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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Australian Butter in England

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 7

THERE are, unfortunately, many complaints about the general quality of Australian butter this season. It has not that bright, fresh, clean, grass flavour that has…

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How to Keep Butter Hard without Ice

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 3

IS there anything more distressing during summer months to the housewife than oily butter? Nothing, unless it is flies, and these she can dispense with by care and patience…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1901 · 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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Triumph for Dairy Education

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 2

OLD-FASHIONED cheese-makers, who laugh at scientific and methodical instruction in this art, were " taken down a peg" at the Dairy Show, (England) when the most…

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American Dairy Experiments

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 3

TWENTY milch cows were kept in the dairy herd attached to the Ontario Agricultural College last year, and of these, one—a Jersey—gave, during the season, an aggregate…

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Dairy and Farm. Water for Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 7

How many dairymen appreciate the amount of water their cows need, both to digest their food and to furnish that needed for their milk supply? A cow…

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Experiments with Dairy Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 7

PROFESSOR BRANDT of Germany conducted three experiments with light ond heavy dairy cows, each lasting four weeks, the second commencing 70 days ofter the close…

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Good Dairy Returns

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3

DEALING with dairy returns in the Shoalhaven district the KIAMA INDEPENDENT gives the following:—"The milk from Mr. R. Shepherd's dairy herd of 52 cows at…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3

UNDER this heading we shall ba 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. Nine Years in Milk

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

THE "North British Agriculturalist "tel[?] of a case of continuous milking by which [?]ow [?] established a record. it says: "A noteworthy milk record has been…

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Dairy [?]Gures

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

THERE are [?] milk cows in the United States, distributed over 4,750,000[?] farms of three or more acres, and [?] more owned in towns and cities and [?]…

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Something Like Farms. the "Bonanza" Farmers of America

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

To the August number of "Pearson's Magazine" Mr. Bob Holland contributes an interesting article describing the enormous wheat farms in the Western States…

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The Branding of Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3

A CASE of special inter to stockowners was decided in Sydney last week by Judge Owen in Chambers, an appeal being made from a conviction by the Tumberumba…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1901 · 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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Diet for Dairy Cows

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3

IN feeding cows for milk it is desirable to induce the largest digestion possible, as the more food consumed the more milk produced. Of course, there is a limit to…

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Dairying in South Africa

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3

THERE will be plenty of room for good dairymaids in the new Transvaal, says an Englishman who owns a big estate there. The milk and butter supply of South Africa…

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Dairy and Farm. Carbolic Acid to Prevent Mild[?] Fever

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 3

I RECEIVE many letters asking what to do for milk fever, the greatest scourge of dairying. I am too busy a man to reply to all individually and fully. I am very…

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Manifesto of the Farmers and Settlers' Association

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 7

AT a special meeting of the Executive Council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, held at Sydney on the 3rd instant, the following…

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Judging Dairy Calves

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 3

IN establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire descended from a deep milking strain is admitted, but even when such an animal is provided, and is mated with…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 3

UNDER this Leading we shall be to publish contribution having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The results of experiments made will be published whenever furnished…

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