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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Wool Sales. London

Northern Star · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

At the wool sa[?]es there was fair competition for, all sorts at opening rates…

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Dairying in Siberia

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

SIBERIA is the country which must sooner or later (writes an exchange) carry all before it as the cheapest butter producer in the world. It is a wonderfully…

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Dairying as a Soil Factor

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 7

ONE important reason, why hutter dairying is so profitable is in its effect on the land. Over 90 per cent, of the manurial value of the feed is returned…

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A Great Dairying Centre

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 4

THUS the "Killarney Advocate"—"Kyogle, now a large dairying district on the Richmond, carried in the early seventies 3000 cattle. It was owned by Alexander…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

UNDER this heading we shall be glad to publish contribations having reference to agricultural and [?] matters, The results of experianeuts made will be published whenever furnished…

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Failure of Crops. Thereatened of Famine in India. London

Northern Star · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

Earl Minto, Viceroy of India, states that a loss of 15 million sterling in the crops of the United Provinces affects fifty million of people. Relief committee are being…

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Wool Sales. Competition Weak. London

Northern Star · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 7

The competition at the wool sales was weak and irregular and prices are unchanged…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Dairy Notes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 6

Long churnings cause more annoyance to the dairymaid in spring and autumn than at other seasons, and the cause of this is that at these two…

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Farm and Dairy. Study the Milk Yield

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

THERE is no doubt that dairy farmers [?] a body do not pay sufficient attention to the individual milk yields of their cows, so as to enable them to…

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Farm and Dairy. Steri[?] and Its Cure

Northern Star · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

The problem of how to overcome sterility in mares and cow s [?] engaged the attention of experi[?] for many years throughout different parts of the…

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Accessories to Dairying

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

THE value of fruit and vegetables as assistants to preserve the human race in good health is totally ignored by the greater portion of the Richmond…

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The Butter Market.—ruling Prices. London

Northern Star · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

Butter is quiet, Dam[?] is unchanged, and there is a moderate enquiry for Australian, the bulk of which is below best quality owing to the heat when it was…

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Tweed River Butter Coy Pay. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

For February the Tweed River Co-operative Butter Company paid suppliers 11[?]d. per pound. For the same period the cream output…

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Australian Butter Boxes

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 3

THE butter boxes in which the Victorian butter is sent over are sold in the London suburbs as wood for fire-lighting purposes, price 2d to 3½d each box. The…

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Another Diseased Cattle Case

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

In Mullumbimby Small Debts Court last Tuesday, before Mr. W. S. Arnott P.M., and Mr. J. M. Morrison, J.P., William Law, jun., proceeded, against J. Ross for…

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The Maritime Strike. the Unions Requirements. Coastal Trade Paralysed. 400 Seamen and Firemen Strike. No "Free" Crews. Smuggling Butter. Merchants' Opinions. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 3

The Unionists engaged in the wharf labourets strike were "marking time," and awaiting the result of the conference and the men were very orderly…

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Local Interest. Casino Co-operative Dairy Co

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

AN extraordinary general meeting of the above was held in the School of Arts on Friday for the purpose of confirming a motion passed at the half-yearly meeting…

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Co-operative Farmers' Society

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

The following circular was addressed to its constituents by the above society on Tuesday:— The city press has placed you in full touch…

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Dairy Profits

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

A WRITER in the "Brisbane Courier" states—With reference to my previous letter some comment has been made with regard to the extract from the "Coastal Farmers'…

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