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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Sydney Wool Sales. Resumption on

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Sydney wool sales will be resumed on Monday next. Orders are said To he plentiful…

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Local and General. the Dairying Industry in Canada

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

In 1920 there were 3,530,000 dairy cows in the Dominion of Canada which produced commercial butter to the value of £11,016,500, and 167,735,000lbs…

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For Dairy Premises How to Lay a Concrete Floor

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

For all general purposes as applied to dairy premises, the concrete floor will be found most advantageous, being preferable to bricks, flagstones, or other…

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Three Good Dairy Washes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

The following wash is used by many dairy-farmers, and is recommended by the Department of Agriculture:--Mix air-slaked lime with freshly-skimmed…

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Clarence Maize Crops

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

While prominent Clarence River agriculturists refer to the present droughty conditions as merely a "pinch," they state the maize crop has been…

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Good Victorian Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

Some good performances are being put up by Victorian farmers who recently settled in lnverell district. MY. T. McInerney late of Willaura, Victoria, arrived in the…

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London Butter Report. Increased Price Probable

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—The trade summary referring to the butter market says it is displaying great, strength. Although over 270,000 boxes arrived this week from Australia…

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Butter Supplies. Australasian and Continental Markets

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Prescott's weekly butter report states:—Melbourne 90 butter is now quoted at 162s and choicest at 168s…

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Wool Sales. Record Offering

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The offering of wool to be made at the Sydney wool sales on Thursday will constitute a record for the State. The Fanners and Graziers'…

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N.s.w. Butter. Held in High Repute

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 3

Information has been received by the Department of Agriculture from the United States and Canada (says "The Dairy," London) showing the high repute in which…

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Price of Butter. Increase of ⅓d a Lb

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—It is officially announced that butter will be advanced a halfpenny to 1s 6½d per lb wholesale on Monday…

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Butter Buoyant Good Demand in London. Price may be Increased

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. --The butter market is displaying great strength. Although more than 270,000 boxes arrived this week from Australia and…

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Hunting the Last Tick Richmond and Kyogle Area, Only Four Farms now infected out of 3976. Energetic Campaign to Continue

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 2

Mr. C. J. Sanderson, Chairman of the Tick Board of Control, was in Murwillumbah on Saturday. Chatting to a "Tweed Daily" representative, he spoke…

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Farmer Drowned

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday. --A farmer named Percy Neeves, 32, married, while swimming at Tingalpa Creek this morning was drowned…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—At the Sydney wool sales to-day wool was much dearer, and practically every good lot nearly touched record prices. The bidding was very high and at…

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A Labor View. "The Butter Banditti."

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

V. Molesworth, Labor M.L.A., is allowed by "Smith's Weekly to pour out the vials of his wrath on what he calls the "Cow Cockies" and "Butter…

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Big Butter Results. Some Queensland Figures

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

Three more good butter records have been made by Queensland cows. The Jersey, Oxford Golden Gem (2445), owned by Mr. E. Burton, of Wanora, has…

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Mixed Marriages. Roman Catholic Pastoral

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A pastoral issued by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney in connection with the Feast of the Epiphany contains an exhortation to the clergy and laity…

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Royal Pearls in Butter

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 6

One being examined by the Customs offi cers on the Hungarian frontier at Salgotarjan, a man giving the name of Cornelius Szivos was unable to afford satisfactory…

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Primary Producers Page. Farm and Dairy Notes

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 10

A notable test has just been concluded by a two-yearr-old Friesian heifer, owned by Mr. Jno Grigg, Ashburton, N.Z. The heifer, Longbeach Clematis, by Longbeach Big…

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