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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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The Open Column. To the Editor of the 'Northern Star.' the Taking Off the Duty and the Price of Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 8

SIR,—An opinion seems to prevail, and is very industriously circulated amongst a great many of our dairymen, that the fall in the price of butter is due to the remission of one penny per…

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Can We Increase the Per Cent of Butter Fat by Feeding? (Paper read by D. L. Sammis, Kansas, at Newtown Convention)

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 3

SEVERAL dairy writers have said that this question, "can we increase the per cent of butter fat by feeding?" is the most difficult one to write upon in the dairy field. I…

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Death of a Noted American Dairy [?]

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 3

WORD has been received that this great [?] of great performings cows, Exile of St. Lamber, is dead. The immediate cause of death is not slated, but the 'post mortem'…

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The Recent Dairy Test Prize

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

THE following particulars of the prize-winning animals competing for the £10 prize offered conjointly by the Alstonville and Lismore Agricultural Societies for the dairy cow yielding the greatest…

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Agricultural Banks. [Paper read by Mr. J. V. Chataway, M.L.A., at the Conference of Farmers held in Mackay on February 18th, 1896.]

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3

THERE has been lately a great deal of discussion in Queensland on the possibility of helping the farmers, by providing them with some means of obtaining money at a cheaper rate than at present obtainable…

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Valuable Dairy Fodder

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 3

IN letters written to this journal years ago, the late Mr. C. T. Bagot predicted that the Richmond would some day be the greatest dairying district of…

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Ensilage Making. How to Build a Stack. Valuable Information by a Farmer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 3

THE value of silage as a means of conserving fodder for winter use is admitted by all thoughtful, intelligent men interested in dairying; and any…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 3

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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The Sugar Industry. United Action by Farmers. Public Meeting at Lismore

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 5

ON Wednesday morning last a public mooting of delegates from all centres interested in maintaining the sugar industry was held in the Theatre Royal, Lismore, to confer as to…

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Dairy and Farm. Competition in the English Butter Trade

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5

A LONDON butter salesman, writing of the English trade, says:—The low prices of dairy produce this season have brought into great prominence a question that has been occupying…

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State, Assistance to Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

MR. SYDNEY SMITH regards the success of his scheme for granting seed wheat and seed potatoes, and so on, to farmers as having been proved to demonstration…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

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

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The Ghost That Startled the Farmer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 2

Splendid old ghost that has long done duty for the rich monopolist in startling the farmer is the ghost of Free trade. And now, when the "poor farmer" is…

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Important to Dairymen

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

BUTTER fat is supposed to be one of the most digestible of all fats. The necessity for fat in food is not a settled question, but there is every reason for belief in…

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Dairy and Farm. What is a Fair Yield for a Dairy Cow?

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 6

IN other words, how much should we expect from a good cow? On this point the Country Gentleman in answer to an inquiry, says:…

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Lien on Crops Act. Important Decision

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

A CASE of unusual interest to the legal profession and to persons engaged in agricultural pursuits came on for hearing before Mr. Justice Cohen at the Maitland Circuit Court last week. It was…

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Butter from Cocoanuts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 3

SOME time ago it was reported that butter has been made successfully from cocoanuts, but it was supposed that the cheapness of margarine had prevented…

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The Sugar Beet. a Crop Farmers Should Grow

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 2

IN a recent issue we published an article recommending the farmers to make some effort to introduce the cultivation of the beet in this district, and we then pointed…

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The Cuban Sugar, Crop

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 3

A GOOD deal of interest has been centred in the failure of the Cuban sugar crop, referring to which the Weekly Statistical and Sugar Trade Journal, published…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 3

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

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