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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

3,006 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 151

Wheat Growers Protest. Harden

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

A large meeting of wheatgrowers today unanimously passed a resolution to object to any continuance of the Wheat Pool into 1922, without reference to the…

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Butter Production. North Coast Arrivals at Sydney. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Now South Wales last week produced 45,000 boxes of butter, mainly from the North Coast. This amount is, far in excess of local requirements, and,…

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Cheaper Butter. Glut Coming in England. Big Reduction Forecasted

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

A London cable dated Friday, says a further steep decline in "butter prices is anticipated after de-control by the Food Ministry. Stocks are mounting…

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Wheat and Wealth. Australia's Prosperity. Speech by Prime Minister

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The Prime Minister, speaking at the Australian Natives' Association banquet, referred to Australia as the most prosperous…

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Electricity on Farms

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

An interesting development of the use of electric power in the rural districts has taken place at Hereford (says a Home paper). The corporation…

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Fundamentally for Farmers

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

The attention of farmers is drawn to the advertisement which appears in our business columns of Messrs. Duffy and Capelin, seeds, men, and agents for Barlew engines, Viking…

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Section II.—Cattle. Illawarsja Dairy Cattle

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Bull, showing more than four permanent teeth, G. Arkinstall 1, W. Moffitt 2. Bull, more than 2 teeth, but not more than four, W. Moffitt. Bull, showing not wove than…

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The Farmers' Wheat. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

The Minister of Agriculture stated to-day that negotiations were proceeding which no doubt would end in making satisfactory arrangements for paying…

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The Wheat Pool

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a well attended public meeting of wheatgrowers at Harden it was [?]mously, decided to object to any continuation of the Wheat Pool in…

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The Wheat Quarantee

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 6

SYDNEY. Tuesday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) returned to Sydney to-day. He presided at a meeting of the Wheat Board, when some important' matters…

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Butter. Winter Pool Being Considered

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. McRae, president Primary Producers' "Union, said at the meeting of the Butter Pool Committee that further consideration was given to the…

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Record Load of Wheat

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Patrick Berrell, a farmer and carrier brought into Condobolin a record load of wheat to the local mill. There were 202 bags, weighing 15 tons 17…

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Publishing Wheat Sale Peioes

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Exception was taken to-day by the Minister for Agriculture to the statements of Mr. Main. M.L.A., regarding the methods of the Central Wheat…

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Wool. Australian Clips. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A meeting of the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association was held in London this afternoon under the chairman ship of Mr. Weddell, to discuss the…

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WOOL. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.—Sir. A. Goldfinch says the Colonial Wool Association must insist that at least two-thirds of the wool offered in London be of the old clip, with a…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the pastoral supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 503…

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Price of Butter. Fall of 4d. TO 6d. FORECASTED

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

Mr. Massy Greene, Minister for Trade and Customs, discussed the price of butter informally with one or two persons interested during his visit to…

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Pastoral. Losses by Birds. How to Protect Lambs from the Wedge-tailed Eagle

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

The annual loss occasioned among the flocks of the Riverina by the wedge-tailed eagle is very high (says a writer in the "Agricultural Gazette"), and…

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Co-operation. Beating H. C. B. What Milbrulong Farmers Discovered in Ten Months

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

Because the formation of a branch of the Agricultural Bureau is itself a co-operative movement, the attitude of most branches to co-operative trading…

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Section V.—Farm Produce

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Judge, Mr. H. W. Dowswell. Maize, large yellow, E. Morton 1 and 2. Maize, early maturing, J. W. Ritchie 1, Williams Bros. 2. Maize, red, E. W. Morton 1, J. T. Ronan…

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