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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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The Riverina Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT at Corowa sends the Herald the following notes on the situation of agriculturists in that portion of the Riverina:—"The first of the…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1897 · 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 Recent Cattle Seizure

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 8

THE R.R. Express writes:—Much sympathy is locally expresseed for Mr.Mdlis, of Ninango (Q.) who was lately timed at Casino for crossing the border into New South Wales without his cattle…

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Dairy and Farm. Agriculture in Public Schools

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 3

ARBOR day has now become a recognised institution in our land, aud it is now an exception to see a public sschool in either city or country without a few trees and flowers…

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Keeping Butter Firm

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

The Following simple method is recommended for keeping butter firm. Take a tight box (10 or 12 inches High, 12 or 14 inches wide, and 18 or 24 inches…

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Speying Dairy Cows

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

M. VATTEMARE, a French dairy authority, writes as follows on the subject of speying cows for milk:—"If we properly understand the matter, the effect…

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Systematic Dairying

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

THE great difficulty is not in the soil, climate, or water, but the lack of intelligent idens of what modern dairying demands. First, the kind of cow that is…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1897 · 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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Dairy and Farm. Good Advice to Dairy Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 4

THERE is no class of men more dependent upon the prosperity of the dairy farmer than those who manufacture dairy machinery and supplies. If the business is good and the…

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Successful Cattle Sale

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 8

MR. R. V. BOYD's sale of cattle at Berry, last week, attracted the largest concourse of people that bus been seen at a sale there for years past, there being…

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Selling Diseased Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 2

AT the Grafton Police Court, last week, George N. Small, of Swan Creek, pleaded guilty to offering a diseased beast for sale…

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The London Butter Market

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 6

IN his January report the London correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes:—A good demand is reported for cheap Australian butter, and a steady inquiry…

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Preventive to Cattle Disease

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

WRITING in the Farmers' Herald Mr. H.. Thompson says:—In 1874, after five years' practical observation, I wrote my first article on the application of salt to…

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Dairying in Victoria

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

ADVICES from Victoria state that from Warrnambool and Gippsland in the south to the Murray, from Gippsland East to the South Australian border on the west…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

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

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Dairy and Farm. Scoring by Points for Dairy Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 5

BELOW we publish a Dairy Cattle Score'Card arranged by Dr. G-M Twitchell, of Augusta, Maine, U.S.A. and Secretary of the Maine S ate Agricultural Society. This is from…

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Section 11—Farming Implements, £c. Judge—Mr VV. H. Hopkinson

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 7

Two-horse swing plough, iron—D. Townley H O…

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Dairy Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

SPEAKING at a dairy meeting of dairymen in Gloucestershire England, Mr. James Hobbs referring among other things to the rearing of the proper breed…

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Butter Color

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

ONE of the best ways to keep up a good color in butter during the winter and spring is by feeding the cows during the winter and spring months on well-cured…

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Small Farms in Japan

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

JAPAN, and not France or Belgium, would appear to be the land of petite culture. According to a recent American bulletin a couple of acres is…

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