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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Ormah's Butter.—great Advance in Prices. London

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3

The Omrah's butter is fetching 146/- to 148/- and occasionally 150/-. The high prices are somewhat checking butter's activity, but the holders are firm…

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Sensational Butter Prices. Great Increase in Export Values. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3

A further, rise is announced of 4s per cwt. in butter making superfine 120s per cwt. and other grades proportionately higher The rise this week has been 8s per cwt.,…

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The Northern Star. Published Daily. Friday, February 14, 1908. Shortness of Butter Boxes

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 2

The strike of men engaged in the timber trade is going to affect a local industry, and very quickly, if the strike is continued. The supply of butter boxes comes from…

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Timber Trade Strike the Trouble Spreading. a Militant Chairman. Effects on Butter Trade Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3

The timber strike is spreading, and practically every yard in Sydney is now closed down. The strikers to-day interviewed the men at a number of smaller yards and…

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Butter Returns

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 2

FOR the month of January Casino Co-operative Dairy Coy. manufactured over 72 tons of butter, of which 158,755 pounds were first-class and 2963 second-class…

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Bogus Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

At Derby, John Alton was summoned for selling margarine which purported to be butter, and also for not labelling it. The defence was that the compound was…

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The Cattle King

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

Australia's mammoth cattle herd is that running on the Victoria River Station, Northern Territory, 320 miles south of Port Darwin. It numbers 60,000 head. The…

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Sheep As Weed Killers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5

As eaters of brush and noxious plants says the "American Agriculturalist" sheep will do good service, but they must not be kept at it steadily, or they…

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Farm and Dairy

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5

During 1895 I was the unfortunate purchaser of a herd of about 30 head of Jersey cattle, the breeding of which at that time was considered the equal of any in the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Rustic Houses

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 7

No garden is complete without a summer-house and nothing harmonizes so well with the surrounding objects as good, well-made rustic work,…

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A Proposed Farmers' Institute

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

Mr. Frank Russell proposes to establish a Farmers' Institute in Sydney, which is designed to secure many benefits for farmers residing in districts distant from the…

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The Butter Market. Danish Higher. London

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

Butter is, firm. Colonial is unchanged. Danish has been raised 10 kroners, making the London quotation about 153s…

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Timber Trade Strike. No Butter Boxes Procurable. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

The strike in the timber trade continues. It is, reported that 15 employees of Goodlet and Smith have determined to return to work on Monday…

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What Bringing the Butter Industry to Standstill, Means. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

The president of the Sydney and Suburbs Timber Merehants' Associntion states it is calculated that if the butter industry comes to a standstill, the loss will approximate…

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Butter Returns

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

FOR the month of January the Casino Co-operative Dairy Company produced 158,755 1bs. of first-class butter and 2963lbs. of second-class—about 72 tons in all. For the…

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Short-weight Butter

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

A DEPUTATION from the Co-operative Butter and Cheese Factories' Association of victoria waited upon the Minister for Customs last week with reference to the…

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Timber Trade Strike. the Butter Trade

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5

Several leading merchants and agents in Sussex[?] were interviewed with reference to the effect of the timber trade strike on the butter trade, and the…

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New Zealand Butter Boxes[?] Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5

A Sydney firm has entered into a big contract for the supply of butter boxes from New Zealand, and anticipates the first shipment in a few days…

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The Timber Strike. and the Butter Trade

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

THE strike of the timber workers would probably carry no interest to the settlers here if it did not affect the making of butter boxes. It appears that the casual…

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Sheep-raising Possibilities. on the North Coast

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

VISITORS to the North Coast who have had pastoral experience in the west and north-west of this State (Says the "Bangalow Herald") have…

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