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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Cheap Cattle Syringes. with Large Tin of Solution Free

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 4

This is the solution we first introduced into the district four years ago, and is doing great work in preventing cows slipping their calves. The advantage over…

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Open Column. Child Labour on Dairy Farms. (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 7

Sir,—It was not my intention to write again on subject of child labour, but the letter of Mr. Woodhouse this week, asking for legislation, has warmed me up…

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Important to Dairymen

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 5

A claim has been lodged on behalf of the Rural Workers. The demand is for a week of 48 hours, a minimum wage of 30s and keep, no other work than milking to…

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Aeleged Cattle Stealling. Sensational Development. Witnesses Arrested. Casino

Northern Star · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

At the Police Court to-day Arthur Bignell, on remand, charged with stealing, at Woodburn, on 14th December last, one yellow steer, the property of Barry Taylor,…

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Farm and Dairy

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 7

[We invite contributions under this head The results of experiments made will be published if furnished.] The idea that the udder is a…

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A Farmer's Complaint. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

A local farmer seriously complains of the condition of a Government bull leaned to him for six months. The beast is in very low condition, and besides losing his…

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Butter Market

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

PRESCOTT, LTD., Sydney, report:— The firmness in the market was maintained until Wednesday week, when London reported a deep in prices, and in…

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Those Springbrook Cattle Losses

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 8

J. T. TARLINTON writes in the "Brisbane Courier":—A copy of the departmental report of the above losses was handed to me for perusal,…

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Wheat In Twelve Weeks

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

SEVERAL of the English papers contain references to the claims of a Mr. J.J. Melville that he has discovered a means of accelerating the processes of nature in…

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Butter Market at Home and Abroad

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., writes:—The recent rains will uphold the heavy grass production, and the soft feed may affect the moisture contents as well as…

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The Science of Cattle Ticks. to the Editor

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 10

SIR,—I observe no paper was read before the Science Congress, just closed, on the above new science, so in the interests of the public I ask you to publish this…

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Alleged Cattle stealing. A Sensational Denouement. Two Crown Witnesses Arrested

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

At the Casino Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. C. F. Butler, P.M., Arthur Bignell, on remand, was charged with stealing, at Woodburn on the 14th…

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Something for Dairymen to Think About

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

"W.G.C." writes in the "S. M. Herald":—In your issue of Wednesday, 11th January, "Overrun" directed attention to what he termed "an…

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Important to Dairymen Seeking Land

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

THERE is a splendid corn and dairy farm of 141 acres on Kyogle railway line, half-a-mile from station, valued by land experts at £13 10s and can now be obtained for £10 5s…

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Farmer and Grazier

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

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

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Farmers and Rural Workers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

Speaking at a gathering of farmers at Tenterfield last week, Mr. Massy Greene, M.H.R., referred to the claims of the Rural Workers' Union, and said:—When…

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Butter Market. London

Northern Star · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 9

Butter is steady and generally unchanged. The choicest Australian salted occasionally touched 104s, New Zealand salted 108s' to 109s. This week's Colonial…

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Butter Below the Standard

Northern Star · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 8

Victorian butter manufacturons do not appear to have taken last year's warnings to heart. Already this season 140 cases in which shippers of butter were charged…

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"Over-run" in Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 10

The following correspondence appeared in recent issues of the "S.M. Herald":— "Over-Run" writes:—Some years ago in a neighbouring State I took part in a…

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Salt for Dairy Cows

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

Some extensive experiments have been carried out by the Wisconsin Experiment Station to determine the value of salt for milch cows, and also…

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