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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Drought Problems in Canada Crops Fall 30 Per Cent

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 8

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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Farms Reclaimed From Sea

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

The disastrous earthquake of 1931 presented Napier (New Zealand) with an additional 8000 acres of land, which rose out of the sea during…

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Money, Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

MARKET movements since the currency agreement of last September indicate that the rise in commodity prices has…

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Casino Butter Output CASINO

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

The Casino butter pay figures issued to-day showed that the manufacture last month was 222,564 lbs., the rate of pay 10¼d, and the total…

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Casino Cattle Sale Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Anderson and Messrs. Robert Gordon and Son report a yarding of over 300 head of cattle to-day. Practically all were sold. The market for sp[?]nngers was…

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Drop in London Butter Sales Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 9

INFLUENZA, which is affecting probably 10 per cent, of the population of England, is curtailing the sale of butter from Australia,…

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London Butter Market Consumption Curtailed by Influnenza Outbreak

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday: -- The following cable was received from the London Agency of the Dairy Produce Export Board:--…

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German Sheep Flocks Growing Result of Government Aid

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 2

BERLIN, Thursday:--Statistics issued by the Bremen Chamber of Trade reveal that Government subventions have resulted in a 500,000…

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Australia's Wheat Smaller Harvest Increased Acreage Revealed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday:-- Australia's wheat harvest for the current financial year was estimated at 134,182,000 bushels by the…

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Dr. Page's Promise to Wool Growers Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 9

RESEARCH into and publicity for the wool industry must be continuous, said the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) to-day when…

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Norco to Protest to Minister Exclusion of Nominee N.S.W. Dairy Products Board

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

A protest is to be lodged by Norco Co-op. Ltd. against the exclusion of the Norco nominee, Mr. W. J. Broadhead (General…

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Referendum Vital to Dairying Interests Norco Helps Campaign No Representation On Dairy Board Protest to Minister Byron Bay

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

THE board of directors of Norco Co-operative Ltd. decided to-day to make £1000 available for the "Yes" campaign in the marketing referendum to be held on March 6. The opinion…

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Successful Junior Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

Two members of the South Kyogle Junior Farmers' Club, Pat and Vincent Nicholls, recently received a letter of commendation from the Director of Education (Mr. Ross Thomas) for the splendid collections of grasses and clovers which gained for them first prizes at the last North Coast National…

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Mixed Farming Method Buckendoon Success Profitable Side-lines

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 13

MILLET, maize and potato growing and breeding pigs have proved profitable side lines on Mr. W. B. McDermott's farm at Buckendoon. This year's millet was of even quality, 10 feet in height with a…

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London Market Dairy Products LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

London market quotations were:—Sugar 6s 3¼d; butter, Danish 110s, choicest salted New Zealand and Australian 96s, unsalted New Zealand 98s,…

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Cattle Truckings

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

A large mob of cattle was brought to Rappville by road from the Coraki district for dipping at the Rappville yards prior to being trucked for the…

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London Butter Market Fluctuations Likely to Continue

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday:--The butter market appears subject to speculative manipulation and has fluctuated considerably during the…

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" Australian Butter Almost Unprocurable in Britain" BRISBANE, Sunday

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 6

"Australian butter is almost unprocurable in Great Britain," said the Mayor of Dalby (Aid. T. Jack) at the week-end, following his…

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Butter and Eggs London Market Conditions LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 6

Butter appeals to be the subject of speculative manipulation and has fluctuated considerably during the past week. The general view is that…

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Queensland Butter Production

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

In 1926 the production of butter in Western-Australia was 1,709½ tons and last year it had grown to 5,941 tons. The imports in 1926…

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