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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Farm & Field Original Articles Dysentery in Cows

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 6

Dysentery is caused by several diseases and other causes, such as improper food, indigestion, and poisons, and before starting to treat the…

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The Lure of the Farm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 2

Casino School of Arts has just lost its caretaker owing to the attractions of farm life, and now the Casino Dairy Co. is to lose its first manager for…

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Kyogle Dairy Co

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 4

The directors met on Thursday and struck the pay for December on a basis of 12½ per lb. for choicest, 12 for first-class, and 11½ for…

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Kyogle Butter Fat Test

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

Besides the ordinary butter fat test, for individual cows, which is being run by the Kyogle P., A. and H. Society one is being run for cows to be milked by owner from…

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Death of a Farmer. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

Arthur Collins, a farmer at Redbank, Manning River, was watering a bull, when it attacked him goring him severely in the stomach and the lower…

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The Importance of the Dairying Industry

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

The N.S.W. dairying industry, from a wealth point of view and capital invested in dairy farms and attendant factories, is summarised as follows: Land,…

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Rival Farming Countries. England and Germany

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

One of the most interesting of the many interesting papers issued by the British Board of Agriculture is that by Mr. T. H. Middleton dealing with English and German…

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Gored by a Bull. Death of a Farmer

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Arthur Collins, a farmer at Redbank, on the Manning River, was watering a bull when he was attacked by the animal, who gored him severely in the…

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The Wheat Crop. Inducement to Farmers. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture says that in order to encourage farmers, to [?]w the utmost possible quantity wheat this year, this scheme is to…

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Wheat Crop. Government Guarantee

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. -- The Government proposes to guarantee that no farmer will lose money by growing wheat next season, as every grower will receive the nett return of…

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Kyogle Butter Fat Test

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Besides the ordinary butter fat test for individual cows, which is being run by the Kyogle P. A, and H. Society, one is being run for cows to be…

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The Price of Butter. Increase Asked For. Dairymen Lose Nearly Half a Million in 15 Weeks. Senator Russell's Rejoinder. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

Senator Russell, Minister in Charge, of Necessary Commodities, coldly received a proposal that the price of butter be increased equal to 14 per lb…

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Telegrams the First Wheat Payment. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

A beginning was made this morning with the payment of the what pool's first instalment of 2s 6d…

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The Price of Butter. an Increase Wanted. Minister Not Favorable

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The Butter Advisory Committee in Victoria requested the Minister in charge of foodstuffs and commodities to permit them to increase the price of…

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Relief for Farmers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Certain amendments of the general moratorium, with the object of affording relief to agriculturists, were published recently in the…

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Cattle Sale

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

Carlton and Carlton draw cattle buyers and vendors' Attention to their highly important cattle sale, to be held at Lismore yards next Wednesday. The firm's bookings…

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Cattle "Smash" at Sarum

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 1

A cattle "smash," in which the owner, Mr. T. Webster, was a loser to the extent of about £1000, is reported from Sarum, Queensland…

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Wheat Growers' Strike

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 2

The "Farmer and Settler," commenting on the decision of Cowra farmers to put in no wheat unless guaranteed a minimum of 5s per…

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The Wheat Yield

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The Government Statistician estimates the wheat crop yield for 1916 at 42,817,000 bushels, an average of 11.4 bushels to the acre…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. the Potato Crop. Keep Cultivating Implements Going

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 7

Provided the land is kept well cultivated during the next two or three months, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in practically all districts where winter supplies of…

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