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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Wheat Yield

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Victorian Agricultural Superintendent states that the Australian nominal wheat yield was approximately 100,000,000 bushels, worth…

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Inter-state Wheat Deals

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

The Attorney Cictipral has asserted that the Victorian railways are legally bound to carry wheat to South Australia, If called on to do so in their capacity of…

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Australasia. Traffic in Wheat. Sellers Baffled

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Traffic in wheat stored at country stations has been absolusly prohibited without the consent of the Wheat Board…

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The Cultivated Crop of Hatred

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

A correspondent of the New York " World, writing from Union Hill, N.J., says: Germany has been preparing' for this war for nine years to my personal…

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Farm & Garden. by an Expert. Poultry Yard. Autumn Laying

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 6

Any bird which starts laying before she has properly developed in size, frame, and vigour is a step in the wrong direction,…

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Dairying at Dorrigo

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

It has rained nearly every week this year at Dorrigo, the total registration being just over 80 inches. It is little wonder, therefore, that the pastures of artificial…

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More Wheat

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 3

"The agitation against the Holman Government has been engineered by commission agents. So far from action of the kind (the wheat seizure),…

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Grazing Sheep in Streets

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 4

Cu account of the recent- drought (says the Melbourne "Age") Some thousands of sheep have for many weeks past been grazed on the sides of…

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Wheat for New Zealand

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—According to the Chairman of thre Wheat Aequisition Board this State will be able to loan about 50,000 bushels to New Zealand next week…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 190. Agricultural. Store Moisture. For Next Season's Wheat Crop

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

One subject there is that is of first importance to the wheatgrower at the present time. The conditions that have made the harvest that is now being…

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AUSTRALASIA. The Wheat Seizure. Deiutation Waits on Federal Attorney General

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A deputation representing the wheat growers of the southern districts of New South Wales met the Federal Attorney General The deputation…

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Requirements of the Dairying Industry

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 3

"We pride ourselves on being able to supply machinery of every description for the complete equipment of Cheese and Butter Factories, also Utensils of…

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Dairying at Dorrigo

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

It has rained nearly every week this year at Dorrigo, the total registration being just over 80 inches. It is little wonder, therefore that the pastures of…

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The Floods. Farms Submerged. Hawkesbury River Rises Rapidly. Flood Boats in Readiness

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A great expanse of low-lying farms along the banks of the Hawkesbury and South Creek is submerged owing to heavy rain, and a good deal…

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Irrigation Area. Applications for Farms

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—During the past year 191 applications for farms on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area were granted, making a total of 31, 907 acres, settled by…

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Pastoral Letter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

The following is a copy of a pastoral letter from the Archbishops and Bishops to the Church, of England in the Commonwealth of…

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Dearth of Young Cattle

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

The wholesale destruction of young cattle was commented on at a recent meeting of the Bathurst P.P. Board. The chairman, Mr. C…

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Exports of Wheat

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Federal Attorney General to-day made the first move in the direction of challenging the action of the N.S.W. Government in…

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Wheat Board's Denial Statements by Morning Press. Millers Make Substantial Deposits. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Valler, Chairman of the Wheal Acquisition Board, stated to-day that the assertion of the miming press that the Wheat Board does not command any…

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Wheat Expor Plaint by Federal Government. Testing Validity of State Action. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

The Federal Attorney-General this afternoon made the first move in the direction of challenging the action of the New-South Wales Government…

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