Lismore Experimental Farm Soil
A SAMPLE of soil from the experimental f[?]rm at Lismore has been submitted to analysis by Mr. F. B. Guthrie, F.C. S., Analytical Chemist to the Department. The nature of the soil is…
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Farming & the land, 1892
360 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 18
South Coast Butter Factories
THE Robertson distriot butter factories paid suppliers for milk during June as follows: Kangaloon, 7½d; East Kangaloon and Emu, 7d; Beehive, 7½d. The Albion Park Dairy Company, Wollongong,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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 →The Farmer and the Editor
IN some localities some feeling and consideration is shown for the unfortunate editor, as instanced by the following lines, taken from an exchange, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cutting Cattle Ear-marks
THE following circular has been forwarded by the Brands Office, Brisbane, to brands inspectors:—It has been found in practice that cattle ea-marks cut with knives are valneless as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Schools of Denmark
What well [?] training schools can accomplish is illustrated in the case of the dairy school of Denmark. The government [?] years spent over ten thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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. Values of Butter and Separated Milk in Great Britain
SIR,—The enclosed clipping is taken from the London Standard, and the principal reason asked for republishing it is, the very, high price quoted for Danish…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural' and Pastoral
UNDER this heading we shall to 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 →Dairy and Farm. Lumpy Jaw
ACCORDING to Dr. Horne, there is nothing to be done when one is sure an animal has the lumpy jaw, or actinomycosis, but to kill and burn and bury very deep—stamp it out as they do pleura…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tenacity In Farming
THE way to success in farming, as in most other great industries, says the Farmer Stock Breeder, never a primrose path of dalliance—is steeper and more thorny to-day than at any previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It Stuck in His Crop
There is too little corn an too much h[?]k an cob, An it sticks in my crop. And folks that work hardes' git least for their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 →Branding Cattle by Electricity
IN the near future the branding of cattle will be done by electricity. Amongst the novelties exhibited at the recent Sydney show were two new forms…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Co-operative Dairy Factory
To start a successful co-operative dairy factory (says the Adelaide Observer), there must be at least 300 or 400 cows within a radius of four or five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Treatment of Dairy Cows
THE first requisite in profitable butter-making is naturally good cows, by which is meant cows that will give at least a medium quantity of rich milk. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy and Farm[?] Tea Planting
THE Leader (Victoria) writes:—"A tea planter from Assam has recently arrived in the colony with the object of testing the capabilities of the soil and climate for tea culture, his intention…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 →Molasses for Cattle
A Victorian farmer has just experimented successfully with molasses as a food for farm stock. The molasses was mixed with water and sprinkled over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Export to Noumea
A thriving business is being done just now in the cattle trade from Gladstone in Queensland to the French colony of New Caledonia. Recently a contract…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Advance for the Butter Factories
CONDENSED milk ought to be, as very certainly it is sure to become, an Australian product ere long. The prospects for such an industry are more certain…
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