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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

402 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 21

Queensland Cattle Tick. Departmental Report

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

THE chief inspector of stock, Mr. R. D. Jones, has supplied the Minister for Mines had Agriculture with a comprehensive report showing the protection…

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Mr. Tyson on Sheep-Farming

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

EXTRACT from an early letter by the late Mr. Tyson to a relation in England :—"I am decidedly adverse your embarking in sheep j cattle are far" . safer. At all events you should not do [ ' .'so/with less capital than' £600, unless: ,yp% can meet with a couple of others…

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A Disastrous Wheat Season

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 8

AFTER making a great advance during the past 5 or 6 years in respect to the increased area sown, notwithstanding the alleged blighting influences of freetrade, the wheat…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

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

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Farming on Shares

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

A TRUE story of how the shares system works out comes from the Western dis-trict. Patrick — that's not his name, but we will call him Patrick—while…

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Pure Air for the Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

DAIRYMEN-frequently find that in some way the milk has become tainted with odors which injure the butter or cheese made from it, and are at a loss to…

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Poisoning of Cattle by Common Sorghum and Kaffir Cora

Northern Star · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 3

DURING the post few years, the Nebraska Experiment Station has investigated the loss of cattle through witing sorghum and Kaflir corn. The prediction of the…

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Dairy & Farm. Dual Purpose Cows

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 9

English and American agricultural journals are allowing much space to correspondence on the subject of the dual purpose cow. Here is a typical…

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Hints for the Farm and Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 3

Land should not be ploughed in the same direction two years running. Cross plough every alternate year. Lazy farmers leave a lot of stumps in…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 3

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

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Casino Co-Operative Dairy Co

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 4

THE establishment of the above Company has now become ail accomplished fact, and the property known as the New South Wales Creamery at Casino…

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Dairy & Farm. Ducks for Profit

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 9

There is money in ducks, both as table stock or for exhibition. This is a statement which can be verified by anyone who takes the…

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Dairy and Farm. Another Record Breaking Holstein Cow

Northern Star · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 6

HOARD'S DAIRYMAN says: It is reported from New York that Messrs. McAdam and Von Heyne, of the Borthertowa Stock Fsrms at Deansboro, N.Y., have sclipsed…

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The Dairy Industry in the North

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 4

WE give to-day an engraving of sketches of dairy life on the Richmond, representing the latest and greatest of the industries of the North. The artist was Mr. H Stuart Wilson,…

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A Pioncer Butter Exporter.—The Victorian Export Bonus

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 8

GRAFTON, May 5.—You appear to have facilities for inking stuck of far-away events, Mr. Eliter ; but in chronicling the death of the late Mr. John Warren, of Victoria,…

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Dairy Stock Diseases

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 3

THE American agricultural journals are advocating a simple preventive for white scours in calves, or calf cholera. It is now claimed that this disease is not due…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 3

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

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Proposed Dairy Legislation

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

One of the best authorities on the butter trade, writing on the subject of the recent conference of dairymen in Sydney, asks "Why should those who…

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What is Meant by the Term ' Dairy Temperament," In America

Northern Star · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 3

HOARD'S DAIRYMAN says:-That "inner something" or quality which distinguishes the dairy cow from the beef cow, and which for the lack of a better term, years…

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Casino Butter Factory

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 4

The official opening of the Casino Co-operative Co.'s butter factory took place in the presence of a large assembly on Wednesday last. The gathering was presided over by Mr. J. T…

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