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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Northern Star. Published Daily. Friday, January 3, 1908. The Profit on Sheep

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 2

Relieving that it is very desirable for this district that it should have all the industries under way which it is capable of sustaining, and being at the same time of…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

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

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article? [All Rights Reserved.] The Sheep Fly

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 5

It is a singular fact that ovines are the only animals of the farm that suffer from fly attacks, i.c., maggots, and if they are not looked to carefully, they…

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Camperdown (Vic.) Dairy Cow Test

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

The results of the society's dairy cow competition were as follow. The competitions took place on the show ground. The winning cow, with three teats, has…

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Record Butter Output

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 2

Its last week output of butter was a record for the North Coast Co-operative Coy[?] The total was 117 tons. January is likely to be a big month…

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Butter Output on the Manning. Taree

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 3

Mr: W. McAuley, manager of the butter factory Purfl[?]t, has prepared a statement, showing turnover of the Upper Manning and Lower Manning Dairy, Companies for…

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Bird's-eye View of Casino, From Tower of Butter Factory, Looking South

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 6

J.W. Frost, Photo…

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Producers Combining. Farmers and Sugar Growers Association. Bundaberg

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

At a meeting of delegates to the local Farmers' Association on Saturday[?] it was intimated that all the associations had agreed to affiliate with the Australian…

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Railway Employees' Question. Crops Up Again. Mr. Bell Complains of Railway Coy[?]'s Action. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 3

Mr. Bell, on behalf of the railway men, complains that the London and North-western Company is taking, a ballot of their employees whether they are willing…

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Sheep Breeding in America

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

MR. CHAFFEY, a well-known pastoralist, who returned from America last Thursday, said:--"The sheep industry in America is carried on in a most…

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Cattle Ticks Inactive on Tweed

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

NOTWITHSTANDING predictions to the contrary, there has been no activity amongst cattle ticks since the summer commenced and they are…

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Local News. The Butter Market

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

The Coastal Farmers' Society reports that there is a considerable increase in supplies of butter from the North Coast, but the Illawarra district and further south are in a…

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£46,000 Wool Clip

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6

ANDERSON BROS., of Freemantle, near Bathurst, have just completed shearing 85,000 sheep. They started on October 10th with 14 machines, and…

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Wharf Labourers' Strike. North Coast Butter Affected the Cavanba's Consignment. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

The wha[?] labourers employed on the Neweastle S.N. Coy's and Illawarra S.N. Coy.'s wharfs in Sydney have decided to strike in sympathy with the Neweastle…

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Farmer's Awful Experience

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

FREDERICK PULLBROOK, a farm laborer, of Ballarat East (Victoria), had a sensational experience on New Year's Eve when returning homewards to spend the holidays with…

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Farm and Field New Varieties of Seed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 9

A discovery that may ultimately revolutionise is announced by a group of Cambridge scientists. Very careful experiments have been made…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · 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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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Age In Cattle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 7

In addition to the teeth as indicators of age in cattle, there are other marks to enable one to judge by, such as every man ought to be thoroughly…

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Farming Without Capital

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

MR. ALEX. DAVIS, of Woodlands, Gilmore, who won the second prize in the "Herald" and "Mail" slopes and plains farms competition this year, has…

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The Wharf Labourers Strike Loss and Delay to Farmers. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

The delay occasioned by the withinn [?] ourers: strike at Newcustle is causing considerable loss to the Hunter River furmors who are unable to send their…

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