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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

311 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 16

Dairy Ad Farm. Dairying

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

Dairying is too steady a job for a great many people, as it requires attention 365 days in the year. It is too confining and they want a job that has a let up once in a…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · 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 Northerm Star." Wednesday Morning, January 8, 1902. the Need for Cattle Sale Yards

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

ONE of the requirements of Lismore is…

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Meeting of the Dalry Farmers' Unjon at Alstonville

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 8

THE Alstonville branch, of the Dairy Farmers' Union met in the Agricultural Hull on Tuesday night, 3lst December. The President (Mr. Whipps) occupied the chair. The…

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Butter Adulteration

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

EXTENSIVE sales of "milled" butter, containing from 19 to 25 per cent, of added milk, are said to have adversely affected the Australian butter trade of…

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Commandeering Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 8

THE bands of cattle-rangers that work in conjunction with various columns throughout the unsettled, portions of South Africa include very many…

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Testing Butter for Export

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

A POPULAR Danish system, of educating butter manufacturers is to be adopted by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Morrissey). In Denmark it is the…

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Stability of Dairying

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

THE future of dairying is bright, and this is the opinion of every man that understands the dairy business. Of all branches of farming, this is the one to…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

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

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Current Topics. The Weather and the Crops

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 8

KEMPSEY, JAN. 1st, 1902.-Like Graf and the Clarence, Kempsey and the Macleay River generally show signs of extreme dryness, though it is…

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Dairy and Farm. Experiments in Potato-planting

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

Some interesting experiments were madelast season by the Ontario Experiment Union in time and method of planting potatoes. Fifty-three practical farmers…

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A Long Test of Dairy Cows

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

THE dairymen of this district fully appreciate the value of tosts for dairy…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

THE third half-yearly meeting of the Coastal fanners' Cooperative Society, Limited, was held in Kangaroo Valley last week. The attendance numbered about 40, while a great…

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Timber for Butter Boxes. Pine Logs in Pickle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

DOUBTLESS a good many Examiner readers (writes the Sydney correspondent of that paper) know Blackwattle Bay. A 'bus, known locally as "the…

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Useful Shed for the Farm

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 3

When stacking straw either in the field or barnyard, a good shed suitable for cattle, sheep, or hogs, or even rough farm tools and implements, may be made…

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Co-operative Dairying in N.Z.

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

FOR many years past an extensive butter manufacturing business has been done, with English capital, under the name of "New Zealand Dairying…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1902 · 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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Feeding Value of Butter-Milk

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

A SUBSCRIBER to an American paper asks information regarding the feeding value of buttermilk. In its simplest terms the answer is that butter-milk and…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · 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 Dehorning of Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 3

THE Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New Zealand is strongly in favor of dehorning. One of the members said that during a recent…

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