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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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Farmer and Dairyman Milk Company

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 4

THE annual general meeting of the Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company, Limited, was held is Sydney on Thursday. Captain Walters presided. From the report and balance-sheet it…

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The Travelling Dairy

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

IN order that the future movements of the Travelling Dairy may be methodically and economically arranged, the Department of Agriculture will be glad to receive…

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North Richmond Farmers' Union

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

THE adjourned annual meeting of the above union was held at the School of Arts, Lismore, on Saturday, 30th January, when about 30 members a were present. The president (Mr. T…

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Pearce's Creek Union Dairy Company

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 4

A GENERAL meeting of the shareholders of the above Company was held on the 29th January. The half-yearly balance-sheet, from June to December, was read and adopted. During this…

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Packing Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 4

A GREAT quantity of good butter is spoilt in the packing. There are many kinds of articles used in packing butter, but what would appear to be the most suitable for…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1892 · 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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Instinct of Cattle and Horses

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

MR. ANDREW J. OGILVIE writes as follows from Tamala, Shark Bay, Western Australia, to the Spectator:— I have read with interest your article on the…

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The Travelling Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

In order that the future movements of the travelling dairy may be methodically economically arranged, the Department of Agriculture will be glad to receive…

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Export of Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

THROUGH the courtesy of the Collector of Customs the Department is enabled to publish the following figures relating to the export of butter, from the 1st January to the 30th…

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Victorian Export of Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

RETURNS furnished at end of January show that Victoria had exported to London this season 1625 tons of butter, the value of which was £190,420. Bonuses to creameries paid by the…

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Standard weight or Victorian Wheat

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

THE standard weight per bushel of Victorian wheat for the new season was settled at 63[?] at a meeting of the Corn Trude Sectional Committee of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce…

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Dairy and Farm. a Sida Retusa Extractor

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

THE Agricultural Gazette gives a drawing showing a simple contrivance which has been successfully applied to pulling up Sida Betusa, a fibre plant with very deep roots, which has…

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Bean-Meal for Dairy Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

WHEREVER the co-operative system of dairying has beon adopted the necessity of nmintaining the cows in full profit during the greater part of the year must follow as a natural sequence. It…

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The Prize North Coast Dairy Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 5

THERE were received from the North Coast only two entries—W. J. Hawthorne, of Chandos, South Grafton, who stands credited with 720 points out of a possible 950 points,…

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Agricultural 'And Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1892 · 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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Cooling Waters for Dairy Purposes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 6

It will be interesting to those engaged in dairying pursuits to know of the means by which the temperature of milk can be reduced to the heat of water,…

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Dairy and Farm. The Butter Extractor

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 6

As I have noticed the great interest you have shown in advancing the dairy industry in this district, and as you have alloded in some of your articles to the Butter Extractor, 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 N. R. R. Farmers Union

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 3

SIR,—At a special committee meeting held at Lismore on Saturday, the 13th, by the members of the North Richmond River Farmers' Union, it was unanimously decided to suggest (to an…

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The Dairying Industry in Victoria

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 4

THE dairy expert Mr. Wilson, has just furnished his annual report to the Minister for Agriculture. The report shows that the number of factories and creameries erectcd or in the course of…

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The National Private South Coast Dairy Forms

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 4

THE first prize farm of over 100 acres of the South Coast in the 1891 competition is Mr.W H. Wilford's Lochleren, a small freehold of 203 acres, distant from the port of Ulladulla…

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