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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Dairying. Yards and Bails. Suggestions for their Improvement

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

During a recent tour along the North Coast, the Manager of Cowra experiment farm observed one dairy yard in which the discomforts that attach to…

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Butter Steady. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 2

Butter was steady on the English market yesterday. N.S.W. lots are selling at 110s to 114s…

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The London Butter Market

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 2

It is reported that a good deal of anxiety is being felt with respect to shipments of butter to London. During the past fortnight there has been…

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The Wool Industry

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

Lord Rochdale is a passenger by the R.M.S. Moren, which left Fremantle for the custom States on Tuesday. He has come out to Australia to inquire into the wool…

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Farmers' Associations

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4

At the quarterly meeting of the Lower Clarence F. and S. Association being held in the Shire Hall on Saturday next, a very important matter will be discussed in a…

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Open Column. (This column being open for the expressions of different opinions on public matters, they are to be considered as those of correspondents, and not necessarily endorsed by us. Communications must be written in ink only.) the Spineless Cactus As a Dairy Fodder. (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4

Sir,—Many letters anent this modern vegetable marvel have appeared in the press, and necessarily brief, but its great value for the above purpose has not been…

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Dairying at Wollongbar

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

The manager of the Wollongbar Experiment Farm, in his annual report, remarks:—"I am pleased to say that we have had rather better fat, equal to 23lb of commercial butter, and for each cow actually milking 69gal. of milk and 18lb of butter, we are far behind the yield…

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Government Dairy Bulls

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

Owing to the extremely heavy demand for leasing of Guernsey bulls, the Minister for Agriculture has under Consideration the question as to whether the sale prices of…

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Butter Grading

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 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 thinks that…

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An Oldtime Cattle Disease

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 7

[?] everybody who has ever had anything to do wirth cattle, if only as a student of Biblical history, must have heard of that remarkably malig[?] pest [?]…

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Sheep Incinerated. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

A double deck truck full of sheep consigned from Bourke to Flernington caught fire near Maroona, and only 20 sheep were saved, the others being incinerated…

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Serious Loss. Butter Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

The butter factory at Castle Mountain, five miles from [?], was burned to the ground on Sunday night. The building, which was of wood, had been leased by W…

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Grading of Butter. Advantages Offered by the New Regulations

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

For their immediate benefit and for the good of the industry as a whole, the Dairy Expert thinks that directors and proprietors of butter…

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C.s.r. Company and the Farmers

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

The C.S.R. Company has issued a circular to the farmers in Queensland, giving terms for the purchase of cane for the next three years. It is pointed…

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Government Dairy Bulls

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

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

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Conservation of Fodder Sound Advice to Farmers. Remarks by Inspector Marks

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

The "R.R. Express" (Casino) in the course of an interview with Mr. G. [?]arks, Agricultural Inspector, credits that gentleman with observations which…

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Luring the Farmer. False Land Representations. Heavy Damages Awarded. Toronto (Canada)

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

In a case yesterday in which a number of farmers contended that a lot of false literature has been issued by a Toronto broker concerning land in…

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Militant Farmers. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

Meetings of the National Farmers Union are delighted at the Counties resolution being passed to the effect that no assistance will be given to…

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Dairying at Wollongbar

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

The manager of the Wollongbar Experiment Farm, in his annual report, remarks:--"I am pleased to say that we have had rather better results…

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Trade Report. For week ending Jan 2nd, 1914. Dairy Produce

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 1

Butter: With a continuance of dry weather throughout all dairying districts, the shrinkage in production is…

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