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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

284 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 15

Dairy and Farm Balanced Plant Food. (From Rural New Yorker). (Continued from last Saturday.) Wood Ashes and Bone

Northern Star · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 5

A TON of average wood ashes will contain about these substances: TON OF WOOD AS[?]. Unleashed. Leached…

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Live Cattle Export Trade

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 6

THE most encouraging information that has been published in Sydney as yet affecting the export of live cattle to England from New South Wales is that concerning…

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Position of American Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 6

THE current number of the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW contains a most suggestive article by Governor Lewelling, of Kansas, on the condition of the American farmers…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1895 · 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 Balanced Plant Food. (From Rural New Yorker), (Continued from last Saturday.) Wood Ashes and Bone

Northern Star · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 5

WE have to explain, so thut you may) understand why coal ashes have no special fertilizing value. We have known men to pay moneyfor coal ashes,…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1895 · 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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Trial of Farm Implements

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 6

ON Saturday last an exhibition and trial of farm implements of the Massey-Harris Co. took place at Mr. John Turner's farm at Oakland, there being a good attendance of…

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Danish versus Australian Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 5

MR. H. BARTRAM, of Melbourne, publishes the following interesting data, gnthered. from, a recent tour through Denmark and Sweden. Coming from a practical man, the…

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Dairy and Farm Balanced Plant Food. (From Rural New Yorker). (Continued from last Saturday.) Wood Ashes and Bone

Northern Star · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 5

LAST week we talked about the action of ashes on the soil. We see that one ton of unleached ashes contains 1,200 pounds of LIME. What about that? What does it do…

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How to Keep Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 6

POOR keeping butter contains four things to excess; too much cheesy matter, too much poor salt, too much water, and in then allowing the package to remain in too…

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Pumpkins for the Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 6

ONE of the most valuable crops for feeding cows is that of pumpkins. But the best product of this, ns of if others, is when it is made the single effort, and not as a side…

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Farmers, Co-operate

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 2

OUR farmers have displayed commendable energy in resisting any interference with the sugar duties, mainly because the matter appeals directly to their pockets. In other…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 6

UNDER this beading wa 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 Balanced Plant Food. (From Rural New Yorker). (Continued from last Saturday.) Wood Ashes and Bone

Northern Star · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 5

THE particles of the sand are much larger than those of the lime, and they thus give the latter a chance to "hold on" when it dries out after water is added. With the…

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Selecting a Dairy Bull

Northern Star · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 5

THE editor of HOARD'S DAIRYMAN says: The best way to select a bull is to inspect his near of kin,—his dam, grandam, sisters, cousins and aunts. If the great majority of them…

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The Export Butter Trade

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 2

AMONG the passengers by the out-going steamer for London, on Monday, were Mr. W A. Foley, of the firm of Foley Brothers, of Sussex-street, who has for many-years supervised the selling and…

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The Dairy Duties

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 3

SIR,—What a practical, oommon-sense, intelligent statesman Mr. P. H. Morton must be, and how loyal be must be to his constituency. He says the Shoalhaven electors have returned him as a…

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Transmission of Dairy Qualities

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 6

MANY a farmer who has one good cow has determined to improve his herd from her progeny. He almost always does it by saving every heifer calf, and slaughtering…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 6

UNDER this bending 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 Balanced Plant Food. (From Rural New Yorker). (Continued from last Saturday.) Wood Ashes and Bone

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 5

WE now know that wood ashes contain potash and phosphoric acid as plant food, and that by reason of the limn that is in them, they act upon the soil in several ways. Now…

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