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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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Cold Space for Export of Victorian Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 6

THE Leader states: Mr. Martin, Secretary of Agriculture for Victoria, has succeeded in entering into, an arrangement with the P. and O. and Orient steamship companies that will…

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Dairy and Farm. New Dairyisms

Northern Star · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 6

THERE are some new dairy products, says Dr. Groff, in the New York Tribune; we may mention cream skimmed from fresh milk by the centrifugal separator, butter made without…

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Returns from American Dairy Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 6

AT the late Maine dairy convention Mr. C. V. Knight, of Turner, gave the figures from the accounts of several farmers supplying the Turner centre creamery. The cows of one gave…

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South Australia Helps Its Dairymen

Northern Star · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 6

THE South Australian Government has resolved that nothing shall be wanting on its part to help the dairy farmers. Cool storage in Adelaide and cool cars on the railway lines have already…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 6

UNDER this heading we shall ba 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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Hints for Dairymen

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 6

MILKING-TIME both morning and evening, should always be observed with the greatest punctuality. The milking should take place at fixed periods…

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Butter Fat the Basts of Value

Northern Star · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 5

DR. BABCOCK in a recent utterance on the question of apportioning the value of milk in creameries and chese factories said:— " That the fat in the milk' formed the just measure of its value…

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Dairy and Faith. The Difference

Northern Star · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 5

Hoards Dairyman says it is only about fifteen years since this journal commenced a systematic warfare against the cow that produces only 125 pounds of butter per year. That is the average…

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Address on Dairying

Northern Star · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 2

ON Saturday eveniug last Mr. F. V Caffery, manager of the Travelling Dairy, delivered an interesting address on dairying in the Temporanoe Hall, Alstonville…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 6

UNDER this heading we shall be glad to publish con[?] having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments made will be published whenever furnished…

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The Largest Farm in the World

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 6

IN the extreme southwest corner of Louisiana lies the largest producing farm in the world. It runs 100 miles north and south, and many miles east and west, and is owned and…

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Butter Fraud

Northern Star · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 6

A MELBOURNE paper states that a heavy penalty was imposed by the Prahran bench recently upon two tradesmen for offering for sale [?] without the name being marked as…

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The NOrthern Star. Saturday Morning, June 11th, 18[?] Adulteration of Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 2

THE cupidity of traders has led them to commence the adulteration of butter in Victoria by mixing up with a small proportion of the genuine article a compound of mutton…

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Dairy and Farm. Value of T[?]

Northern Star · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 6

H. M. CULBERT[?]N, of Medina, Wis., in the course of an article contributed by him to "Wisconsin Farmer," says: Some of the conclusions I reach are that no farmer engaged to…

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The Independent Farmer

Northern Star · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 2

It is a popular belief, from one end of the country to the other, that the only truly independent man existing is the farmer. Therefore, we have but to look upon the…

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A Prosperous Victorian Dairy Company

Northern Star · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 6

THE Australasian says:—The Kilmore Dairy Company has had a very prosperous half-year, and the directors have declared a dividend of 40 per cent. Altogether 175,143[?]ls, of milk…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 6

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

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Kindness to Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 6

THIS in one of the standard subjects for the dairy writer and the dairy lecturer. It is a good subject, but its treatment usually lacks directions for being kind to the cow. There…

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Cost of Raising Wheat

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 6

A CORRESPONDENT writes :—The soil of the Red River Valley is a black alluvial earth. The Iand is nearly level and no manure is used or needed. On an average farm of 320a. the…

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Good Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 6

SPEAKING of good butter an English paper says: "There are five things to aim at in making butter for the best market. These are uniformity in color, in texture, in salting, in packing, and…

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