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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

282 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 15

The Imported Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 2

MR. L. A. M'INTYRE, manager of the Australian Dairying Company, and a practical dairyman. writes concerning the recently—imported dairy cattle as follows:—Mr…

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Common—sense Pig Farming

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 3

IT does not pay to breed unthrifty animals which eat much, make little growth, and take a long time about it. Such animals are the progeny of a boar with…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 3

UNDER this heading we shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of expertimonts made will be published [?]…

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Dairy and Farm. a paying Dairy Herd. Me. Hugh Dcdgeon's

Northern Star · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

The detailed information regarding the harricane in the West Indies states that the hurricane raged for seven boura, and was thu worst that had occurred since 1831. At Barbadoes…

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The Open Column. [This column being open for the expression of different opinians on public matters, they are to be consltlered a fhose of our correspondents, and not necessarily endorsed by us.] To the Editor of the ' Northern Star.' N S W. Creamery Butter Company's Export Scheme

Northern Star · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 5

SIR,—In your issue of the 17th September, and the September issue of a pamphlet circulated by the Farmers Co-operative Company, appear feeble attempts by that company to reply to the strictures…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1898 · 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 Dairyman

Northern Star · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 7

A dairyman is a man who knows how to proporly breed, rear, care for, feed and milk cows, and also consequently preserve the quality of that milk perfectly till it can be…

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Experimental Farm Prize Cattle./

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 8

MR. J. Perry writes to the R. R. Beacon to say that two of the prize bulls, recently imported by the Government, are to be sent to the Wollongbar. Experimental Farm. One is of the…

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Margarine and Butter. Meeting of Merchants

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 3

A meeting of produce and butter merchants was held at the Australian Hotel last Thursday to discuss what steps should be taken to prevent margarine being placed upon the…

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Seizure of Diseased Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 2

A CASE of more than ordinary interest was heard in Sydney last week, when Edward Stanley, chief veterinary inspector under the Board of Health,…

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Phenomenal Dairy Herd

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 8

That South Coast dairymen have led the way in perfecting the breed and quality of dairy cattle cannot be gainsaid. Many of them have reduced their business to n fine…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 3

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

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Dairying in Australia

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 4

THE truly phenomenal strides made in the dairying industry within the colonies during the past few years, and the widespread manner in which the calling has been taken…

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Margarine and Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 8

THE S. M. Herald writes:—If people want to eat margarine there seems to be no reason on earth, why their want should not be supplied. There is nothing in margarine to prevent its…

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Dairy and Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 3

Two objections seem to hold against the common method of testing cows at fairs. First. That under the excitement of removal from customary quarters and from…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 3

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

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Dairying in Queensland

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 7

FARMERS of Queensland have caught the dairying infection, as well as those of Northern New South Wales. In 186, the imports of butter to the northern…

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Dalry Amd Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

BELOW, we print the rules and regulaitons and the schedule of some prizes in the Dairy Department of the St. Louis Fair to be held Oct.38, 1898:…

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Lot 130—Dairy Cow Test

Northern Star · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

This test will be for a period of three days beginning at 6a.m., Wednesday, October 5, and ending Friday October 7, at 6 p.m. The cows will be Kept and fell at the…

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Dairying in Sweden

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 3

The Swedish butter factories are strong competitors in the English market with those of Denmark, and justly so, as both labor and land are cheap, and the…

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