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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

311 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 16

Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 October 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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Butter Market. the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., 374 Sussex-street, sydney, september likh 1902

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 6

Dear Sir,—The Berrima District Company and this Society are the only representation that producers have upon this Market, and the…

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The Butter Market. To the Editor Byron Bay Record

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 5

SIR,—The Companies responsible followering the price of butter to 1s per 1b) during the first week of this month—that is to say a drop of 9d…

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Dairy and Farm. Gains of the Bacon and Lard Pig

Northern Star · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 3

DURING the last few years there has been considerable good-natured contention between the followers of the two types of pig, namely, the lard and the bacon types…

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The Dairy

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 7

The richest portion of the milk is that drawn from the udder as the last. In experiments made to test the matter, it was found that the…

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A Warning to the North Coast Dairy Men

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me to draw the attention of the dairymen of the Clarence, Richmond and Twend to the atternpt of tho Sussesstreet Government to divert the butter…

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General Farm Notes

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

A BULLOCK put into Uhnarra yard (writes the ARGUS correspondent) for shipment to Sydney last week was in an advanced stage of tuberculosis, the matter absolutely…

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Farmer and Grazier

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

UNDER this heading we shall be find 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 Dairy the "All-round" Farmer. (Edgar L. Vincent, in " The Farm and Fireside.")

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 8

I believe in him, this well-built, " all-round "farmer. In my humble opinion he is the bone and sinew of this country. Speaking with all due…

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Dairy and Farm. the Smyrna Fig in California

Northern Star · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 6

Smyrna fig-raising has at last been successfully eatablished in California on a large scale on the Stanford ranch at Vina by the employment of the blastephaga as…

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Intensive Farming

Northern Star · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 6

The certain increase of population and the equally certain increased value of good farm lands will force a better and more intensive type of agriculture, the type…

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The New Dairy Bill

Northern Star · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 5

THE following letter from the Wollongbar Farmers' Union was read at Thursday's meeting of the Lismore A. and I. Society. It was decided to hold a special meeting of the committee next…

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Lismore A. and I. Society. Visit to Wollongbar Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 4

THE Committee of the above Society made a visit to the Experimental Farm at Wollongbar: last Thursday, and were most hospitably received by the Manager, Mr. C. H. Gorman…

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Islington Butter Show. the Richmond River Scores

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

FIFTY lots of New South Wales and Victorian butter were exhibited at the Islington Dairy Show. No New Zealand butter was shown, and Canada's…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 October 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 Coraki Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon, at the invitation of Mr. W. Yabsley, the enterprising proprietor, a number of friends visited the Coraki Dairy to inspect the latest Additions to the…

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Dairy and Farm. Words of Wisdom

Northern Star · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 2

Every order or system of doing things is attended by its own set of risks. "Hoard's Dairyman" believes that…

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Rotation of Crops

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 7

The benefits of rotation in crop production have been long recognised, and various systems have been practised. The reasons for such…

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The Dairy. Constitutional Vigour Needed in Dairy Cows

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 7

At a meeting of dairymen at Buffalo, U.S.A., Mr. Gregg, of Minnesota, spoke on the points necessary in dairy cows and sires. He called…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the "Northern Star." Farmers and Child Labour

Northern Star · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 4

SIR,—The abolition of black labour in connection with the sugar growing industry in this district has led to one unforeseen result. The farmers in many centres have discovered that…

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