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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,903 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 17 of 146

Prolific Season Condition of Dairy Herds Effect of Weather on Cream

Northern Star · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

Few people travel the district as extensively as Mr. H. D. Barlow, whose duties as senior dairy instructor take him over every portion and bring him into…

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Butter Production

Northern Star · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 4

During the month of December the output of the Upper Bellinger and Raleigh butter factories totalled 97 tons, an increase of nearly 62 tons compared with the…

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Guernsey Cattle Society

Northern Star · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the North Coast branch of the Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia was held in Messrs. Hindmarsh and Company's office, Lismore, when…

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North Coast for Sheep

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 2

A sheep killed and dressed by the Mullumbimby Co-operative Butchery Coy. yesterday sealed 1401bs. dressed weight. The shoulders weighed 301b…

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Butter Production. Record on Northern Rivers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The butter production in New South Wales continues on a record scale. The Northern Rivers' factories in particular expect to…

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Farmhouse Tragedy. Accused Man's Story of Crowborough Murder. Body Chopped up By Light of Fire

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Norman Thorn, a poultry farmer, who is charged with the murder of his fiancee, Elsie Cameron, at…

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Peter and Paul "Age" on Butter Control

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6

Melbourne "Age " sensing a slump in interest in its cheap sugar campaign, turns its attention to butter. "While the inter-State conference…

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Butter Marketing. Board To Be Elected Soon. Financial Assistance For Holding Surplus Supplies

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday--The Minister for Markets (Mr. Wilson) stated to-day that the board of control provided for under the Dairy Produce…

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World's Wheat Big. Shortage of Supplies Sends Prices up. High Profits on Australian Cargoes

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--In reviewing the week's remarkable total of 80 wheat cargo sales, the trader journal, The Grain Reporter,'' alludes to…

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Dairy Industry Apathy in Victoria Criticised Stabilisation Scheme

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—At a meeting of the council of the Co-operative Butter and Cheese Factories' Association of Victoria, hold at the Chamber of Commerce, the…

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General News Butter Production

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

The country around Coraki is looking exceptionally well at present, and dairy herds are milking well. The butter factory is working at full pressure, and it is…

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North Coast for Sheep

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

A sheep killed and dressed by the Mullumbimby Co-operative Butchery Co. on Friday scaled 140lbs. dressed weight. The shoulders weighed 30lb…

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Feed and Butter-fat Tests

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 9

Many, farmers have endeavoured without or with little success, to raise, the butterfat test by use of certain kinds of feed, writes W. N. Paton, in the "New Zealand…

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Surplus Butter Financing Holding of Supplies

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 3

The Minister for Markets (Senator Wilson) stated on Monday that the board of control provided for under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act will…

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Butter Marketing. Board to Be Elected Soon

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

The Minister for Markets (Mr. Wilson) stafed on Monday that the board of control provided for under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act…

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Peter and Paul "Age" on Butter Control

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

Melbourne "Age," sensing a slump in interest in its cheap sugar campaign, turns its attention to butter : "While the inter-State conference of…

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Primary Producer's Page Grains Food Value for Farm Animals Wheat, Barley, Oats and Maize

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 9

Wheat is not regarded as a suitable food for horses, and is not widely used in this country. If eaten by horses unaccustomed to it, it is liable to cause digestive troubles…

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The Paterson Scheme Stabilisation of Butter. Twelve Months' Trial

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

Further particulars of the conference of butter interests held in Melbourne on Wednesday last, as briefly reported in our last issue, are to hand…

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A Holiday A-wheel. the Wheat Belt and Jenolan Caves

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 1

We had an easy stage on the 29th December. Leaving picturesque Yamble and crossing the fine bridge which here spans the river we made…

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General News. Amalgamating Farmers' Bodies

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

The Murwillumbas branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, at its last meeting, decided to push for-ward the proposed amalgamation of…

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