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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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On North Coast Farms Planting of Crops Retarded by Abnormal Weather

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 9

In considering the most suitable crops to plant in the Richmond River district at the present season prevailing…

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Farmers and Settlers Murwillumbah Branch

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 2

Only a brief list of business was dealt with at the monthly meeting of Murwillumbah Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association this…

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Irish Free State Farmers Further Restriction of British Market Pending

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

DUBLIN, Friday: -- The announcement that the British Government was preparing a quota system for cream, condensed milk…

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Helpers Thanked Goonellabah Junior Farmers Goonellabah

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

In connection with the Junior Farmers' Show at Goonellabah, the P. and C. Association would like to advise that the weight of the pig was…

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Better Returns Per Acre Reply to Lower Prices Profitable Changes on a Mullumbimby Farm

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 9

Leaders of the dairying industry have frequently referred to the necessity for the economic study of production on the farms to get the best return for the least outlay. Although conditions vary in different localities there has been a big improvement on Noith…

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Prolific Butter Season

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

Production figures for the two big butter factories on the Clarence River, at Grafton and Ulmarra, indicate the prolific season which the Clarence is…

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Record Production North Coast Butter Factories Dairy Instructors' Reports

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

Record quantities of butter were manufactured by practically all factories on the North Coast of New South Wales during December last, according to the monthly reports of Dairy Instructors to the Director of Dairying. Bountiful…

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First Butter Shipment of Season

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

Mr. M. Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia, and Sir Alan G. Anderson, K.B.E., of the Orient Line, tasting Australian butter on the occasion of a luncheon on board R.M.S. "Orama" to mark the opening of the Australian butter season…

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Fodder for 1000 Dairy Cattle Silos for Huge Herd Reclaimed Swamp Land

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 9

Swamp lands when reclaimed generally prove to of great fertility, due to the humus from decayed swamp vegetation and also from silt deposited by floods. The Oakland estate, near Coraki, the…

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Commercial Casino Cattle Sale Casino

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

Due to the flooded state of many of the roads in the country only a light yarding of 300 head of cattle were available for the opening cattle said…

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Price of Butter No Change in Queensland

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday:- Although the latest cable messages from London indicate that the British butter market has eased again with prices on a lower…

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Fortunes Made Australian Wool Growers Caught Napping

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday:- That huge fortunes were made in the wool selling season just closed at the expense of Australian wool…

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Trade Improvement Wool Values Partly Responsible Further Advancement? LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph's' financial writer, commenting on the improvement in Australian exports to the end of October, points out…

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Loyal Farming

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

The day when profitable farming was mostly a matter of manual toil has passed so long that the man who now fails to recognise the fact…

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On Farm & Plantation a Vine That Pays Passionfruit Revival Of Production On North Coast

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

In view of the revival of interest in the production of passionfruit on the North Coast, the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has issued a booklet on…

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Farmers' Relief Extension of Time Lodging Applications

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 7

Attention is invited to the advertisement appearing in this issue notifying the Governor's assent to the Farmers' Relief (Amendment) Act, 1933, which…

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Tobacco Crops Roined

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 9

The continuous wet season has ruined many Victorian tobacco crops, mould and foot-rot having developed under the humid conditions. Many…

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Nigerian Sheep

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

The only way to tell Nigerian sheep from goats was the fact that the former kept their tails down while goats kept theirs up, said Major H…

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Butter Production Tests

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

The results of official production tests of cows and heifers that have qualified for entry into the advanced register of the herd books of the…

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Australian Butter in England

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

"What will you have—the best or Empire?" It is Mr. Vic Armbruster's experience in England that when he goes to make…

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