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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

326 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 17

Stick to Farming

Northern Star · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

IF men would once learn that their, sons are not too smat to farm, instead of going to college to make great men, it would be a benefit to the rural districts. After a young man has…

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A Large Pig Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 4

ABOUT 43 miles from Melbourne, close to the Gippsland railway line, Messrs. Waters and Son have a farm of 600 acres on which they keep, with other stock, 800 pigs, chiefly…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

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

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

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A Farmer's Institution

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4

A VERY gratifying feature in the reports submitted, to the 10th annual meeting of the shareholders of the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Co., was…

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Information for Dairymen

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 8

AN exhaustive inquiry just completed by the United States Department of Agriculture demonstrates the extraordinary difference there is between cows of the…

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Outlook for Farmers

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

THE outlook for the fanners for the present season is fairly promising. The inveterate ill-luck that has followed them for the last fow seasons appears to…

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Dairy and Farm. Dairy Labour

Northern Star · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 6

THE establishment of butter factories and the impetus given to the dairying industry is creating a difficulty in connection with the care of the milking herds. Where the…

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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. the Travelling Educational Dairy

Northern Star · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 6

SIR,—In the remarks contained in a recent issue, copied from the ' Illawarra[?] Mercury,' about the p[?]pose for which this travelling dairy was instituted, I may remark that…

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Professor Shelton's Opinion of the Illawarra Dairy Cattle

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 6

PROFESSOR SHELTON, Queensland Government Director of Agriculture, who has recently visited Illawarra, has a very high opinion of the Illawarra dairy herd of cattle…

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The [?]orthern Star. Wednesday, 8Th July, 1891. a Boom in Butter

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 2

THE recent advance in the price of butter affords another exemplification of the truth that those engaged in any established industry have only to wait a while when prices are low, and they will…

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Queensland Dairying

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 6

A QUEENSLAND paper says:—The returns from the Government dairy at Fitzroy Park, Rockhampton, show the operations to have been most su[?]cessful, and the results obtained…

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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 statemonts made therein.] To the Editor of the Northern Star. Cattle and Horses in the Streets

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 2

SIR,— I see by your last issue that a party was fined for driving cattle through the town during prohibited hours. There is another nuisance which also needs dealing with. There are…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 July 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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Farmers in the Clarence and Richmond Districts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT of the S. M. Herald, writing upon Protection in Ameaics, in answer to an attack upon that policy, says: "I very much question whether…

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Dairy and Farm. Rennet as a Regulator for Seours

Northern Star · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 5

IN many places in America rennet is used for this purpose, but more particularly aa an aid to digestion, and consequently, as. a preventive of a troublosome experience in calf raising as…

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Farming in Palestino

Northern Star · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 2

Everywhere in Palestine' ono sees evidences of scientific farming. The hills of old Judea were all terraced, and wall after wall of vines rose in steps from the valleys…

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The Exportation of Butter

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 July 1891 · page 4

MR3. THOMAS ARMSTRONG, secretaty of the Dairy Farmers' Association of New South Wales, has issued c[?]culars dealing exhanstively with the subject of the exportation of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 July 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 furuished…

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The Composition of Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1891 · page 6

THIS subject was recently dealt with before one of the scientific societies by Dr. P. Vieth, Without going into analytical particulars, it may be of interest to…

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North Richmond Farmer's Union

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1891 · page 8

A MEETING of members of this recently formed Association was held on Saturday afternoon last for the special purpose of electing a committee of management in…

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