President: Mr. C. J. McRae (Richmond district). Vice-presidents: Mr. C. F. Williams (Clarence district), Mr. A. Mathieson ...
Article : 172 wordsAt the Temperance Hall on Saturday evening Mr. T. J. O'Donnell presided over a special meeting of the Rons Mill P.P. Union, the secretary (Mr. H. Marks) having ...
Article : 772 wordsTo a correspondent seeking information recently as to what extent irrigation is suited to the cultivation of potatoes, the Department replied that the crop is difficult ...
Article : 122 wordsIn your issue of July last Mr. McCaffrey attempts to disprove Mr. H. Bracker's statement that the bull once owned by Mr. E. R. Evans called Major was imported. He is ...
Article : 964 wordsThe Cosmos.—This beautiful annual is a native of Mexico and Texas, and is a popular garden flower in almost every part of the world. In appearance the single Cosmos ...
Article : 427 wordsIn next Thursday's issue of the "P.P. News" it is intended to direct attention once again to this matter, which is of vital importance to the dairy farmers of these ...
Article : 183 words"Blood scours" in calves usually occurs where the conditions are insanitary and the methods of feeding careless, says a Veterinary Officer of the Stck Branch. In affairs ...
Article : 409 wordsThe possibilities of increasing orchard profits by diversified cropping and by raising stock are interestingly discussed by a writer in the American pournal, "Better Fruit." ...
Article : 816 wordsAustralian cattle history was made in Brisbane on Thursday 21st August, when delegates from the Milking Shorthorn Society of Queensland and the Illawarra Dairy ...
Article : 533 wordsBega District: H. McVeigh, Bega. Central Rivers District: A. Cameron, Wingham. Clarence River District: J. H. Mclachlan, ...
Article : 137 words"The cost of keeping a dairy cow has been variously estimated from time to time, but with high costs now operating in the prices of labor, appliances concentrates ...
Article : 434 wordsMy absence has prevented an earlier reply to Mr. McCaffrey's comments in your July issue on my reference to the famous bull "Major." The doubt he casts on the ...
Article : 630 wordsGolden Sweet Water Melon.—Recently introduced, this variety, with its golden yellow flesh, will soon become exceedingly popular. The large, oval, deep-green fruits have thin, ...
Article : 49 wordsThe New Zealand Friesian cow, Burkeyje Sylvia Posch, owned by M. North and Sons, Omirai, Otago, recently completed a 365. days' test, with a yield of 26,226, of milk, ...
Article : 568 wordsMr. H. A. Smith, the State Statistician, estimates that the area sown with wheat this season in New South Wales is 2,995,900 acres, as compared with 3,231,580 in 1918; ...
Article : 103 wordsAt the last District Council meeating held at Casino the rabbit question was under discussion, and a deputation was appointed to visit Grafton and attend a P.P. Union ...
Article : 285 wordsThe usual monthly meeting of the Ruthven branch of the P.P.U. was held in the Ruthven Hall on Friday night, October 7th, 1919. Mr. Patch (president) presided. Other ...
Article : 252 wordsThe demand for training in agriculture by women appears to be on the wane. At the Cowra Women's Training Farm there are at the present time only 12 students, while six ...
Article : 162 wordsThe demand for training in agriculture by women appears to be on the wane (says a writer in the women's column in the "Daily Telegraph"). At the Cowra Women's ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Department's reply to a correspondent who recently sought information regarding the blossoming of a tomato plant without producing fruit will probably be of ...
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Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), Tue 28 Oct 1919, Page 2
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