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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Farm Properties

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

Messrs. P. Smith and Son draw special attention to the following farm properties to be offered for sale at their Murwillumbah Yards to-day:--…

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Queensland Farmers Organising

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

Dissatisfaction with the Council of Agriculture, which organisation was brought about by the Government on the eve of the last State elections,…

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Cattle Sales

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

Messrs, P. Smith and Son report a fair yarding at their usual weekly sales held yesterday. The cattle offered were only of medium quality, and…

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Guernsey Cattle Society

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia was held on Tuesday last in the Richmond Hall, Lismore. The members present were Messrs. A. H…

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Rabbit Wool Farming Enterprise for Women

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 14

Lady Rachel Byng's rabbit wool farm at High Sandoe, Hexham-on-Tyne in Northumberland three years ago was the first of its kind in England. Previous to that all the…

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Butter for the East

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. Pratten, Minister for Customs, announces that during the week ended January 16, Australian butter amounting to 10,055 boxes and valued at…

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British Columbia May Import Butter

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 3

According to the Department of Markets and Migration, the American Consul at British Columbia in a report presented in October to the United…

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A Record Year Large Butter Exports

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

The year 1924-25 will be remembered by dairy farmers throughout the Commonwealth as the record period of butter production in the history of the…

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Primary Producers Necessity for Unity in Dairying Industry Stressed at Meeting of Murwillumbah Branch

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

Speakers at the meeting of Murwillumbah branch of the P.P.U. yesterday stressed the necessity of all dairymen supporting the Union in order to retain…

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Drought in West Serious Water Famine at Bathurst. Macquarie Farmers Threatened with Ruin

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--A message from Bathurst says the Macquarie River, within a four miles radius of the town, is almost devoid of water. The…

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Dairy Herds on Agistment

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

Conditions have become so bad in some parts of the Singleton district that a number of dairymen have taken their herds to Mount Olive,…

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Grafton Dairy- Co

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

The Grafton dairy factory for December manufactured 151 tons 17cwt of butter, which is 36 tons more than the output for November last, and 51…

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Australian Butter Arrvial in Canada. Dairy Industry There Alarmed. Treaty Blamed

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

VICTORIA (B.C.), Saturday.--Commenting on the arrival of 14,000 cases of butter from the Antipodes on Friday, the Hon. E. D. Barrow, Minister…

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Butter Prices. and Australian Customers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

Says the "Daily Guardian:—When the dying eagle saw that the arrow which pierced him was winged with one of his own feathers, he may…

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While Mustering Cattle. Tweed Heads Resident Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 2
Also in The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser

News was received yesterday that Mr. W. H. Ducat, of Ducat & Sons, Butchers, of Tweed Heals, while mustering cattle on Saturday, at his…

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Synthetic Wool Influence on Industry "Cannot Oust Real Thing"

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 6

The first samples of Italian synthetic wool reached Melbourne recently and the opinion has been formed by experts that it cannot oust the real thing. Brisbane wool…

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Australian Butter Shipment to Canada Opposition to Treaty Statement by the Minister (Reuter.) VANCOUVER

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 5

Despite the arrival of 8000 cases of Australian and New Zealand butter by the Niagara yesterday for local consumption prices advanced two cents per…

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Dairy Problem. Cause of Second Grade Cream. Various Factors

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 2

Members of the Casino brunch of the P.P. Union on Saturday discussed various factors that operate in the cause of second-grade cream. The subject…

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New England Potatoes. Half Crop Ruined

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A considerable reduction in the yield of New England potatoes is forecasted by Mr. Reynolds, senior agricultural instructor…

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