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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

311 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 16

Supply of Sheep for N.S.W.

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 6

THE President of the Pastoralists' Union of N.S.W., recently stated that he finds, after careful investigation, that it takes about 5,000,000 sheep to supply the…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 August 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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Cattle Food From Sugar Cane in the West Indies

Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

MR. GEO. SAWTER, Consul at Antigua, one of the West India United States Islands, writes:— "Experiments have been made by Mr. Geo…

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Dairy and Farm. Value of the Dairy Product. Yield of Cows in Various States. United States, £94,473,800

Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

THE following figures taken from the U.S. census of 1900 are of interest:—The total value of the dairy product of the United States was £94,473,800. Forty per cent, of…

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A Tragedy in Victoria. a Farmer Found with His Throat Cut

Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 8

SINCE the arrest of August Tiesler and Selina Sangal, in connection with the supposed murder of the latter's husband, the police have searched the deceased's cottage at Dandelong, and have…

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An Open Letter. to the N.c. Coy.'s Suppliers. and the Dairymen of the Richmond and Tweed Generally

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 August 1902 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—As the Government of the day appears either unable or unwilling to adopt the only likely scheme of preventing the tick invasion, namely the closing of the border against…

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Dairying on the Lower Clarence

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 3

AS an inevitable consequence, the supply of cream to the Maclean Refrigerating Works has shown a further decline in quantity for the month of July. This…

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Three Crops of Corn a Year

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 3

A VISITOR of the New Hebrides group says three crops of maize a year can be raised there, and as soon as the first crop is about four feet high the second is…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 August 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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Dairy and Farm. a Cheap Farm Telephone

Northern Star · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 3

Some of the farmers of Northern Colorado are inaugurating a novel kind of telephone system, by which messages are transmitted from point to point over the top wire of the…

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The Coraki Co-operative Butter Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 4

THE half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above Company was held in the Bridge-street Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. C. J. MoRae (Chairman of Directors) presided…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 August 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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A Dairying Fallacy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 3

AMONG what may be described as peculiar opinions sometimes held by some of the most practical men is one to the effect that full feeding exhausts the…

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Dairy and Farm. Do Not Mix the Breeds

Northern Star · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 9

A writer who signs himself "Aurora" in the New York 'Tribune Farmer,' gives some good advice to breeders, and although the inbreeding remembered may…

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Re Ticks in Cattle

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 4

SIR,—You may have seen the cable from Rhodesia which announces the death of the Queensland tick-proof cattle which were exported from Australia by the Rhodesian agent as an…

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New Zealand Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

THE Canterbury (N.Z.) Times says: "The returns for both live and dead sheep shipped from New Zealand to Sydney continue to be most satisfactory…

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Selection of Dairy Stock

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 3

IT is generally best to select a breed of cows for the specific purpose for which they are to be kept. If for milk only, leave out of sight the question of beef…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 3

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

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Dairy and Farm. Things to Be Got Through Breeding

Northern Star · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 2

Bro[?]ding and feeding must necesarily go together. Feeding is of course of immense importance, for there are certain things that can be had only through…

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The Dairy. Judicious feeding of Stock Feed Properly, and Expand Your Milk Cheques

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 5

Proper food judiciously fed is the key-stone of success in dairying; and the value of food materials depends largely upon their composition and…

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