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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
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IT is often difficult to convince a dairyman that cleanliness has a value in money, and that soap, water, and scrubbing brush over return an equivalent in cash. To such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE 'S.M. Herald' says: The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Fegan) has had a long consultation with Dr. Tidswell, who proceeded some short time ago to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. G. W. Steevens, the war correspondent of the London DAILY MAIL writing from Ladysmith on December 24, says: "To-day we had two novelties in the art…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE shareholders of the Alstonville Dairy Company, Ltd., held their half-yearly meeting at the factory on Monday, 8th instant. Mr. Jas. Whipps presided, and there were also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT is a well-known fact that the milk yielded by some breeds of cows throws up its cream much more readily than that obtained from animals of other breeds. The larger the size…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A GERMAN professor recently conducted an experiment designed to test the relative values of large and small cows—the former scaling on an average, 1,205lb., and the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →UNDER this heading we shall be glad to publish contribution having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments made will be published whenever furnished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LARGE cows with heavy shoulders and hind quarters are seldom if ever profitable in the dairy, while spare cows with light and large middle pieces are almost universally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE term abortion means the expulsion of the offspring before it can live outside of the womb. The expulsion of the offspring after it is capable of an independent…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To tell the age of any horse Inspect the lower jaw, of course; The six front teeth the tale will tell And every doubt and fear dispel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the monthly meeting of the Rous Mill Farmers' Union, held on the 13th inst., a letter was read, stating that the Secretary for Lands has approved of 10 acres of land, near Rous school…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE conditions in which tenants in Victoria lease land on the halves system halves follows :—The landlord provides land, cows, pigs, vehicle and horse, house, pig-styes,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →" THOSE who witness the moulting of thehons do not, perhaps, consider how important the operation is to the feathered tribe in general. It is the casting away of the…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All fertile virgin soils contain humus, that is, decayed vegetable matter, in large amounts. Swampy or peaty soils contain this substance in excess, but as a rule no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR the best results of both, the calf should be removed from the cow a few hours after birth, and fed for the first week on the, whole milk of the dam as soon as possible after being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRITING on the big profits made from dairying in, New Zealand, an exchange remarks:—" A typical case (says the Rangitikie correspondent of the Post) is that of Mr. Curl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE development of the pig business in the dairying localities of the Western district of Victoria is one of the most satisfactory and profitable features connected with the butter…
Continued on Trove, 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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