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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Improved Conditions London Butter Market

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: — Improved conditions in the London butter market were indicated in the Australian Dairy Board's…

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Record Butter-fat Claim Argentine Cow

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

What is claimed in Argentina to be a world's record for butter fat production for cows of any breed with two daily milkings,…

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New Disease in Cattle Ephemeral Fever

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

An unaccountable outbreak of ephemeral fever, or "three day" sickness of cattle, a stock disease new to Australia, is beginning to infect coastal dairy herds…

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Sydney Wool Sales Japanese Buyers Operate SYDNEY, Monday.NTRV Wftnrtfl.v

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 7

With Japanese buyers operating in Sydney for the first time since July, values at the wool sales to-day showed an advance up to 15 per…

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December Butter Pay Price Affected By Weak Overseas Market Suppliers Will Receive 10¼d a Pound

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

Suppliers to North Coast Butter Factories during December will receive 10¼d a pound for their product. This price was fixed at a meeting of the North Coast Butter Factories Association held in Lismore…

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Of Spain's Wool Values Advance 10 to 15 Per Cent Japanese Buyers Active

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday:—Values for average ordinary fleece wool and for skirting suitable for Japan were 10 per cent. and…

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Dairy Pastures' Improvment Reports for District

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 7

Statements that an improvement should take place in the growth of pastures on the North Coast as a result of the recent…

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Sowing by Air in Russia Scientific Farming Methods

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 7

Figures recently released by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics discloses the astonishing fact that aircraft are used very extensively in Russia for sowing crops and for the elimination of insect pests. By the' use of aircraft in the last few…

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The Farmer's Column News and Notes for the Man on the Land Breed, Feed Weed

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 6

The three fundamentals that make fort profitable dairying are better herds, better pastures, and better feeding methods, points out a…

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Canadian Wheat Board's Loss WINNIPEG

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 3

The Wheat Board reveals a loss of 11,000,000 dollars on its 1935 operations through the guaranteed price holdings being reduced from 342,000,000 on…

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Out with the Sheep at 86 At One Time He Suffered from Rheumatism

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 4

Going out with the sheep, miles from home, this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many thousands of others,…

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Grave Drought Problem in Canada Normal Crops Reduced 30 Per Cent

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

It will surprise Britishers elsewhere to learn that the temperature on the Canadian Prairie ranges from 50 below zero to 105…

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No Relaxation of Restrictions Queensland Cattle Entering Victoria

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday:--The Victorian Government has refused the request by the Queensland Department of Agriculture for relaxation of the…

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Record Prices Wool Sales at Geelong and Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:-- Five Australian records were established at the opening of the Geelong wool sales to-day when,…

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Farmers' Returns

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

AUSTRALIA is selling 39 per cent. of the butter she is at present producing in England at 96s a cwt. The remaining…

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London Butter Market

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday: -- The Australian Dairy Produce Board advised to-day that the London butter market on Wednesday was firm, with…

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Cattle Sale Most Classes Dear

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

Alcorn and Smith report that at their usual cattle sale on Wednesday, 160 head were yarded and sold. The market was dear for all classes…

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Mysterious Cattle Disease. Insect the Cause?

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

Hundreds of insects of different kinds collected in Queensland North Coast dairying, districts are being used in experiments at the Yeerongpilly Animal…

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Commercial News. Monster Cattle Sale at Coraki

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

A combination of vendors, auctioneers and local interests has decided on making Coraki one of the big Stock-selling centres of the…

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Record Wool Price SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9

The Australian record price of the season, 35½d, was paid for merino wool by France at Sydney wool sales to-day. The previous record was established at…

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