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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Where the Butter Box Comes From

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

THE export of New Zealand white pine to Australia, which received a check about eighteen months ago, says the "Evening Post "(N.Z.) is going on at a…

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Important to Dairy Farmers. the Right of Dismissing Employees

Northern Star · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

A case, important in its relation to the rights of furmors to dismiss employees guilty of misconduct, was heard in the Lismore District Court on Wednesday night…

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The Poisonous Effects of the Black Bean on Cattle. Mr. Stock Inspector Devlin's Report

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

FROM time to time there have been reported from the North Coast district of New South Wales deaths amongst cattle as a result of eating the beans of the Castano…

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Farmers and Organisation

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

THE information to the effect that capitalists and employers in Melbourne are arranging meeting for the purpose of forming a strong union to combat the…

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Making Men. For Field and Farm. Young Australians at College

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

THE following article is taken from the "Morning Chronicle," a leading London paper. It was written by Mr. Nicol, the special commissioner of…

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Progress in the Dairy

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

THIS is an age of progress and what was good enough for our parents is not necessarily good enough for us, and everybody of a progressive mind is always on the lookout…

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Farmers' Bulletins

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

THE Department of Agriculture has now in operation a system of distributing special bulletins relating to one particular subject, and already some forty…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

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

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Butter Regulations. Deputation to the Prime Minister. Short-weight Difficulty

Northern Star · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 6

At Brisbane an influential deputation of persons connected with the butter export trade waited upon the Prime Minister (the Hon. A. Fisher) on Monday to urge…

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A Farmer's Memento

Northern Star · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

At a evening function in connetion with the Tenterfield Show some merriment was caused by n prominent farme, who stated that the patron, Mr. W. T. Cadell, of…

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The Mormons As Sheep Breeders

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 3

ACCORDING to the American "Sheep Breeder," the Mormon interest in seep is a great one. When the pioneeers entered Salt Lake Valley and for many…

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Rainfall Records for Farmers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

WHILE the delegates to the dry-farming conference were up-country at Crystal Brook, South Australia, Mr. H.C.L. Anderson, New South Wales Under-Secretary for…

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Chapter Vii. the Cattle-duffing Business

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 2

To give a detailed account of the next seven years of my life would be a work of tedious iteration. The period was crammed with adventures, but all of the…

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Sale of a Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. T. D. Burling has sold his farm of 100 acres at Lindendale to Mr. S.S. Scarvell, the price paid being £30 10s per acreMr. Burling bought the farm, partly…

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Astonyille A. and I. Society. Visit to Experimental Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 4

At the invitation of Mr. H. R. Alexunder, manager of the Wollongbar Expurimentul Farm, the committee of the Alstonvile Society held its monthly meeting…

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Danish Butter Deteriorating

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

Danish methods of butter manufacture and marketing have long been held up as models of the world. The "Dairy," an English trade journal,…

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The Old-time Cattle Camp

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

The old cattle camp days have passed with the coming of the boundary fence. With them has departed much of the glamour o[?] bush life, for one has to travel far…

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Farm and Dairy. [We invite contributions under this head The results of experiments made will be published if furnished.] Tieosinte

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

" Tweed Times" reports that Mr. A. R. Phillips, of Stott's Creek, has been growing for some time a fodder plant of Japanese origin, known as…

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Rapid Strides. Queensland As a Dairying Country

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 3

Queensland, especially in its southern portions and along its coustal areas, is particularly well adapted for dairying, which in the short period of 20 years has risen…

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The Butter Markets

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 4

PRESCIT, Limited, Sydney, report:—Butter.—The demand for choicest quality at 86s has been slightly in excess of the average, owing to several large…

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