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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Shorthorn Cattle in England

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

AT the sales of shorthorns in connection with the Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society's Spring Show at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, unexpectedly good prices were…

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Culling the Dairy Herd

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 3

THE Michigan Farmer says :—"The difference between good and poor cows is strikingly illustrated by the experience of a Canadian fanner, who kept…

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Dairy Experimental Station

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 3

"MR. J. A. GILRUTH, Chief Veterinarian and Bacteriologist, to the New Zealand Government makes the following remarks in regard to "fishiness" in butter,…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 April 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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Byron Bay Co-operative Dairy Co

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 8

THE North Coast Fresh Fond and Cold Storage Cooperative Company. Ltd., Byron Bay, report under date March 31st, 1904:— Cream.—The cream supply has materially…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Returns, 1904. All Records Broken

Northern Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

Mr. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, has completed his preliminary returns showing the area under cultivavation and the number of stock in the…

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DAIRY & Farm. Throwin' Away Money. Walter E. Andrews, in Farm and Fireside

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9

Deacon Pepperton looked at his wife, she looked at him, then they both laughed. It was a rather scornful laugh, and it meant rauch…

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Dairy and Farm. the Real Value of a Cow

Northern Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 3

We are told that " a cow producing 150 pounds of butter per year worth 20 cents per pound is worth £6. A cow producing 300 pounds of butter per year is worth…

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Wollongbar State Farm and This Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 3

SIR—Kindly permit me to take exception to some remarks on " Big Scrub Development," by your special commissioner, in your issue of March ll. After…

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Tricks in the Butter Trade. How Consignments Are Manipulated

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 6

Facts are now coming to light which go to show that the abusos in connection with the butter trade are not oonfined to secret concessions on freight charges, and that if…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, April 27Th, 1904. the Victorian Butter Trade Disclosures

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 4

The article published by the 'Melbourne Age,' which, will be…

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Australian Farmers Settling in Canada

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 5

The Australian farmers who have recently gone to settle on the north-west land of Canada are welcomed by the newspapers of British Columbia as a most desirable…

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Kerry Cattle for Dairying

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

KERRY cattle would be an ideal breed for New England, and the wonder is, with their desirable qualities, that they have never been introduced in numbers, so far as our…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Returns, 1904. All Records Broken

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 6

MR. COGHLAN the Government Statistician, has completed his preliminary returns showing the area under cultivation and the number of stock in the…

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Women as Dairy Instructors

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

AN exchange says:—In Canada, as in Scotland, women instructors in dairying are employed. Two of these experts (Misses Laura and Annie Rose, of…

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Farming Under Government

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

IN Denmark the Government gives such help to industrious peasants ambitious to possess land of their own that agricultural Denmark is becoming a country…

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Successful Danish Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 6

"SAXON and Dane are we," sang the late Laureate. Some readers of ah important article on "The Progress of Danish Agriculture under Freetrade," in the…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 April 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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A Richmond River Farmer Robbed

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 4

ON a charge of conspiring, on January 18th last, to defraud farmer and timber-getter, named William Grant Law,, of divers sams of money, a man named…

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Farm Am Dairy. an ALL-AttOtJND Log Sled

Northern Star · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

B.A (Wagga), writes:—" I have been getting out some timber and have, used the sled shown herewith. It is called a snap-dragon. I took twe stumps about…

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