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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Poultry Conference. Protest Against Asiatic Eggs. Price of Wheat

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Interstate Poultry Conference decided to petition the Federal Government to keep Asiatic eggs out of the Commonwealth. A motion was also…

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Coastal Farmers' Society. Half Annual Meeting

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

The thirty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society was held at Nowra on Tuesday morning. Mr. W. D. garden, M.L.C.,…

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The Commonwealth and the Dairying Industry. An Important Conference. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. M. A: O'Callaghan, Commonwealth dairy expert, had a conference, on Monday with representatives of the N.S. Wales Butter Shippers' Association, for…

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Dairying. the Pure-bred Sire And His Real Worth

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 7

The value of a pure-bred bull as a herd sire is strikingly shown in a report, just published, of the results of some experiments conducted by the Iowa…

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Coastal Farmers' Society. Half-yearly Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 7

The thirty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society was held at Nowra on Tuesday. Mr. W. D. Warden, M.L.C., chairman of directors,…

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The Crops

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The condition of the crops in N.S.W. in the month of December was generally favorable. Welcome social at McLean's Ridges on…

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Dairy Cattle Sale at Eungella

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

Hving been disturbed in a pleasant siesta by the crack of a stockwhip and the bellowing of cattle in the immedated vicinity I roused myself and…

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Butter Donations

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 5

Foley Bros., Ltd., Sussex-street, Sydney, have received the following butter on behalf of the Red Cross and War Chest Funds:—Number of boxes acknowledged to…

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Commercial Letter. Sydney, Thursday. BUTTER

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

A London cable announces that the Food Controller will distribute a quantity of burter and margarine, equal, to one-eighth of the trades applications. Butter for January…

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First Wheat Payment. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

The Wheat Board expects to pay the farmers the first instalment on January 25th…

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Dairy and Farm. Dairying. (Issued by Department of Agriculture.) the Pure-bred Sire and His Real Worth

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 6

The value of a pure-bred bull as a herd sire is strikingly shown in at report, just published, of the results of some experiments conducted by the Iowa experiment station,…

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Fire and Flood Great Damage Throughout the State. The Farmers' Hard Lot. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

Fires and Hoods are reported through out New South Wales, causing great losses to the unfortunate farmer. At some places in the Riverina the farmers…

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Women Farmers

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

For many long years the man on the land has been so badly neglected on the one land by, each and every Government, and interfered with and harassed on the other,…

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Commercial. Private Sale of Grade Dairy Heifers

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

Hindmarsh and Co. report selling to Mr. J. C. Johnston, of Federal, 80 first-class grade dairy heifers (backward springers) at a good figure. This fine lot of cattle…

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Homestead Farms

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Geo. Nesbitt, M. L. A., for Lismore, has received, the following communication from the Under-Secretary Department of Lands:—"In reply to your representations…

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Proposed Butter Pool

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Holmun's attention having been invited to the proposal to pool the Australian butter in tho United Kingdom with other imported butter,…

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Argentine Wheat Crop. an Important Agreement. (Renter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—Renter's Buenos Ayres correspondent says that an important agreement has been, completed between the Argentine and representatives of the…

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General Telegrams. Butter Industry

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The butter season is likely to be prolonged and improved as the result of the excellent rain…

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Homebush Cattle Sales. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Fourteen hundred cattle were yarded [?]t Homebush to-day. The market opened dull competition being slow, but rices showed practically no alteration…

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Saving the Wheat. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

Orange reports state that arrangements are being made to stack the new season's wheat there, while arrangements are being made at Spring Hill, six miles away,…

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