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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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Cattle Sale Yards

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

AMONG the private Acts passed in the last session of the State Parliament was that which authorises the Municipal Council of Scone to purchase land…

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Rise in Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

ON Wednesday Mr. E. J. Robinson, secretary of the Casino Co operative Dairy Co., received a wire form Dalgety and Co., Sydney, advising that best butter…

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The Butter Commission. Indignation Meeting at Berry

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

A LARGE and representative meeting of farmers was held at Berry on the 18th instant, in response to the invitation of Woodhill Co-operative Dairy Company…

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Coraki Co-operative Butter Co., Ltd. First Suppliers' Picnic

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

THE first social gathering of suppliers to the Coraki Co-operative Butter Co., Limited, took place in the grounds at the rear of the factory yesterday, when there was a good muster of…

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Farming and Dairying in Denmark

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 9

THE great majority of the farms in Denmark are small—ranging from 3 or 6 to 24 acres. The people are contested with small profits and with a plain mode of…

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Save Farmyard Manure

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

ONE of the most profitable results from the feeding of live stock, as is now generally recognised the world over, is the possibility of retaining on the farm…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · 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 Farm Worker

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 9

AN American writer, Mr. Richard Lloyd Jones, contributes a very suggestive article to a recant number of Collier's on "The Farm Worker—an estimate of the…

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Queensland Sugar Crop. a Record for Value

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

THE sugar season just closed in Queensland will be memorable in the annals of sugar-growing in Queensland as being the first season that the State has…

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DAIRY & FARM. Fascination of Poultry Culture

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 9

Can anyone tell what it is that makes poultry culture so fascinating? The craze, if such it may he culled, is not confined to any one class of…

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The Butter Commission. Messrs. Sinclair and Fairbairn's Evidence. Indignation Meeting at Berry

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 9

A large and representative meeting of farmers assembled in the School of Arts, Berry, on Wednesday 18th inst., in response to the invitation of…

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The Motor on the Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

The judges' notes upon a recent trial by the Highland Agricultural Society, Scotland, of two agricultural motora, are now published, and…

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Butter Commission

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

COMMENTING on the report, the Melbourne "Age" states:—"The second report of the Butter Commission has been long in coming, but it is worth…

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Craded Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

IN a letter to a friend at Mullimbimby Mr. G. M'Lean, formely hotel-keeper at Byron Bay, and now on a visit to England as representative of the North…

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Siding to Butter Factory

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

IN regard to the application for as siding from the railway line to the Casino Butter Factory, the Hon C. Lee writers as under to Mr. E. de C. Irby:—"Regarding the…

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Government Grading of Butter. (Per favour of the R.R. EXPRESS.) No. IV

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

IN giving expression to my views upon this subject I am endeavouring to ascertain the evidence of other supporters of this movement and to do so have had to…

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Pumpkins for Dairy Cows

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

IN a bulletin issued by the Pennsylvania Experimental Station the pumpkins is highly recommended as a food for dairy cows. Many farmers…

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Our Dairy company

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

"STONEWALL CO-OPERATION" writes:—I have given Mr. Robinson ample time to reply to my letter appearing in the R. R. EXPRESS at the beginning of this…

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Farmers Visiting Co-operative Factories

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

AT the last meeting of the Bangalow Agricultural Society, a letter was road front the president of the Boonab Farmers' Co-operative Dairy Company…

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The Governor at Kiama. His Views on Dairying. 'Scoundrels Who Export Had Butter.' the Necessity for Grading

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, visited the Kiama Show on Thursday. His Excellency was presented with an…

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