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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Farmers Building a Bridge

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

THE Tygalgah farmers, near Marwillumbah, are building a cooperative bridge over the North Arm at Kynnumboon, where the bridge has now been dismantled as the…

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The Dairy. Discarding Dairy Cows. Some Points to Note

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 10

Cows arc frequently discarded from town-supplying dairies (writes Professor Thomas Shaw in the "Orange Judd Farmer") because they are no longer…

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Upkeep of Farm Drains

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

An important case was heard at the Murwillumbah Court, last week, when James King proceeded against W. S. Leeson, who was working a farm of the plaintift's under…

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Good Dairying Land Available. No Necessity to go to Queensland

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

"ANOTHER batch of 52 Richmond River farmers are about to leave for North Queensland, to take up land. They are shifting because there are no…

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Diseases of Dairy Cattle. No. 2. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 8

THIS is a highly contagious disease affecting cattle only, and one which, were it not for strict and effective quarantine regulations, would…

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Bangalow £100 Butter Fat Prize

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 5

THE result of the Bangalow A. and I. Society's £100 butter fat prize for 1908-9 has been made public. The prize-winner is Mr. J. J. King's…

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Price of Butter. London

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

[?] Australian butter is selling at 102s ti 104s and occsionally 106s, unsalted 1064s to 108s…

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Farm and Garden Original Articals (All Rights Reserved) Grazing Forage Crops

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 6

In consuming forage crops on the land where they grow, more especially autumn ones, otters a good chance to give tire soil a fertilising. Troughs…

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The Blackberry Crop

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 5

At Clifton the blackberry crap for the present season has been the best and heaviest for many years. The recent heavy rains destroyed portion of the early crop…

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Management of Dairy Herds

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 9

The following lecture was delivered recently at Dunoon by Mr. A. Siddins, Government Dairy Inspector. The great and continued expansion of the…

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State Butter Factory. Opposed by Farmers

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 2

Some 20 or 80 residents of Morry and the surrounding districts mot at Kiama to discuss the Government proposal to establish a State butter factory at Berry. Mr…

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Grading of Butter

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 3

Mr. S. M. Cotteewrites to say that in his letter on the subject he wrote "the light of facts when thrown on Mr. Campbell's address would prove strongly against…

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The Cattle Tick

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 3

The conference of State and Federal officials that meet at Melbourne next week to regulate a scheme of human and animal quarantine control, is of urgent…

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Price of Butter Reduced. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 3

The Sussex-street dairy merchants to-day unanimously decided to reduce the price of soutter by 4s per cwt., making superfine 96s and other grades proporitonately lower…

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Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

MR. ISAAC EVANS, manager of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Co., yesterday received a wire from Sydney to the effect that butter had dropped four shillings per ewt. This is…

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Local Interest. The Casino Co-operative Dairy Coy

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the share-holders of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Company will be held in the Casino School of Arts on Thursday morning next, at 11…

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Landslip Overwhelms Ten Farm Hands. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 3

A landslip ovewhelmed ten farm hands at Arezzo…

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Diseases of Dairy Cattle. No.3. Contagious Mammitis

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

A contagious disease affecting the udders of milch cows, and due to a minute organism--a STREPTOCOCCUS. Although there are occasionally some…

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Unusual Wheat Yields on the Darlng Downs

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

The wheat yields this season on the Darling Downs are saul to be the heaviest for many years, (says the "Gazette"). Mr. F. Grayson, M.L.A., states that he doubted…

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Management of Dairy Farms

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 7

The following lecture was delivered recently at Dunoon by Mr. A. Siddins, Government Dairy Inspector'- Pigs—Paralysis of the Posterior Part of…

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