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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Tweed Dairy Lands

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 4

Attention is drawn to the announcement of the sale of the balance of the famous Loder Estate, which takes place at Murwillumbah on January…

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Furred Animal Farming in Canada

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 3

News is rather frequent lately of the industrialisation of fur-production in Canada, and there is every indication of a rapid spread of this novel idea of…

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Butter Grading

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole, the Dairy Expert of the N.S.W. Agricultural Department…

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Margarine and Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

The pressman who runs the "For the Man on the Land" columns in the Sydney "Sun," writes as follows on the subject of margarine in competition with butter:—…

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Margarine V. Butter

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

In his annual report to the Minister of Agriculture, the Dairy Expert (Mr. O'Callaghan) makes the following interesting statement:--"I have to-day…

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The Cattle Tick

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

The cattle tick was supposed to have been introduced into Australia, vin Darwin, in 1872, on Home cattle that were brought from Balavin and liberated. It…

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Cattle Trespassing from the Public Highway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

A very important question in relation to impounding law was recently decided in a court in the country, where a drover was…

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Rural Workers. Trouble at Junee. Wheat Declared Black. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

The secreteo of the A.W.U. says that no separate district can arrange a settlement of the rural workers claims without the consent of the union…

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Farmers and Politics

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

At a meeting of the Liberal party in the Opposition room prior to the assembling of Parliament last week some straight talk regarding the…

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Mortgage of Farming Stock

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

Under the Liens on Crops and Wool and Stock Mortgages Act, 1898, the brands of mortgaged stock must be clearly specified, this…

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Government Dairy Bulls

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Owing to the extremely heavy demand for leasing or Guernsey bulls, the Minister for Agriculture has under consideration the question as…

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Farmer and Grazier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

Under this heading we shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. The result of experiments made will be published whenever furnished…

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The Cane Crop

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

When the Sugar Excise and Bounty Acts were repealed in August a, considerable quantity of this season's cane crop had already been harvested, and a bounty of 6s…

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Wheat Declared Black

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

The secretary of the A.W.U. says that no separate district can arrange a settlement of the rural workers claims without the consent of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

These Notes an issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. I. Tre[?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 138. THE ORCHARD…

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Dairy and Farm. Garget, Its Tr[?]ment and Prevention. C[?]use

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

Gargel is usuaily due to ge[?] infection which occurs as a rule through the milk canal in the test but occasionally is brought to the udder in the circulation…

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State Insolvency and the Farmer

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

The Treasury is empty. Worse than that, we are in debt to the tune of over a million, and we are realising less interest than we are paying. And…

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The Cane Crop

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

When the Sugar Excise and Bounty Acts were, repealed in August a considerable quantity of this season's cane crop had already been harvested, and…

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Farm Schools

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 7

The only agricultural high school under the Education Department is situated at Hurlstone Park, near Ashfield. The farm consists of 26 acres,…

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Breeds Wild Animals. Fur Farms in Canada

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

Doubtless man ate of the fruits of the earth for many ages before it occurred to him to cultivate them for his own use, and while cultivated plants and domestic animals…

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