Age of Cattle by their Teeth
THE Smithfield Club (Eng.) has issued the following code of dentition:—Cattle having their central permanent incisors cut will be considered as exceeding 1 year and 6 months;…
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Farming & the land, 1891
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The Travelling Dairy
THE intention of the Department of Agriculture to organise a travelling dairy with the object of teaching, farmers and others how to make butter and cheese is bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral
UNDER this heading we shall be glad to publish contribution having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments made will be published whenever furnished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Butter Trade
A MEETING of importance to the dairying industry of New South Wales was held at the office of the Sydney Agricultural Society, Moore Park, on March 26…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romney Marsh Sheep
THE Romney Marsh sheep is an English breed which is proof against deadly parasitic diseases, just as some persons who have been born and reared in low…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Hint to Farmers
AN expert in agricultural matters informs the Orange Advocate that the more alert farmers in the Orange district are making efforts to get their lands ready this year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Lumpy Jaw" in Cattle
THE subject of "Lumpy jaw" in cattle has recently attracted considerable attention in this district, and the Stock Department took steps to have the disease investigated. With this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Farmers' Association
A MEETING of the above Association was held at Gollan's Hotel yesterday for the purpose of electing officers. Very little interest appears to be taken in the movement for after waiting an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Wednesday, 22Nd April, 1891 the Farmers[?] Union Meeting
IT was unquestionably a mistake to invite business men to Saturday's meeting, which on the face of it was for farmers only, but it would have been a much greater one to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Union
A MEETING of those favorable to the establishment of a Farmers' Union, was held at the School of Arts on Saturday last. There were present about 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral
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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep in Australia
THE sheep in Australia aggregate millions. One hundred million of sheep is, according to the authority of Mr. W. A. Temperley, the total wealth of Australia invested in those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Butter Trade
ONE of the most rapid and important developments of intercolonial, industries recorded in modern times is (thinks the London Grocer) that which has been seen in the preparation at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy farmers' Association of N.S.W.
THE following circular has been addressed to dairymen, and contains information which it is well all engaged in dairying should know:— Under arrangements made by the Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Butter in London
INFORMATION has readied the Victorian Secretary for Agriculture that a sample of eight boxes of butter, manufactured by the Government travelling dairy at the Ballarat Juvenile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operation for Farmers
THE farmers of the Northern Rivers Districts are agitated, and no wonder. The maize crops this year have been most extensive and prolitic. The market price for maize just now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Richmond Farmers' Union
A MEETING of gentlemen interested in the establishment of a North Richmond Farmers Union took place in the School of Arts, Lismore, last Saturday week, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Butter Record Beaten Again
THE yearly record of butter production, says the Chicago 'Breeders' Gazette,' has been everlastingly smashed by the HolsteinFriesian cow. Pauline Paul, which has just…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Zealand Wheat Harvest
THE New Zealand 'Mail' says: The harvest may now be said to be over, and we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that the grain harvest of New Zealand for the year 1890-91 is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Travelling Dairy
THE following conditions will be attached to the visit of the Government travelling dairy to any district:—It will be necessary for the Agricultural Society or local committee to…
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