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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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The Cattle Industry. American Methods Reviewed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 9

The methods of managing cattle generally adopted in the United States of America are peculiar to an Australian stockowner. During the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Maize-growing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

Early Learning is the variety of maize most favored on the Grafton Experiment Farm for the early crops and Yellow Dent for the late ones…

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Dairy Returns

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

Senior-Constable Craddock, who is acting as officer in charge during Senior-Sergeant leather's absence an holidays, has kindly supplied us…

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Homestead Farm Area

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

On Tuesday last Messrs. R. Barling and A. Campbell, members of the Local Land Board, sat for the purpose of dealing with the…

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Who Should Register a Dairy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 3

An appeal case was heard in the Supreme Court last week, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, which is of interest to both Councils as well as dairymen. The case was…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 3

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

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Electric Farming in Germany

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 7

Figures worked out in Germany indicate that the electrification of crops on the farm will not be an expensive change, and it should soon become common if the…

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Grafton Dairy Co. Proceedings at Annual Meeting. Grafton

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

At the Dairy Co's annual meeting to-day the report of the directors as published in yesterday's "Star" was adopted. They were all declared re-elected. The capital…

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Butter Trade. Sir George Reid's Charges. Colonial Committee's Report. London

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7

The Colonial Butter Committee has cabled their principals as follows:—"Sir George Reid refuses to cable the Committee's commentary on his reports, but…

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Dairymen Prosecuted

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 8

At the local Police Court on Wednesday last (before Mr. A. J. Piesley P.M.), the following cases against dairymen were dealt with:--…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 6

The Farmers and Settlers' Association is gradually making good on the lower end of the Richmond River, where hitherto it may be said to have had no footing. A…

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The Cattle Tick Problem

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 4

Mr. C. J. Pound, Queensland Government at bacteriologist, who went to America as a member of the Commission appointed by the N.S.W. Government to…

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Queensland Farmers' Union

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 4

At last meeting of the Queensland Farmers' Union, it was resolved to advocate tariff protection for primary industries, and a reform in Favor of the primary producer,…

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Farming Notes. MAIZE-GROWING. Methods Worth Practising

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

Early Learning is the variety most favored on the Grafton experiment farm for the early crops, and Yellow Dent for the late ones. Early…

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"Gazette" Land Notices. Homestead Farm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

The following area will become available as a homestead farm on and after the 10th March, applications to be lodged between that date and the…

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Lismore Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

The Sussex-steet agents thus comment on the Lismore Co-op. Dairy, Company's Corndale butter:—Rferring to the Corndale butter ex Byron Bay steamer on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

Those Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…

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What Are Tops? How Qualities of Wool are Defined

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 3

Evidently the question of "tops" is to the vast majority of woolgrowers Latin and Greek, and the term so familiar in consuming…

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Murderous If Emotional. Prefers Poultry Farming As a Living. London

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. Knight thrice attempted to murder his wife by means of poison, strangling and drowning. Mrs. Grimes participated in his crusade against the white slave…

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Queensland News. Farmers; Farliamentary Union. Dealing with Overrun. Market Reports to Be Signed. Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

A conference representing the dairying and fanming interests convened by the Farmers' Parliamentary Union was commenced at parliament House to-day,…

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