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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Australian Wheat. An Important Announcement. A Big Deal. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

Important announcements were made to-night as the result of a two days' conference of representatives of the Australian Wheat Board. Senator…

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Dairying on the Clarence

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 2

The report adopted at the annual meeting of the Maclean Co-operative Dairy Company showed that after writing off £312 for depreciation the…

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Butter Contracts

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2

An important conference of leading representatives of the butter and cheese industry in Australia is to be held in Melbourne on March 9, to…

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Australian Butter Markets

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2

The Federal Butter Pool Committee is at present sitting in Melbourne, and will decide what arrangements will be made with reference to…

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N.c. Co-operative Butter Company

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 4

The N.C. Co-op. Butter Co. reports for January as follows: Butter manufactured, 519 tons; pay,) 17 5-8d per lb choicest; total pay, £102,724, against 538…

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Wheat. Payment of First Advances

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Senator Russell, chairman of the Wheat Board, announced that arrangements had been concluded for, the payment in March of the adyances…

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Low Wheat Stocks. Record Price Obtained

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday Though the State Wheal Office has fixed the price of milling wheat, at Ss 10d per bushel, the record rate of 9s 3½d was obtained at auction at…

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Total Value of Wheat Shipped and Delivered

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 5

Statistics issued this afternoon by the Australian Wheat Board show that the pools in all States are in debit with the exception of New South Wales, the total…

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Australian Wheat. An Improved Position. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. Valder, Secretary of Agriculture, returned from Melbourne to-day. He said the wheat position was considerably easier. Owing to the helpful…

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Record Wheat Price. Stocks Extremely Low. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 4

A truck of wheat at Alexandria yards to-day realised the record price of 92½ per bushel. The rise is attributed to low stocks. In some quarters it is said that…

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Valuable farm and Herd Sold

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 3

Farm land in Bangalow continues to change hands at extraordinary prices, £60 per acre now being a very common rate. A short time…

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Kyogle Dairy Company

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2

There was a full attendance at the directors' meeting on Wednesday. Pay for January was struck on a basis of 1s 4 18 per lb for…

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Upper Glenbuhn Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 4

Peach Bros, Kogarah, notify the sale in this issue on Thursday, 19th inst., of the Upper[?] Glenburn farm at Jamberoo—a property of 165 acres well worth looking after…

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Wool Profiteering. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday:—Mr. McCurdy, in a speech at Bradford dealing with wool profiteering, stated that further official investigation into the costs and prices of tops was…

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State Elections. Minister for Works at Wagga. The City Farmers of O'Connell Street. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2

The election campaign was opened at Wagga last night by the two Nationalist candidates Messrs. Ball and Manning. The Minister for Works devoted a…

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Womderful Maize Crop

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 4

The Hawkesbury Valley, according to Inspector Meek, of the Department of Agriculture, is experiencing the best growing season for the past 20 years. Wonderful…

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Wheat Supplies

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Valder, under-Secretary for Agriculture stated that wheat supplies were now coming from Victoria at the rate of 600 tons per day…

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WHEAT. Examination of Georgeson

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. John Storey laid down as a condition concerning the suggested independent medical, examination of Georgeson that specialists should be brought…

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Mr. Meares and the Butter Question

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. Meares, of the Coastal Farmers, states the economic position at the present is seriously out of focus, due to limited production in Victoria, a…

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Wheat Market. Purchases From Patagonia. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—While the Board of Trade has refused the details of the Patagonian meat purchase importers engaged in the Dominion trade assert that the new deal…

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