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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Australian and N.Z. Butter. Special Classes at British Show. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

The Council of the British Dairy Farmers' Association has, decided that at the next Dairy Show. there will be separate classes for Australian and…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

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

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Why Boys and Girls Leave the Farm

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 6

Boys, and girls, too, leve the farm[?] Many of them should do so for they have no love for the work, or they have ambitious along other lines. Perhaps the…

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Carbide Kills Cattle

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 1

A couple of young cattle succumbed at Esk (Qld) the other day under unusual circumstances. It appears that two animals had licked up a…

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Torturing Sheep. a Well-deserved Penalty, Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 7

At Glen Inn[?] Quarter Sessions Charles Elstob was fined £40 for cruelly and maliclously wounding and torturing two sheep. The evidence for the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. [?]ress, Minister of agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 143. AGRICULTURAL…

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Chaffcutters' Strike. a Serious Position Arisen. Farmers Determined to Stand Firm. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 5

The settlement in the chaff cutting dispute at Bathurst was short lived, and the situation to-day is more serious than ever…

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The Soil of a Farm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 6

The soil of a farm is not simply an inert mass of material containing certain mineral substances which plants utilise; it is full of living organisms…

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Specially written for this column. Crowing Mangolds

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 6

In choosing the situation for mangolds a sunny aspect should be selected, as they love the warmth, and well rooted will withstand heat as well as…

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Farming Notes. Bad Flavors in Milk. The Influence of Atmospheric Conditions

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 5

Seven rules for the prevention of bad flavors in milk and cream are given, in a newly-issued book by Mr. G. Sutherland Thompson, who was at…

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Dairying. Bad Flavors in Milk. The Influence of Atmospheric Conditions

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

Seven rules for the prevention of bad flavors in milk and cream are given in a newly issued book by Mr. G. Sutherland Thomson, who was at one time…

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A Farm Worked by Two Women

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 3

About two miles from Moss Vale, on a wooded billside, Is a little farm, "Cotmore," run entire by the Farran sisters. It consists of 10 acres, four of which are…

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Baby Farmer Sentenced. Sydney, Satruday

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 5

A woman convicted of baby farming at Newcastle was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment…

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Trouble for Butter Factories

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

A communication from which it would appear that the union that controls employees in butter factories is out after trouble came…

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Cattle Stealing Indignation at Blacktown. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 3

There is great indignation at Blacktown on account of the continued cattle stealing. Stock turned into the agistment…

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Dairy Farmers' Association of N.S.W.

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the Executive Council of the above Association was held in Sydney on the 2nd instant. The action of the Executive officers in…

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Dairy Farmers' Association of N.s.w

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the [?]cutive Council of the Dairy Farmers Association of N.S.W. was held in Sydney on the [?]nd instant. The action of the [?] in…

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Liabilities on Share Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

People who make arrangements that are enforceable at law, must obsere them, and this injunction is specially applicable to sharefarmers. In share farming…

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Potato Crop Experiments

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

The potato experiments that have been carried out on Mr. J. W. Smith's farm at Wauchope by the Becartment of Agriculture have just been harvested. Seven…

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Coastal Farmers' Report

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers' Society's trade report for the week ending February 6th, 1914, is as follows: Butter: Supplies are steady and…

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