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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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The Farmer's Cattle Trough

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

This is the true story of the Australian farmer and his now cattle-trough. He was walking along the sea coast, on which his farm…

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Wheat Stackers' Earnings

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

Wheat stacking is again in full swing at Stanwell, and some of the stackers are making good money, despite the recent demand for higher rates. One gang of…

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Butter Shortage. Cheese Exceedingly Scarce. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

Most of the butter agents could do no business this morning awaiting Northern steamers. Meanwhile the Imperial contract is not in abeyance as far as…

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Dairy Farming

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

"Town and Country Journal" writes': Dairy farming is the main industry of the northern rivers of New South Wales, and at Byron…

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Dairy and Farm. Agriculturual. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture.) Whether to Hill Maize. the Pros and Cons

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

The practice of hilling maize is one that deserves more consideration than is usually given to it. In many cases it is applied more because of long custom than of any…

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Quick-growing Fodder Crops

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4
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In view, of the depletion of reserves of fodder and the serious damage done to ordinary pastures—especially to paspalum—by the,…

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Films for Farmers. an American Scheme

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

How important the United States Government considers the moving picture as an aid in general education, and especially in encouraging the production and conservation…

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The Practical Application of Science to the Dairy Industry

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

The scientific investigations into the manufacture of dairy products such as butter and cheese now being carried out by the Department of Agriculture under the…

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Barely Sufficient Butter. None to Spare for the Winter Pool. Cheese Prices Too Low. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

There is barely sufficient butter available this morning for Sydney and suburban grocers. There is none to spare for the winter pool or London…

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Dairying. Potato Growing Experiments

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Read has not been sufficiently long resident at Kinglake to have discovered the most suitable varieties of potatoes for local conditions. He is trying…

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Farm Brevities

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

A little milk can advisedly be fed to young pigs to supplement what they get from their dam. The milk can be placed in a shallow trough in one corner…

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The Farmers' Cattletrough. True Story of Luck

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 3

This is the true story of the Australian farmer and his new cattle-through. He was walking along the sea coast, on which his farm abutted, when he found…

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Quick-growing Fodder Crops

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

In view of the depletion of reserves of fodder and the serious damage done to ordinary pastures especially to paspalum by the phenomenally dry…

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Share Farming Agreements

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

The secretary of the local Repatriation Committee has received the following communication from the Director of Soldiers' Settlements:- "In order to…

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Dairying. the Self-feeder

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 3

The use of the self-feeder in pork production has become a marked feature of United States methods, and has been greatly extended in recent years…

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Laying Out a Poultry Farm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 3

At a time when many poultry farmers are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some remarks by the Poultry…

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Dairying Industry. Departmental Investigations

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

Messrs. L. T. MacInnes (Dairy Expert,) Ewan Mackinnon (Assistant Biologist), A. A. Ramsay (Principal Assistant Chemist) and J. G…

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A Farmer's Luck. Tinkering with Sudden Death

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 1

This is the true story of the Australian farmer and his new cattle-trough. He was walking along the sea coast, on which his farm…

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Children's Crop Competition

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

The Tingha branch of the Agricultural Bureau is showing a lively interest in the younger generation. The district is more noted for…

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