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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Heavy-weight Championship. New Aspirants for Title. the "Cattle King" and Tom Macdonald. Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

An exciting scene was enacted at the Abattoirs yesterday, when the "Cattle King," Syd Kidman, and another well-known dealer, Tom Macdonald, indulged…

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Tenant Farmers' Union

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 6

The many tenant farmers on different parts of the North Coast, have started to organise amongst themselves a Tenant Farmers'…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Importance of Good Seed and Cultivation

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Without careful selection of the seed the plant will degenerate to a form in which the bulb is small, irregular, or forked, and the root fibre is as strong…

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Price of Butter

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Necessary Commodities Commission will on Friday further consider the price of butter…

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Wheat Acquisition Board

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The members of the Wheat Acquisition Board have been reappointed for three months without fees in order that they may clear up the details of…

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Wheat Trouble. Wharfies Orbered to Resume. Farmers-ofer Services

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The council of the Waterside Workers' Federation has ordered the members of the Williamstown branch who went on strike to resume work pending a…

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Our Sydney Letter. Sydney, Monday BUTTER

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

The week's business starts with butter at 123s 8d per owt. The announcement that it would do so was made by the Necessary Commodities Commission at the latter part of…

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Gristing Wheat Prohibition Withdrawn. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

The Government has withdrawn its prohibition regarding millers gristing wheat for farmers, and arrangements are now being entered into whereby…

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Price of Butter to Be Again Reviewed. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

Those interested in the butter trade sary Commodities Commission to the have been circularised by the Neces- effect that the price of butter will be…

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Dairy Cow Records.—holstein and Ayrshire

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

In a recent issue of the New Zealand "Journal of Agriculture," Mr. W. M. Singleton claims two new records in the Dominion for Holsteins and…

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The Wheat Crop

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The returns of the estimated wheat harvest in this State show that 5,165,400 acres had been placed under crop, or nearly 971,000 acres in excess of the…

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American Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

The following from an American source, in view of our experience of American butter, reads curiously: "It is now spring time in…

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Cattle Parasite

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

Permission having been given to local importers by the Minister of Customs to import fat cattle from New Caledonia for immediate slaughter, the first…

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Price of Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Those interested in the butter trade have been circularised by the Necessary Commodities Commission to the effect…

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Commercial. the Cattle Market. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

At Homebush to-day 1528 head of cattle were yarded. The quality was fairly good. Buyers were not keen to operate, and values showed little or…

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Labor Affairs. Wheat Hold Up

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Victorian Government is determined to adopt strong measures in connection with the wheat hold up. The Minister for Agriculture has…

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Sheep on the North Coast. Government Expert's Advice

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

A correspondent on the Macleay River recently asked the Department of Agriculture for some advice on the following problem: — He had purchased 425 sheep as an experiment…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. the Commoa Harrow. Its Use and Abuse

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

In forming under dry conditions the harrow plays a Highly important part in the conservation of moisture. Without it the much…

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N.S.W. Wheat Record Figures. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

The total wheat despatched from all stations on New South Wales lines, for week ending January 8th, was 390,872 bags. The total stacked at all stations…

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Dairymen's Strike

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Dairymen in the Wollongong district will refuse to send milk to Sydney for distribution by companies if the…

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