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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 10

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J.L. Trefie, .Minister of Agriculture, and are baaed mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be Impracticable to the individual producer…

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A Judge's 'Protest. Conveyance of Cattle. Opposed to Human Principles. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

At the Parramatta District Court today judge Docker said the way in which cattle were being carried long distances in hot weather was becoming a public…

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Crops on the Clarence

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

A Maclean message states that the continued spell of dry weather, with parching winds, which has prevailed for the past two months, is…

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PLOUGHING 25 Miles a Dat. The Work a Farmer Really Door

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 10

The acre is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated Held, and all the nations of antiquity had a similar measure. The acre…

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Cattle Ticks

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 1

Discoveries of cattle ticks in ones and twos have been made in herds in the Murwillumbah district each day since the [?]…

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London Butter Market

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. M. G. B. Jefferson, the Sydney representative, telegraphed: "Messrs. "Ellis, Kislinghury &, Co., butter salesmen, London, advise by cable this morning that…

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Remedy for Muttled Butter

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 3

If after standing a few hours, the butter is found to show a mottled, appearance, this, can be overcome by putting it on the worker and giving it an…

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London Butter Report. London

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

The butter market is dull, buyers obtaining to the utmost possible. Choicest brands of 'Australian are quoted at l26s to 129s, and occasionally 130s. New Zealand is…

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Latest Cablegrams Wool Sales Postponed, London

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 9

The wool sales had to be postponed owing to fog…

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Farming Notes. Dairying. Improving Dairy Herds

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 5

Ever since dairying has become prominent as an economic factor in rural industry, dairymen have often been perplexed at the extraordinary…

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Ensilage Crops

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 6

There is also a large number of plants that may be put into the silo, such as vetches, kale, cabbage leaves, silver beet, sugar beet, turnips,…

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The Dairyman's Best Double

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

No crops complement each other better for feeding the dairy cow than maize and lucerne. The maize, if put into the silo, furnishes…

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Electrified Potato Crop

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

Interesting reports are published of experiments with the electrical treatment of potato crops on a farm at Lincluden Main, Dumfries. The…

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Bee Farm Sites

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 3

A number or applications for bee farm sites and ranges on what is known as the Blue Blocks country were dealt with by a local Land Board at Hamilton, on 9th…

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Agricultural Notes. Notes for the Man on the Land. (Issued under the direction of the Hon Minister for Agriculture, Hon. J. L. Trefle.) Improving the Dairy Herds

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 8

Ever since dairying has become prominent as an economic factor in rural industry, dairymen have often been perplexed at the extraordinary disparity in the milk…

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A Butter Factory Squabble

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. A. Black, Chairman or Directors of the Ralaigh butter factory, has resigned as a protest against the action of the managing director. Mr. Black's statement…

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Illawarra Dairy Cattle

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 2

Mr M. F. Morton, M.L.A., in performing the official opening ceremony of the Albion Park Show said he thought some years ago the…

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A Dairy Farm

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 8

The area of Mr. A. M. Draper's fur[?] at Bannookburn, Inverell, on which dairying a carried on iIs 310 acres set apart solely for the purpose. Mr. Draper has a family…

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Farming Notes. Agriculture. Maintaining Soil Fertility

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 4

It is worthy of note that, in those countries where agriculture on a large scale has been commenced during the last century, there have…

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London Butter Market

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 4

M. G. B. Jefferson, representing Ellis, Kislingbury and Co., butter salesmen and merchants, London, reports under date January 26: I am in receipt of cablegram…

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