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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

3,198 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 160

Guernsey Cattle Success of Breed on Coast. Milkers and Butter Producers

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Guernsey and Guernsey Grade Cattle Society of New South Wales was held at the office of Mr. T. M. Hewitt, in Woodlark-street, yesterday…

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Cattle Sales

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

Miss Pyers reports having sold privately on ac. of Mr. G. R. Lehman, of North Casino, the whole of his dairy herd, comprising 24-milkers, six spring…

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Milk Yields English Dairy Cattle Tests

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.—The most countrylike of London shows is the display of the British Dairy Farmers' Association. It is the annual meeting of the flower of…

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Butter Company's Pay

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The Tweed River Co-operative Butter Co., Ltd., reports for the month of December as follows: Butter manufactured, 130,007 lbs.; price paid to suppliers,…

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December Butter Pay

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The amount of butter manufactured by the Casino Co-op. Dairy Co. for December was 120,4031b. of choicest and 10,4421b. second class, for which…

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Butter Price Reduced

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

A message on Monday announced that the wholesale price of butter had been reduced 3d per lb., bringing Sydney quotations to 186s per…

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Pbotect Cattle From Paint

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 10

Everyone knows that most paints are poisonous, but how many know that fresh paint containing white lead is attractive to calves, and is also apparently relished by…

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Stolen Cattle. Bat[?] Laler

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 3

BATHURST, Monday.--At the police court to-day, Arthur Casey, a well known dealer, was charged with having stolen 75 head of cattle, valued at £33210, the…

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Alleged Breach of Dairy Act. Case Against Butter Factory Dismissed

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 1

At the Taree Police Court John Pigott (manager of the Comboyne Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd.) was charged that he, being them manager of a…

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Commercial Butter Selling Well. Queensland Talks of Reduction

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--As the result of yesterday's reduction in the price of butter, there was a greatly improved demand in Sussex-street to-day, and…

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Cotton Show Aids Texas Farmer. Famous Exposition

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

From small beginnings the Texas Cotton Palace Exposition, which held the attention of the entire cotton industry of the south, from October 20 to…

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Hanged Himself in the Dairy

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The death of a returned soldier, William James Manson (28) occurred in tragic circumstances at his father's dairy farm, Upper Orara,…

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Pig Farming Points Essential to Profit

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 10

In profitable pig-farming it is essential that the animals be well housed. Pigs like shelter, either from the heat of summer or the cold of winter. It is not necessary to…

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Intensive Farming Overcoming Low Prices

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 10

Intensive farming may mean any or all of the following methods:—(1) The application of more labour to a unit of area in preparation of the soil and the cultivation…

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Coastal Farmers' Report

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society report for the week ending the 11th [?]t as follows:—Butter.—Phenomenal increase in…

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Roseberry Farms

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

Virtue, Noble, Rutherford, Shannon, Ltd., of Lismore and Kyogle, direct attention to the sale of 23 farms, being the second and final subdivision of Roseberry station,…

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Dairy Hero Sale

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

Gilbert Walker and Co. draw attention to Messrs. Holmes and Co.'s clearing sale to be held on the farm, Pinchin's Lane, Goolmangar, on Monday next, when the whole of their…

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Eltham Cattle Sale

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

Gilbert Walker and Co. direct attention to the Eltham sale to be held to-morrow, when a good yarding of all classes of stock will be-offered for sale, including choice forward…

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Lismore Cattle Prices

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

The recent rains have had the effect of putting a much brighter complexion on the stock market in Lismore. There was an exceptionally heavy yarding at…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

Arthur Casey, a well-known cattle dealer, was charged at Bathurst with having stolen 74[?]head of cattle, valued at £332/10/, the property of Raymond…

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