every institute or farmers' club must meet those two wants, and in order…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 6

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

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An Experimental Farm, Needed

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 2

CONSIDERING the present and increasing agricultural importance of the Richmond valley an experimental farm, under Government auspices, has already…

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Dairy Dots

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 2

Use a little mutton tallow or vaseline when there are signs of the cow's teats cracking. The prayer of every dairyman should be,…

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The Boys and the Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 6

[?]armer expects his boy to work—any[?] not play is work to the boy—from [?] till after sun-down, day after day, [?] "lee-way" anywhere, he cannot…

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