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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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A Little Germany. Religion and Cattle-Raising

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. J. E. Warburton, a grazier, of Central Australia, who is now visiting Melbourne, makes remarkable statements as to the specially favorable…

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The Dairying Industry. and the [?]

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 4

The execut[?] Union has [?] favor of [?] dairying [?]…

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Dairying in Siberia

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

Co-operation, mainly as the result of Danish teaching, has taken firm root in Siberia, and since 1912 tho number of co-operative creameries has increased to…

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Sugar Crop

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Australian sugar production for the present season will probably exceed the consumption by 100,000 tons…

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State Training Farm for First Offenders

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 3

Emu Plains Prison Farm, on the Nepean River, which was proclaimed a place of de tention for first offenders under 25 years of age in December, 1914, has recently been…

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All Wool Plannel

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

Another big lot of those famous all wool flannel shirts have just been opened by "Mason and Hague," and will each. These are the only pure…

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A Query for Cattle Breeders

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

A reader of the "Live Stock Journal" writes to that paper as follows " I have a heifer, born September 3rd, 1914. She was first stocked on October 12th,1916,…

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Open Column. Tweed River Butter Factory. (To the Editor.)

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

Sir,--At the invitation of the secretary I visited this factory, accompanied by a Sydney visitor, who had never seen one before, and who was surprised at the…

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Queensland Sugar Crop

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

Mossman (Q.) Mill "cut out," with a total yield of about 72,000 tons; but there has been considerable loss owing to the frequency of cane fires and of…

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Revolutionising Farm Work. Henry Ford's New Motor

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

Lord Northcliffe has been to see that great mechanical genius, Henry Ford, and sends this account to the "Times '' : Henry Ford the billionaire,…

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General News. South Arm Farmers and Compulsory Dipping

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. P. Cowley, acting Stock Inspector, informs us ("Tweed Daily") in regard to the "Herald's" assertion that South Arm farmers had declared that they would not…

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The Butter Industry

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

Referring to the decision of the Primary Producers' Union to emphatically protest against the creation of a new Federal Dairy Department…

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Telegrams. Commonwealth Wool Appraiser. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The Prim Minister appointed M. Auguste Rousseau as a Commonwealth wool appraiser…

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The World's Wheat Fields. a Strikikg Prophesy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 8

In 1898, Sir William Crookes—the discoverer of the "Crookes tubes," the radiometer and radiant matter, startled the British Association for the…

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The Margarine Menace. the Danger to the BUTTEr INDUSTRY

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

"S.M. Herald" in an article on margarine says: It is now a foregone conclusion that after the war this will be a groatcr menace than ever to our butter…

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How to Save Wheat. a Practice Which All Should Imitate

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The saving of wheat flour should be on the conscience of every person in the country. How can this be done and yet satisfy the appetite? By various substitutes,…

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Modern Dairying

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

The benefits of labor saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. The dairying industry…

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Warwick Farm Scratchings. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The following scratchings have been made in connection with the Warwick Farm meeting on Saturday:- Pace Welter: Steel On, Nada Light,…

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Commercial. Dairy Produce Market

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

The Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society report for week ending December 28th:—Butter Business in all dairy produce lines is quiet. On account of the extremely hot weather…

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The Sheep Tick

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

There are not many sheep in the Tweed Lismore Pastures Protection Board district, for the simple reason that the country is better adapted for cattle, but people who do…

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