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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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A Butter Calamity

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

"What will you have the best or Empire?" We have it on the authority of Mr. Vic. Armbruster, formerly of Mullumbimby, and now…

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Foley Bros. Ltd. Butter

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Local markets continue unchanged—Victoria 98s, New South Wales 114s 6d, Queensland 126s. Demand is slack, perhaps the aftermath of the holidays…

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Wheat Versus Rice (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

Sir,—It would appear from recent statements in the Press that there is a possibility of developing an Asiatic grain market, the Chinese being…

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Red Polled Cattle Most Profitable of All Breeds

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 6

Fifty years ago the first Red Polled cattle were first seen on the North Coast on the Clarence and Richmond Rivera, and though at that time they did…

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Growth of Linseed Flax Profitable Crop for Farmers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 6

A couple of years ago n visitor to Coraki, who had lengthy experience in flax growing, endeavored to induce farmers hero to give the crop a trial on the rich river…

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"Little Danger to Australia" From Manchuria Experiments in Production of Wool

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday:- "There is little danger that the wool experiments in Manchuria will affect Austria for many years," said Mr. O…

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Re-deal of Ottawa Cards Forecast Dominion Product Menace British Farmers

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday:- An editorial, "Ottawa in Retrospect," in the "Manchester Guardian" says that while doubts are cast on…

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Terrific Storms Queensland Districts Swept by Wind and Rain Buildings Unroofed, Crops Stripped and Chimneys Toppled

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. Torrential rain, accompanied by wind of gale force, lashed the Darling Downs, Brisbane Valley and parts of the South Coast in the early hours of this morning. Falls of from two to nearly five…

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Dairying. Scours in Calves

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 6

Any irritant material eaten by ves is likely to set up inflammatory changes in the stomach and bowels. and thus, where the animals have had…

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For the Dairyman News, Notes and Comments Care Oe Cream Hot Weather Demands

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 6

Generally speaking greater care in. the handling of milk and cream be comes necessary during the summer months. Many dairymen are loth to…

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To Make a Farm Slide

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 8

The Sydney "Bulletin" gives the following directions to make a farm" slide:--To make a farm slide, chop out 12in. by 2in. side runners, 5ft…

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Bright Day Allays Fears of Flood River Up Crops Suffer

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 6

Sunshine yesterday allayed fears of district floods, despite the fact that early reports received in Lismore indicated that…

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London Butter Market LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 12

The butter market was slow, Danish being quoted at 91s, choicest salted New Zealand 67s to 68s, Australian 67s, unsalted New Zealand 70s to…

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Kyogle Cattle Sale Kyogle

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 2

Messrs. Alco[?]n and Smith report that at theie weekly pig sales at Kyogle to-day there was light yarding, only 119 being forwarded. This was attributed chiefly to the bad state…

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Butter Pay 7d for December Lowest Since 1904 Disparity Between Farm and Shop Prices

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

At a meeting in Lismore yesterday the North Coast Butter Factories' Association fixed the butter pay for December at 7d lb., the…

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Unshrinkable Wool London

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

Dr. S. G. Barker, the director of research of the British Research Association for the woollen and worsted industries, to-day described to a Wool…

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British Discovery Unshrinkable Wool Fabric

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--Doctor S. G. Baker described at the Wool Federation's dinner the discovery of an unshrinkable wool fabric,…

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Butter Pay 7[?] Lowest for Years Export Realisations

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

Meeting in Lismore yesterday, the North Coast Butter Factories' Association fixed the butter pay for December at 7d…

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Reduced Acreage Italian Wheat Production CANBERRA

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 2

The Minister of Agriculture for Italy has notified the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr McPbee), through the International Institute of…

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Changes Not Yet Known Butter Industry Operation of Stabilisation Scheme

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

"Although changes will be, effected by the operation of the stabilisation scheme, no one is yet in a position to know what they…

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