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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Butter Market. London

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 3

Butter is very frim. Danish is 124s to 126s. "Colonial unchanged with a strong demand, especially for second quality, which is very scar[?]…

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Butter Returns

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

THE Casino Co-operative Butter Factory produced for the month of December 137,437 pounds frist-class, and 2650 pounds second class(about 62½ tons altogether). The…

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Queensland Butter. the Australian Championship. Brisbane

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

It is expected that by Saturday next, there will be upwards of 22,000 boxes of Queensland butter graded and stored at Pink[?]…

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Farming Without Capital

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

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

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Farmers' Disabilities

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

AT a recent meeting of the Georgetown branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau, Mr. M'Aulay referred tn the faut that the funnel was often called a…

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Dairy Herd Sales

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

ON Friday next J. Lang and Co. will auction Mr. J. Pinkerton's dairy herd, etc, at the farm, North Arm. The attention of dairymen is also directed to the numerous…

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District Dairy Returns. Marked Increase

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

THE following are the returns of registered dairies, dairy cattle, factories, etc., at the end of the year as collected by the police:--…

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Alstonville Dairy Co's. Butter in London

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

In the letter of their London correspondent published curly, this month by, the "S. M. Herald," he says, under the heading, "New south Wales. Butter" Speaking…

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A Dairyman's Bankruptcy. Claimants far the Cattle

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

THE Judge in the bankruptcy (Mr. Justice Street) delivered his reserve decision in the matter of the application of the official assignee (Mr. W. H…

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London Butter Market

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

THE margarine merchants boast that the trade they have been doing in London and other English cities during the present scarcity of cheap butter is the…

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"Australia's the Place!" Beating America in Sheep-Breeding

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

THE sheep industry in America is carried on in a most primitive way, and is many years behind the times." This is a verdict of Mr. R. Chaffey, the…

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Defect in Farmyard Manure

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

There is no fertiliser that can be more profitably used on the farm than farm[?]ard manure, the resulting by-product in feeding live stock of all classes. It…

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Farm and Field. Suffolk Punch Horses

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

The most distinct type of the various races of British draught horses is undoubtedly the Suffolk Punch. This race has been from time immemorial…

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The Dairy. Strive for Quality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 6

It does not follow that because a farmer has been liberal in his supply of food to his cattle that he obtains a correspondingly high return. Although at…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

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

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AH Labor cares for the Farmer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 6

New Zealand just now furnishes an object lesson as to what is likely to happen .to the farmer in a country in which Conciliation and Wages…

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Cattle Instruments at Low Prices

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

In boxes containing the latest up-to-date American Outfit for treating cows slipping their calves, an air pump for treating milk fever, a syringe for injecting germicidal…

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Record Shipment of Butter. Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7

The R.M.S. Ormuz, which leaves for London to-morrow, takes 20,000 boxes of butter from Queensland, which is a record shipment. The total value exceeds…

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Telegraphic News. Ulmarra Butter Factory Output. Grafton

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7

During December Ulmarra Butter Factory manufactured 69½ tons of butter. Milk suppliers received 3[?]d per gallo[?]…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] The Silo

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

The owners of cattle have been somewhat what to recognise the value of the silo, and there are several reasons for that. In the early period when it was…

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