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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Butter Pay Unaltered

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 4

LISMORE, Friday: Suppliers to the North 'Coast factories will receive 10 34d a lb. for choicest butter supplied during December…

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World's Largest Butter Importer

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 6

Since the beginning of the century world trade in butter has shown a rapid and continuous expansion, but in 1936 there was a slight recession,…

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10 34d for Butter Dec. Supplies

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 6

SUPPLIERS to North coast factories will receive 1034d a lb. for choicest butter supplied during December…

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Aust. Butter Meets Good Demand Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 7

The Australian Dairy Produce Board stated to-day that extremely hot and humid weather was prevailing in N.S.W., but production was being…

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Open Column. Butter Selling (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 9

Sir,--A few facts about the butter prices: London retail prices for Empire are 1s 5s 1b., Danish 1s 7d, English farm butter 1s 7d to 1s 10d The…

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Foley Bros.' Market Report Butter December 30th, 37

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 4

Demand quiet after Christmas. Production continues heavy on the Coast but falling inland. In Britain the market continues quiet; will…

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2496 Tons of Butter Casino Dairy Society CASINO

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 6

During the past 12 months the Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. manufactured 2496 tons of butter. The December output was 81¾ tons…

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World's Wheat And Trade Outlook

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The value of wheat statistics is always a guide to grain traders and flour millers, but under existing world conditions they must be…

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Many Fluctuations In Butter Pays Since 1904

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 6

Standardising the pays, the Factories' Association was formed in 1922, each factory having fixed its own pay in previous years. However, figures given for the years preceding the formation of the association can be taken as…

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Racing At Warwick Farm 'Sharpshooter's' Review

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

Form once again was astray at Randwick on Saturday and the improved showings of some runners were surprising. However,…

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Effect of Quality on Consumption Review By Dairying Director

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

Despite recent handicaps, the production of milk for December is more than double that of the corresponding month last year. The prospects for January, February, and March are excellent, provided there is no return of ephemeral fever (three days' sickness). Many factories to-day have record outputs…

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Kinsfolk Should Win at W. Farm

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 8

Warwick Farm's seven-event programme should attract a big attendance this afternoon for the fields are large and…

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Farmer Injured Horse and Car in Collision

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 9

When a motor car and a horse were involved in a collision near the railway viaduct crossing, Union-street, South Lismore, about 10.40 a.m. on Saturday,…

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Troops Have Preference Over Crops Low Compensation London, December 18 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 10

THE news that the British War Office is buying 16,000 acres of land in East Kent for a vast new Army training…

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Poisonous Grass Dairy Cows Eat and Die MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 7

Mr. W. A. Coulston, dairyman, of Glencroft, about five miles from Wodonga, who has a large farm on the Kiewa River, lost 15 of his herd after…

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Butter Pay 1034d

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

The butter pay for North Coast factories for December has been struck at 1034d per lb., a similar rate to that of the…

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Butter Price on Cost of Production

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

Discussing the price of butter in Australia in view of advocacy of an immediate increase, in sympathy with the high London value, Mr. W. Noakes…

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The Forum the Butter Industry (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

Sir,--In yours of even date I view with interest the report of the meeting held by the Mullumbimby branch of tire P.P. Union in reference to the…

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Butter Scarcity in South Africa Pretoria (By Mail), (B.U.P.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

The export of butter to England is considered to be one of the reasons for the serious butter shortage which is now being experienced through South…

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Popular Butter Is O.K. Recognised Expert On Australia's Mild Flavoured Product

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 10

At the recent annual conference of the South Australian Butter and Cheese Managers and Secretaries' Association the following paper was read by the vice-president (Mr. A. V. Neilson) on behalf of the author, Mr, Sutherland Thomson, who expressed the hope that his effort would serve to illustrate the progress made by countries competing in the…

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