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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Mammitis in Cows

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

Any farmer who suspects that one or more of his cows are affected with the ordinary or the contagious forms of mammitis can receive from the Live…

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Farmyard Manure

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

The farmyard manure produced in France was calculated by the late Professor Grandeau to be worth: about £66,000,000 a year, but by faulty and…

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Swindle by Farmers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 6

A leading district stockowner said he never believed the current stories of adulterated fodder till the other day, when he opened a bale of what…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Silage Pit. Filling and Sealing

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

The amount of settling that taken place in a silage pit or stack depends upon the rapidity with which the material has been carted in and the…

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Significant! Roumanian Wheat for England. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

Bucharest reports toe contract sale of 80,000 tons of Roumanian wheat to the British Government. It was signed on Friday…

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TELEGRAMS. Wheat Agreement. Supplies for the Allies. 24,000 Tons of Flour. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

The conference of Federal and State Ministers and officers regarding the wheat agreement concluded to- day. The conference completed…

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Dairymen's Strike. a Temporary Settlement. Attorney-general's Warning

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The strike of milk suppliers on the South Coast over the refusal of the Commodities Commission to grant an increase to 11d per gallon has been…

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Swedish Butter

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

This Swedish daily commissioner in London has forwarded a lengthy-report to the Swedish Department for Agriculture, in which he urges a speedy regulation of…

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The Cattle Market

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. J. B. McDougall advised us yesterday that since the recent, beneficial rains there has been a considerable movement in the cattle…

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Severe Loss of Sheep

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A disastrous smash occurred to the first lot of Maneroo sheep which arrived at Longreach by special train from the St. Lawrence district, where…

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Price of Bread. Government and the Wheat Crop

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—There is no prospect of a further fall in the price of bread for the present. The Attorney-General says that the action of the Government in handling the…

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Thew Wheat for Dairymen. a Great Winter Fodder

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Pride of place is given in the January number of the "Agricultural Gazette" to the Winter Green Fodder Experi-ments for 1915, on farmers' experiment…

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Local Interest. Wheat Agreement

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

The conference between Federal and State Ministers and officers regarding the wheat agreement has concluded. It was decided on the apportionment of 24,000…

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Butter and the War Food Fund

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. Isaac Evans, manager of the Casino-Butter Factory, was greatly gratified the other day to receive a letter and photo, card from Mr. S. Harris, Somerset…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. the Silage Pit. Filling and Sealing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

The amount of setting that takes place in a silage pit or stack depends upon the rapidity with which the material has been carted in and…

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Wheat Values. Attorney-generals Statement. Price to Be Kept Up. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

The Attorney General stated this morning that if he merely paid attention to the local value of wheat, he could reduce the price of bread to 2d per…

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"Profitable" Dairying

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

A Queensland farmer, writing to the Brisbane " Courier," gets home very neatly on the State's Government and its Necessary Commodities Commission, and its…

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Cattle Raising

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 7

Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee at Maclean, Clarence River, regarding the suitability of the Clarence as a deep-sea port, Mr. P. W. Collison stated that…

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Trade With Russia. Wants Wool and Tallow. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

In regard to the establishment of direct trade with Russia which he proposes to bring before the Cabinet, as well as the question of preferential…

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The Northern Star, Published Daily. at Lismore, Richmond River, N.S.W. Saturday, January 29, 1916. Cattle Feed

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

The growth of the grass in the district brought about by the recent rains and humid conditions has caused a great reduction in the demand for cattle fodder locally,…

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