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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

321 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 17

Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 3

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

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Assisting the Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

A MEETING of farmers and others interested was held at Goulburn last week to discuss a proposition for the establishment of a creamery. Sir William M'Millan, Captain…

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Dairy and Farm. Testing Cows. Short and Practical Method

Northern Star · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 9

A great many farmers would like to know how much milk as well as butter their several cows have produced, apiece, for the year. But they do not feel like…

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Sires for Dairy Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 3

A DAIRY former in the Tweed district asks: "Is it advisable to keep a half-bred dairy bull aa a sire? The one in question is by a Holstein bull out of a pure-bred Durham…

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Molasses as Cattle Food

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 3

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

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Dairying Statistics

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 3

THE following figures in regard to the progress of the dairying industry may be of interest to our readers:—"Ten years ago there was practically no dairying industry…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 3

UNDER this beading 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. Pasteurized Milk

Northern Star · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 10

The care of pasteurized milk by no means ends when it has once passed through that process. Because we have succeeded in killing a majority of the…

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Freetrade Fleecing of the Farmers. Cream Separators

Northern Star · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

THE 'Leader' writes:—Reapers and binders are not the only articles on the free list which are retailed in Victoria at at ext[?]rtionately high figure in…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 April 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. Concerning Rudimentaries

Northern Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 9

A DAIRYMAN asked "Hord's Dairyman," for information concerning the rudimentary teats in the sire, saying he had lately purchased a fine bull from approved…

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The Richmond River As a Dairying Centre of Growing Importance

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 6

The soil of the Richmond River is so rich, the rainfall so copious, and the climate so congenial to the growth of plants and plant life, that it is an endless labor…

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The Dairying Industry. Conference of Producers and Merchants

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 7

ON Wednesday afternoon on the Royal Agricultural Society's Showgrounds a conference to deal with various aspects the butter industry was held. The main…

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Butter Making

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

THE Agricultural Show Ground was an appropriate place for that conference of representatives of the butter industry held yesterday and at which the…

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Important to Dairymen

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

IF you want to get all the bream from milk the milk fat must be started on its creaming way as soon as possible after it comes from the cow, and before it…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 April 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. the Babcock Milk Test

Northern Star · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 9

When Dr. Babcock first announced the test which bears his name its accuracy was questioned. So many methods for determining the amount of fat in a given sample…

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The English Butter Market

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 3

IN explaining the cause of such fine prices ruling far batter in the British markets this year, a London paper gives the following as one cause thereof:—…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 April 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. Gored by a Bull

Northern Star · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2

The "Grip" says: Mr. Thos. Jarrett, of Nana Glen, was badly injured by a bull, on his form. The bull's horns penetrated him twice in the lower part of the…

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