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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

409 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 21

Will Dairying under Factory Practice Pay

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 6

IN the previous articles on this subject the carriage to the factory and cost of producing the milk have been dealt with only, and nothing said about the price of factory…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1893 · 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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Dairy and Farm. The Cost of a Canning Factory

Northern Star · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

SOME day tomatoes and other fruits will be largely grown and preserved in tins in this district. The following, taken from an American paper, goes to show the…

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Maize as a Forage Crop

Northern Star · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

THE value of maize as a forge crop to the American farmer can scarcely be over-estimated Corn and clover are the two sheet auchors of Amreican husbandry. A good corn crop will…

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The Flood on the Macleay. Kempasy Inundated. Houses and Crops Washed Away

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 4

THE heaviest flood on record has visited the Macleay district, causing very heavy damage to property. The rainfall that set in on Wednesday morning resistered 10 inches 56…

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Economy in Butter - Making

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 6

FROM experiments made by Professor Robertson ho says :-"I have found the loss from deep setting in common factory milk cans to be six per cent, greater than when the milk…

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Less Meat, More Wheat

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 3

HEALTH is essential to happiness, and proper dict and cleanliness are essential to health. Most people cat too much meat and potatoes to be healthy. The…

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Spaying Dairy Cows

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 6

M. GOUIN, a French scientist, has recently prepared important paper upon the spaying of cows, and he has shown that the operation has resulted in some instances in considerable…

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Will Dairying under Factory Practice Pay

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 6

THE subject to which it is desired to turn our farmers' attention in this paper is the growth of feed for their dairy stock, as they may depend that unless the milk producers are…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · 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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Dairying in Europe

Northern Star · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 6

A CABLEGRAM says: Mr. D. Wilson, the Victoriam dairy expert, has returned to London from his tour through the dairying districts of France, Denmark, and Sweden. He expresses…

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Governmenbt Aid to Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 6

SPEAKING of the possibilities of Government aid to the farmers, Farm and Home, published in the States, say—"Other instances of Government aid to farmers are afforded by Italy…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, 28th JUNE, 1893. Another Profitable Field Crop

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 2

TOBACCO as a crop, at present stands some chance of being raised from the slough of discredit to which it had sunk. In common with many other articles the word "colonial" has been accepted as…

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Importation of Australian Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 6

A LONDON paper says:—The Lever Wholesale Grocery Co., Limited, have taken a stop which is likely to greatly develop the trade between Australia and this country…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · 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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Farming Operations

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 6

ALL proportions which were being made by our farmers to see to their land, have been in vain, for the last flood has put them all back again. No great amount of actual…

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Daily and Farm. Butter Export

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

THE conference of dairy-farming representatives and agents to consider a sche ne to plue the dairying in lustry on a more satisfacery basis by believeing the market of its [?]…

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Grape Flavored Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 3

Here is a now wrinkle for the dairyman. It is said that a Chautauqua fanner fed his waste grapea to his cows and produced butter of an unusually…

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Making Butter Come In Winter

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 3

Nine times out of ten the reason the churn does not churn in winter is because the cows have been in milk a long time and give a milk which is some…

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Farm and Carden Building an Icehouse. How to Make a Good one Without Great Expense

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 3

In answer to an inquirer who wished to build a dairy under an icehouse, a correspondent of The Rural New Yorker says:…

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