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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1894

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Evans River Escape Drain The Farmers Proceed to Help Themselves. Great Excitement at Woodburn

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 7

OUR special correspondent writes as follows from South Woodburn under date 6th instant:—We have just escaped the consequences…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1894 · 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. Gathering Corn

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 5

BEFORE gathering corn it would pay the farmer to go over his fields and select and gather his seed corn in advance. This will give him an opportunity to examine the stalk as well as the…

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The Value of Intelligence in Dairying

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 5

EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON recently made a very wise remark when he said about certain men that "they are students of maxims rather than markets." It is the market that takes the wind…

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Meeting of Dairymen at Nowra

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

A LARGE MEETING of dairymen was held at Nowra last month to consider several propositions in reference to co-operation among farmers. Mr. R. Aberdeen was in the chair. After a resolution had been…

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Butter Factories in Queensland

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 6

THE "butter fever" has extended to Queensland, where efforts are being made to start factories Speaking recently, Professor Shelton said: Forty…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1894 · 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 furnisher…

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Dairy and Farm. The N.S.W. Butter Export. By the S. M. Herald Special Commissioner. the South Coast Dairies

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

THE little seaport of Kiama may justly claim the credit of having boen the birthplace of co-operative dairying in Australia. Here, within a mile or so of the tiny harbour, the first factory…

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Butter Testing at the Kiamaa Show

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 2

FOLLOWING is the yield of 14 cows entered and tested at the Kianna show in competition for the special prizes offered by messrs. George Coach and M Boyle for cow giving the largest percentage of…

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To Start Right in the Dairy Business

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

THE late Hiram Smith was once asked in a meeting of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association, to state the first step to be taken to star a dairy, and his prompt answer was: "Bay a…

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Rise in Price of Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 6

FOR several years past the price of cattle has been so low that many extensive breeders in Australia had almost abandoned the pursuit. During the past…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1894 · 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. Running Milk Through a Separator

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

NOT long since the American Dairyman stated that the coming invention needed by cheese factories was a form of centrifugal separator, by which milk could be run through the same, to…

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The Sunflower as a Farm Crop

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

Bulletin 90 of the North Carolina station relates some experiments with sunflowers as a farm crop. In Russia the sunflower has been grown as a…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1894 · 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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Heavy Losses in Crops

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

The recent flood has been responsible for a great deal of damage to crops in the vicinity of Bungawalbin, where the flood rose to within abbot four feet of…

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Heavy Tobacco Crops

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

THE tobacco crops at Killarney are looking splendid, and their estimated value reaches £20,000. Such is the news from that lovely Downs district…

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Australian Competition Starving the English Farmer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

THINGS are in bad state with thorn in England at present in regard to agriculture. It is curious and distressing to note how, in the old home lands…

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The Dairy the Butter Extractor. Extracting Instead of Churning Butter. Wilol It Got

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 4

Wise ones not a few are predicting that in a short time the churn will be entirely superseded by the batter extractor. Instead of setting the cream to…

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Dairy and Farm. The Jemey Cow Brown Bessie

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 5

THE following particulars of the above cow, which made the best records in the 90 and 30 days teat, at Chicago, will be read with interest by dairymen:—…

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