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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Australian Butter in Canada

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

Until the completion of an agreement no Australian batter will be sold in Canada for less than 32 cents a pound, Mr. Moloney was advised…

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Commercial London Butter Market London

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

Butter is in good demand. Choicest salted New Zealand is realising 116s to 118s, Australian 114s to 115s; unsalteds are unchanged. Danish is…

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Wheat Export Chaotic Situation SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

Chaos exists in the wheat [?]xport business. Only five or six vess[?] have been chartered to load the N.S.W. new season's crop as compared with 20 or…

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Wheat Export Business Chaotic Only Six Vessels Chartered. SHIFT N.S.W. SURPLUS

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--Chaos exists in the wheat export business. Only five of six vessels have been chartered to load the N.S.W. now…

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Canadian Farmers Meeting Difficulties Mr. Bennett's Announcement

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 2

Speaking at Regina (Saskatchewan) the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. R. B. Bennett) announced that the financial difficulties of the farmers of…

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Mother and Baby Murdered Westralian Farm Tragedy. Youth Found Hanging

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

Mrs. McCaskell (28) and her eight- months;old baby were found battered to death on her husband's farm near Ardath (W.A.), on Tuesday. A man…

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Another Arrest S.A. Farm Tragedy Charge Against Daughter ADELAIDE

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

Police investigations into the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Dall on their farm at Kumorna siding on Tuesday last and in connection with which…

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Dairying at Tumut

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

For November, a record has been established by the Tumut Co-operative Dairy Company, by manufacturing 76 tons of butter, breaking a previous…

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Dairy Cattle Some Breeding Hints

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 6

More and more we are understanding the mode of inheritance by which the chief economic function of dairy cattle is transmitted from parent to progeny,…

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Market for Butter Position in Canada WINNIPEG (Canada), Saturday:--

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

Interviewed here in reference to the Australian exports of butter to Canada, Mr. Parker Moloney, Australian Minister for Markets and Transport…

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Science in Dairying Instruction on the Farm

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

An extension of the scope of operations of farm dairy instructors was advocated, by Mr. W. H. Udy, scientist of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy…

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Farm Produce Maize and Potatoes Survey of Crop Conditions

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

Surveys of the potato and maize crop conditions as on December 15 has been made by the State Marketing Bureau. In regard to maize, reports are…

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Reached Bottom World's Wheat Markets Mr. Moloney's Views Winnipeg

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. Parker Moloney, interviewed here, en route to Vancouver, said he believed the wheat markets of the world had reached their bottom and…

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Dairying Industry Cows in the Herd Period of Production

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

An American authority has come to the conclusion that dairy cows are dry "too much of the time." He says that a tabulation of more than 10,000 yearly…

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Farmers and Settlers

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

Annual meeting of Murwillumbah. branch on Wednesday, January 7. Big attendance desired.--…

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Don Moon Win at Warwick Farm Ranpura Scores Sprint to Casque d'Or SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Much credit is due to trainer Booth for keeping old Don Moon in winning fettle. The aged gelding's comfortable win in…

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Compound Butter. Menace to Dairying Industry

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Mr. A. McKenzie, president of the Victorian Dairymen's Association, addressing a largely attended meeting at Camperdown (Victoria), said one…

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Butter As Food

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

Writing in the "Sydney Morning Herald," "Apothecary" makes some interesting comparisons between dripping and butter as foods. He writes:…

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Butter Production Tests

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

As announced in an advertisement in this issue, the decision has been made by Meggitt Limited to agree to the request of numerous farmers and…

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First Wheat Field

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

To most visitors the Sydney Botanictially ornamental-- a leafy retreat Gardens represent something essen from the bustle of the city, a perfect…

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