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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Dairy Company's Meeting

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 2

ON Thursday morning about 50 shareholders in the Casino Dairy Company met in the School of Arts. Mr. J. T. Junor occupied the chair. The secretary (Mr…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) The Celery Fly

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 7

During the late summer and autumn it may be often noticed that the leaves of celery and parsley have a very withered and blighted appearance; on…

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Nimbin Co-operative Dairy

Northern Star · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

A general meeting of shareholders of the Nimbin Co-operative Dairy Coy. was held in the School of Arts Hall on Saturday evening last…

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Purchase of District Cattle

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 2

Mr. J..J Kinross, of Kinross Bros., Jomberoo, south Goast, has purchased two pure bred Guernsay he[?]rs at a high figure from Mr. Dixon Cooke, of…

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High Price for District Butter. Taree

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 3

The Manning Co-operative Dairy Coy.'s butter per s.s. Essex brought 150s per cwt. last week in Lodond…

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The Butter Market. Prices Expected to Rise Again. London

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 3

Butter is bull and buyers are bolding off. Prices are nominally unchanged. The Copenhaged committee has raised official quotations one kroner, but the…

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Floods and Freshes. Hunter Valley Flooded. Maitland Streets Under Water. Farmers' Heavy Losses. Maize, Millet, and Lucerne Crops Lost. West Maitland

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

This district has been visited with the greatest rainfall recorded since 1893, and farmers in the low-lying portions of the Hunter River valley are experiencing…

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Casino Co-operative Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 6

THE half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above was held in the School of Arts on Thursday last. Some seventy-five dairymen were…

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Co-operative Dairy Companies and Reserves. (To the Editor.)

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 4

SIR,—Observing by the published reports of the annual meeting of the North Coast Co-operative Company, Limited, that a discussion took place with regard…

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Newcastle Affected. Railway Washways. Farmers Flooded Out. Refugees on Haystacks. Newcastle

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

Exceptionally heavy rain was experienced at Newcastle, five inches falling in 12 hours yesterday inceassanlty, which flooded the streets, every gutter being transformed…

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Eradicating Cattle Tick

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 4

THE Chief Inspector of Stock, Mr. J. D. Stewart, points out that the work of stamping out cattle ticks from infested areas on the Tweed River is…

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Controlling Sex in Cattle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 6

The determination of the sex problem is of absorbing interest to dairymen, and a startling statement in connection therewith has been made by the…

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Letters to the Editor. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed correspondents.--ED.] Co-operative Dairy Companies and Reserves

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 4

SIR,--Observing by the published reports that at the annual meeting of the North Coast Co-op. Company, Limited, a discussion-took place with…

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Cooling Farm Separator Cream

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 6

ONE of the greatest objections urged against the hand separator is that the cream gets too sour before being delivered to the creamery. This…

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Educating the Farmers

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

The necessity of conserving the health of those demostic animals which contribute so largely to the prosperity of the State's primary industries is a matter…

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Floods and Freshes. Hunter Valley Flood. Farmers' Big Losses. Vast Seas of Water. Train Traffic Dislocated. Maitland

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

At Maitland the Hunter rose to 30 feet, but subsequently fell four feet. The flood waters covered a large area of land, and many farms were inundated…

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London Butter Market. Buyers Holding Off. London

Northern Star · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 3

The butter trade is at a standstill. Buyers are [?] off in hope of securing considerable reductions. It is impossible to quote Colonial till trade is resumed…

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Butter Market

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 4

THE C[?]astal Farmers' Society, Sydney, reports—The London butter market apparently reached its highest point last week, when the Coastal Farmers' Society realised…

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Eradicating Cattle Tick

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 3

The Chief Inspector of Stock, Mr. J. D. Stewart, points out that the work of stamping out cattle ticks from infested areas on the Tweed River is being…

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Abortion in Cattle

Northern Star · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

On Tuesday next, at the Corporation yards, at noon, Mr. H. M. Williams will lecture and give a demonstration with reference to the above, under the auspices of the…

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