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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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"Sheep Will Save the World."

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

A cable from Salt Lake City states that Mr. Tanimura, Japanese Live Stock Commissioner, in a speech before the Convention of the Woolgrowers' Association, said that the…

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Wheat Growers' Conference. Ministerial Disappointment

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Lands to-day expressed disappointment at the tone of the discussion at the meeting of wheat growers held yesterday. He said…

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Wheat in the Pig Ration

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

In view of the enormous quantities of damaged wheat in the Commonwealth, experiments have been conducted at the Hawkesbury (N.S.W.)…

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The Cattle Tick. What America is Doing

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

While we continue to suffer loss and to quarrel and bicker over methods in dealing with the cattle tick, the United States, having decided to eradicate the…

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The Wheat or Meat Controversy. Mr. Ashford is Disappointed. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. Ashford says he is disappointed at the tone of the discussion at the meeting of wheat growers held at Aarons Exchange yesterday. The Minister says…

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Broom Millet. Poor Crop Prospects

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

The outlook for the 1918 broom millet crop, owing to excessive rains and other seasonal adversities, is anything but promising. There is a reduction in the area…

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Dairy Utensils

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union in a communication to the Director of Munitions pointed out that the dairying industry lately…

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The Cattle Tick

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

While av [?]continue to suffer loss and to quarrel and bicker over methods in deailng with the cattle tick, the United States, having…

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Wheat Silos

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. —The N.S.W. Ministers profess themselves to be in entire ignorance as to the reported intention of the Commonwealtr Government to interfere…

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More Butter Shipments. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

Two Australian butter cargoes have arrived at London, allowing another distribution of the'8th January applications, consisting of equal proportions of…

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Illawarra Cattle Herd Book Association

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

A meeting of the North Coast branch of the Hlawarra Herad Book Association was held in the Richmond Hall, Lismore on Tuesday, when the vice-president…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 7

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Teaching the Farmer. the Government Way

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 1

It would appear from the figures made available by the Department of Agriculture in Sydney, and also from disquieting reports which from…

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Dairy Industry Act

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

A. H. Chambers writes in the "S M. Heradi": -- After nearly three years' experience of the Dairy Industry Act, all practical cream…

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Wheat Crops Destroyed

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Owing to fires at Adelong many wheat crops have been destroyed. Incendiarism is suspected, phosphorous sticks wrapped in bagging…

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Tattooing Cattle

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

A correspondent says: I have been marking pure-bred cattle with ear tags of different kinds and they are not satisfactory because they pull out and sometimes slit the…

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Dairy and Farm. the Dairy. Why Cream Tests Vary

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

In Circular 192, recently published by the Illionois Experiment Station, II. A. Ruehe gives the following possible reasons for variations in the test of cream even when the…

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Increased Wheat Yield. a Million Bags More Than Last Year. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

Speaking last night, the Ministers for Agriculture stated that as a result of the special appeal to the farming community to sow more wheat, advance reports…

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The Future of Dairying

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

It is not out of place, says "Hoard's Dairyman," to consider the future of the dairy industry. We recognise it is rather hazardous to prophesy what the future holds…

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Selecting a Dairy Bull

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

Professor W. E. Carroll, of the Utah Experiment Station, in a bulletin entitled "Selecting Dairy Bulls by Performance," makes this statement "Selecting dairy bulls upon…

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