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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Farmer and Grazier Danger of Separator Slime

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 3

MR. G. S. Thompson writes':—All those working separators must he careful that the slime taken from the inside of the bowl is not, under any conditions, allowed to go…

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Dairy and Farm. the Form of the Boar

Northern Star · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 6

The form which the boar should have will of course be modified by the breed, but there are certain essentials of form which all boars should have, whatever the…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · 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. How Successful Dairymenaproducet Good Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 3

Here is the advice, says "Hoard's Dairy— men," and the record that lies back of the advice, of John Armstrong of De Smet. S. D., which he gave before the South Dakota…

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Visit of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture. Inspection of the State Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

ON Saturday the Hon. J. Cook, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, accompanied by Hon. J. V. Chataway, Minister for Mines and Agriculture from Queensland, made a visit of…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, 3Rd May, 1899. the Proposed Additions at the State Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

THE news that certain improvements, some timein contemplation…

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The English Butter Market

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 6

UNDER date 24th March, a London correspondent advises as follows :—In London Danish butter is worth 112s to 114s for the choicest and 108s to 110s for finest, while…

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The Value of Farmers' Unions

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 3

MR. W. S. CAMPBELL, of the Agricultural Department, says:—"The great mistake this colony made in the matter of butter exportation was through sending salted away…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · 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. Babcock Tests v. Churn Tests

Northern Star · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 6

IN reply to recent inquiries on tins subject, Prof. W. A. Henry of Wisconsin Experimental Station, Madison, Wis., writes as follows, under date of December…

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The Farmer's Garden

Northern Star · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 6

IN the estimation of many fanners, from au economic standpoint, the time spent in the garden is about lost. It…

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The English Butter Market

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 7

A LONDON correspondent writes, on March 31st:—The cold snap of last week has been succeeded by mild and genial weather, and the chance of a rise in values has…

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Typhoid Germs in Milk and Butter

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 3

THE vigilance necessary in conducting dairy operations is made more than ever manifest by an important series of investigations made at the Government Experimental…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1899 · 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 Poultry Yard. Successful, Duck Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 3

Mr. Samuel Ellis's duck farm at Botany is an object lesson to duck farmers. Parriculars of the farm were given in the Agricultural GAZETTE for December…

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Pairy and Farm. New Onion Culture. (Herbert J. Rumsey, Boronia, Barber's Creek, New South Wales

Northern Star · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 3

ONIONS will grow in most parts of the colonies. Where one sort does not succeed another will be found that does, and, as this is a vegetable not only in great demand for…

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Mr. J. N. Ferguson's Opening Cattle Sale

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 4

SATURDAY was the advertised date for the opening sale of Mr. J. N. Ferguson's monthly' cattle sales, to be instituted at Bungalow, and there was a good attendance of dairymen on the…

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State Butter Competitions

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

Mr. Cook, Minister for Agriculture, has received from the judges a statement showing the points gained by each competitor in the above on the day the butter was…

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Farmers' and Dairymen's Association

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday last when the following members were present:—Messrs. M'Kinnon (chair), J. H. Keehn…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1899 · 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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