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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

326 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 17

Tainted Milk and Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 6

MANY noxious woods, as well as onions, [?] and even cabbage impart a bitter, or other bad taste to butter, and consumers of this article thus tainted think on tasting…

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Experimental Farms

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 6

THE Clarence EXAMINER says that "the Minister for Mines and Agriculture has issued a minute on sites for Agricultural Farms and Agricultural Schools. He…

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Butter-making as a Business

Northern Star · Saturday 30 May 1891 · page 6

An American Paper addresses butter-makers there as follows, and a good deal of what is said will apply equally well here:—The buttermaker is a manufacturer the same in principle…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 June 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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Australian Farming

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 6

A WRITER in a recent Tableland journal says:— "The farmers plough in a sort of way and trust to Providence for the result. They harvest the crop, put it in a heap which cannot…

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Dairy and Farm. The Best Dairy Floor

Northern Star · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 6

A DAIRYMAN says,—"Some are holding that a cement floor in a creamery in not the great shakes it was once supposed to be; for it absorbs the drippings of milk and becomes foul. Brick…

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The Successful Farmer

Northern Star · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 6

THE successful farmer knows no hours of idleness. Be the weather w[?]t or dry, cold or warm, every hour has its alloted task and is made conducive to success. There are always jobs to be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 June 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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New Zealand Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 6

IN England during the last few weeks great improvements have been effected in the importation of butter from New Zealand, and a trude of considerable…

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Butter Fat in Milk

Northern Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 6

THE want of a simple and efficient method for determining the amount of butter fat in milk, as well, as one for testing the acidity in milk, has long been felt. This has been…

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Dairy and Farm. a Dairy Herd Book

Northern Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 6

THE following are the rules of the Kiama Agricultural Association's Dairy Herd Book:— 1.—That the herd Book shall be designated…

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The Travelling Dairy Criticised

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 6

AT the dinner given at Albion Purk by the committee of the Illawarra Dairy Farmers' Union to the representative of the Fresh Food and Ice Company and of the Farmers' and Dairymen's…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 6

UNDER this beading 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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Butter Factories and the Bonus System in Victoria

Northern Star · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

SEVERAL proprietors, of butter factories waited on the Victorian Minister of Agriculture to uncertain his views on the proposed amendment of the regulations for…

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Profitable Outlet for Dairy Farmers' Produce

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

SIR,—There appears to be a great doubt in the dairy farmers' minds whether the continuing that industry is likely to result as a profitable one or otherwise, and an attempt…

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Dairy and Farm. Aids to the Dairyman

Northern Star · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

AMONG recent French dairy novelties is a creamer or milk-setting apparatus, known as the Ecremeuse Flament. The creamer Consists of three conical basin-shaped vessels,…

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Improved Farming Implements

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 6

THE farmers around coraki will profit by reading the following account of a public trial of a new single and double-furrow plough, and also of an improved seed drill, which…

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Co-operative Dairying

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 6

MR. D. WILSON, the dairy expert, has been lecturing at Kyneton upon the benefit of co-operative dairying. He estimates the value of milk, butter, and cheese produced in the…

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A Model Dairy

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 4

BERLIN possesses a model dairy in the commercial undertaking of Herr. C. Bolle, graphically described in the April number of the NINETEENTH CENTURY. Commenced 10…

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Dairy and Farm. Better cows for the Dairy

Northern Star · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

THE needof better cows for the dairy is coming to be very generally appreciated. The dairy commissioner of Iowa is reported as saying that the average cow in that State gives but 3000…

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