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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

321 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 17

All Round Farming

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 1

IN dealing with matters relating to the late show in that town the Singleton ARGUS thus refers to Mr. J. Bale's enterprise in experimental farming:—There were also…

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Cultivating Maize Crops

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

BOTH American and Australian experiments prove that at no time during the history of the corn crops should the cultivation be deep. It deep culture has to be practised…

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Dairy and Farm. on Milk Secretion

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 3

A careful study of officially authenticated tests of Holstein-Friesian cows has been made by H. H. Wing and Leroy Anderson at Cornell, with the following…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

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

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Cause of "Fishy" Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 3

MR. O'CALLGHAN, dairy expert to the Agricultural Department, reports having made a discovery which is of grear importance to butter makers, not only here, but…

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Dairy Farm. Udder Diseases of Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 3

One of the most frequently met diseases that the bovine race is heir to, and which is very troublesome to the owners of cattle, is in its various phases known as…

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Tying Wool Fleeces with String and Other Vegetable Materials

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 3

THE Wool Trade Section of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, in a letter to Mr. R. T. Baker, F.L.S., Curator of the Technological Museum, Sydney, calls attention…

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Lismore State Farm. Visit of Tweed Farmers

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 4

ON Friday last the 1st inst. a party of representative farmers from the Tweed River visited the Experimental Farm, at Wollongbar. In order to reach the farm in good time, the…

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Cleaning Farm Implements

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 3

FARMERS who wish to clean farming implements easily should try the following plan: Slowly add one pint of sulphurie acid to one quart of water, handling it carefully…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 February 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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Dairy and Farm. Fecundity in Swine

Northern Star · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 9

The value of fecundity in swine is wellknown to those engaged in growing pork. Where it is wanting the profits are cut in upon and in a marked degree. So plain…

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Big American Farms

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT supplies an English paper with the following interesting article describing the enormous wheat farms in the Western States of America…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

UNDER this bonding 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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A Farmer's Grievance

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

MR. McKEEVER, of Tatham, makes a very sorrowful statement with regard to shipping arrangements between the Richmond and Sydney, and the consequences to those…

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Cane Crop in Queensland

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 6

The Mackay Sugar Journal in a recent issue gives the following particulars of the Queensland market and crop:— Though so far we cannot report that…

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Dairy and Farm. Milk and Butter Yields

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 10

UNDER the head-line "The Milk and Butter Tests at the Berry Show, a South Coast journal makes the following remarks:—…

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Molasses As Cattle Food

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 7

THE German Beet Root Sugar Works have on immense amount of molasses that cannot be worked up into sugar, and whose cheapness makes it valuable as feed…

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Dairy and Farm. Are Pigs Really Unclean

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 7

THE pig is on trial. There is a great difference of opinion concerning his habit and character. The common idea which has passed into a proverb, is that pigs…

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Cattle Mortality

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 2

For the past month the mortality among cattle locally has reached alarming protions, some dairymen having lost as many as six and seven head within a few days…

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London Butter Market

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 3

THE Danish Government's dairy commissioner in London recently gave some interesting information respecting the position of Danish and Australian…

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