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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Necessitous Farmers

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Cabi- ' net contemplates distributing about £100,000 as additional assistance to necessitous farmers…

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DAIRYING. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture.) ”Pick the Best Five.“ and the Response

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 4

The invitation was extended to visitors to the National Dairy Show at Columbus, U.S.A., in O[?]tober last (Eleven Jersey cows were stalled for the purpose, and every…

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The Wheat Crop

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. Watt, Acting Prime Minister, announced that after discussion with representatives of the banks in Melbourne and Sydney he had at last been…

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Famished Sheep

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—It is officially estimated that there are now about 50,000 sheep from western runs in a famished condition in the [?] district, having been…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 7

For the past years there has been in operation in the United States a plan that promises to play an important part in the control, and the…

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Freak Cattle. a Teetotal Heifer

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

Over, Gloucester way there is (says "Sydney Sun") a heifer that should be doing platform work for the teetotal brigade-she believes in absolute prohibition…

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Butter v. Milk. Parlous Position in Victoria

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 7

A special correspondent of the "Melbourne Age" writes as follows:— There is at the present time a fierce war being conducted between the…

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Shortage in Butter Arrivals. Effects of the Drought. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

There is a considerable shortage in the butter arriving at Sydney owing to the droughty conditions. The Orara had 1800 boxes less this trip…

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Buenos Ayres Rioting. Mobs Burn Wool Markets. New York

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

Despatches from Buenos Ayres say that riots and shouting in the streets have been continued. Mobs burned the central wool markets. The situation,…

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Big Prices for Cane Farms

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

Messrs. Hunro and Smith, of Maclean, report having completed the sale of the well-known cane farm at Harwood Island, the…

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Help for Farmers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

Inquiries made of State Ministers show that the necessitous. circumstances of many farmers throughout the State owing to the drought,…

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Coastal Farmers' Society

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

The report and interim balance-sheet of the Coastal Farmers Cooperative Society for the six months, ended September 30 last, to…

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Surprises for Dairymen. "Pick the Best Five."

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 7

The invitation was extended to visitors to the National Dairy Show at Columbus, U.S.A., in October last. Eleven Jersey cows were stalled for the…

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Wheat Transport. Large Quantities to be Moved. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

Large quantities of wheat are being brought to Sydney from the Western Districts. This is being done in order to make room for the new season's…

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The New Kind of Farm in America

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

The war has brought increased demand that morn penile live on and cultivate the land, Will it bring also the means of making life on the…

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Dairying. "Pick the Best Five." And the Response

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 2

The invitation was extended to visitors to the National Dairy Show at Columbus, U.S.A., in October last. Eleven Jersey cows were stalled for the…

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Farm Brevities

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 2

Skim-milk has a high nutritive value, and should be economically used. Scabby potatoes will probably produce after their kind unless treated with…

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Herd Testing. The Dairymen Divided in Opinion as to Utility

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

The benefits of herd testing were discussed at a meeting of the Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney on Thursday last. The…

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Dairy Expert

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. L. F. Mac[?]nn[?]s, Government dairy expert, was a passenger by the Wollongbar reaching Byron Ba[?] on [?]hursday morning. Mr. McInnos, sa[?]s he is not this time on any…

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Australian Wheat. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

PARIS, Saturday—Mr. Hughes is endeavoring to sell Australian wheat to the inter-Allied committee charged with the duty of feeding Europe. Authoritative…

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