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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Homebush Cattle Sales. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

THE cattle market today was 10s casier. Bast beef, 27s per 100lb. Bullocks, £8 to £12 17s 6d; cows, £6 to £8 10s…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · 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 Dairyman's Friend

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

A HAND MILKING machine which is certain to supplant manual labor was exhibited at the British Dairy Show. It has been invented by Mr. P. C. Padfield,…

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Big Horses for Farm Work

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 6

A CORRESPONDENT of the Topeka Mail and Breeze says:—The writer used to think it almost impossible to get a farm horse too large. He had one which…

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Casino Co-operative Dairy Co

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

THE half-yearly, meeting of the above company was held in the Town Hall, Casino, on Monday last, when upwards of 70 shareholders were…

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Buck Wheat

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 8

SIR,—Kindly prant me a little spnce to make a few remarks on Buck Whe[?]. I wish to know from those who have been accustomed to growing it, what is the general…

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Dairy & Farm Cure of Milk Fever

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 8

During seasons of plenty dairymen frequently suffer great losses through a number of their best cows falling victims to milk fever…

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Dairy and Farm. Bovine Tubercilosis Is Not Contagiocs

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 6

The American Breeders' Gazette, in commenting upon the recent experiments regarding human contagion from bovine taberculosis states that scientists move…

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"The Northern Star." Saturday Morning, 23Rd January. 1994 the Cost of Manufacturing Butter by Co-operation

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

LAND Issue we published the copy of a [?] from Mr. D. M'Fal[?]…

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Moist Soil Good for Crops

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 6

The longer moisture can be kept in the soil the better it is for growing crops, because it has a larger amount of plant food in solution. There is very little…

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Costal Farmers' Association

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

THE seventh half-yearly, meeting of shareholders of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Sydney, was recently held at Bega. Sixty farmers…

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Danish Butter

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

IT was quite evident that the reputation made by Danish butter is being traded upon by the other Continental nations. Some letters have recently…

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Red Polled Cattle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

A WRITER in the Adelaide Critic says: —"There is still a good deal of conjecture as to the original of the Red Polled cattle, or the' Norfolk Red Polls.'…

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Management of Dairy Herd

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

PROFESSOR L. HAECKER, in the American Farm, Stock, and Home, says:—"I regard care, feeding and developing the milking habit quite as important in…

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Back to the Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

THE Victorian correspondent of the Sydney Mail writes: While there were lots of money to be made out of bay, oats, potatoes and onions, dairying had…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · 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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Aiding the Farmer

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 8

AMONG other methods adopted by the Canadian Government to help the farmers in disposing of their produce, it adopted the plan of egg-cellecting…

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Texas Cattle Fever. Government Regulations Concerning Cattle Transportation

Northern Star · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

Below are given the regulations laid down by the United States government for the transportation of cattle from districts in which there is danger of…

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Dairy & Farm. the North Coast Co-op. Coy. Ltd. Monthly Report

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 8

Owing to the worry of removing from one office to another the usual monthly report of the Creamery was omitted. It was a highly…

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Dairy and Farm. Champion Corn Husker

Northern Star · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

A young man of 23, Charles Rennack Page Co., Iowa, fairly won the title of the "world's champion corn husker," on December 8. Although the day was a…

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