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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

303 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 16

Dairy and Farm. Hints on the Dairy Cow

Northern Star · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 4

No animal responds more generously to kind freatment than does the cow, aud none is more apt to resent an insult or cruel treatment. Upon going through the pasture it is…

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The Farmer Speaks His Mind

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 3

THE following letter was recently received by a city firm of ironmongers from n farmer : " What for do you send me a man to repare my reaper and…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 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 bo published whenever furnished…

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The Dentist and Farmer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 6

He had opened as a dentist in a country town but a short time when. he was visited by a suffering farmer, one of those big, muscular, full-blooded fellows…

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A Big Experimental Farm

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 3

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture visited the Wagga Experimental Farm on April 10. He was met by a large number of the farmers of the district…

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The Best Cows for Dairying

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 3

At this particular epoch in our, history, when creameries and factories are springing up like mustrooms in our midst, and when every indication points to the…

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Dairy and Farm. The Farmer Feeds Us All

Northern Star · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 5

You may talk of all the nobles of the earth. Of the kings who hold the nations in their thrall; Yet in this we all agree, if we only look to see,…

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Free-Trade and the Farmers A Week's Imports

Northern Star · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 4

"Free-trade is the best thing for the farmers," Premier Reid has been telling the sugar-growers up north, and Mr. Carruthers has been trying to convince the Riverina…

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Some Dairy Dont's

Northern Star · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 5

DON'T think scrub sires can produce choice stock for any purpose. Don't keep calves in dark, filthy places, and expect them to thrive…

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Exodus of Farmers from Victoria The Truth of the Matter

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 4

THE Australian Star says.—The free-traders are fond of talking about crowds of Victorian, farmers coming over to New South Wales, and the Melbourne Age recently made inquiry into an assertion…

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Free-grade and the Farmers. A Sugar Grower's Experiences

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 4

A GENTLEMAN residing in Sydney has handed us (Australian Star) a letter, which he has received from a sugar-grower in the north respecting the condition of the farmers in that part of the country…

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Good Strains of Dairy Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

THAT well - known breeder, Mr. T.J. Cole, thus writes to the Sydney Mail :— One misses the good old dairy type of 30 years ago. No better cattle…

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Bee-Keeping v. Sheep Farming

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

IN the Bathurst district, a petition signed, by 461 persons was presented to the Local Land Board, protesting against permission being granted to a…

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The London Butter Market

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 2

UNDER recent date the London correspondent of a Sydney paper writes :— The shortage in Australian butte is more than compensated for by the large…

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The Farmers' March to the Lismore Conference. (To the tune of " Paddy Doyle.")

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 8

To Lismore we will go, and let the Premier know, The cane industry he'll wipe away — And if he does indeed he'll make the country…

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Some Points for Dairymen

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

DON'T think mongrel bulls can produce choice stock for any purpose. Don't keep calves in filthy places and expect them to thrive…

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The Premier and the Richmond River Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 8

SIR, — Any unbiassed person — and being one who knows which way the ropes are rove — will, after having read the press reports of the sayings and doings of Mr…

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Farming in the Riverina District

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

SPEAKING of the results of his trip to the Riverina district, Mr. Carruthers, Minister for Lands, says:— "Unfortunately the greater portion of the land…

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Victorian Farmers Coming to N.S.W.

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT has sent to the Melbourne Argus a photograph of the caravan formed by a body of Victorian farmers who were en route for N.S.W…

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A Useful Farming Implement

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

OF all the tools which the farmer possesses, or should possess, there is, perhaps, . none which gives a quicker return for the money expended in its…

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