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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Mallanganee Farmer Dies in Hospital Casino

Northern Star · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 8

William John Strain (40), farmer, of Mallanganee, who was admitted to a private hospital at Casino yesterday in a serious condition, died early…

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Business Steady Dairy Produce Section SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

An advance of a penny a dozen to Is 5d was made in the price of rail and river eggs in the Sussex-street markets to-day. Stocks of…

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Old Men Manage British Farms (From a Special Correspondent). LONDON, January 7 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 13

There are about 250,000 farmers in Britain—approximately the same number as there were 60 years ago. But in the same period the number of…

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English Farm Is Organised Like Game of Chess (From a Correspondent) OXFORD (Eng.) (By Mail)

Northern Star · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

As farmer after farmer stood up in the New Playhouse at Oxford and confessed to making a profit, it began to feel more like a meeting of the Group Movement than the second day of the Oxford Farming Conference…

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Kyogle Cattle Sale

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

Alcorn and Marwick report having held their fortnightly cattle sale on Wednesday when they yarded 190 head. The market was very firm for all classes, with…

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Casino Cattle Sales

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

There was a yarding or between 250 an 300 head at to-day's sale at Casino, the selling agents being C. H. Anderson, W. S. Alexander and Co., P. A. Watterson and…

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London Butter Market Quiet Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 6

The general trade in the London market is very quiet, with only a few big buyers operating spasmodically, stated the weekly…

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Now Won Over to the Australian Butter

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 7

The following extracts from a letter to a Tweed resident from Miss Chichester, of "Arlington Court." near Barnstaple, Devonshire (England…

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Foley Bros.' Market Report 25th January, 1939. BUTTER

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 14

In New South Wales demand is back to normal. Production will increase to some extent after the rains. In Britain the market has steadied down…

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Condong Range Branch P.p.u. Annual Meeting Finance for Tenant Farmers

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

That endeavors should repeatedly be 'made to impress upon financial institutions the necessity for making money available to…

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Hams Reduced Dairy Produce Section SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

All brands of hams were available at reduced prices in Sussex-street to-day. ordinary lines were a penny cheaper, while special brands eased twopence a 1b…

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Shirley Crows Up a Little In Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm"

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

No less than four times has the story "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" appeared on the screen. No other novel has had this…

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London Butter Market

Tweed Daily · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday:—The butter market continues quiet after heavy purchases. The market for cheese is inactive…

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Feed Wheat To Pigs During Maize Shortage

Northern Star · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 10

"To those North Coast farmers who have pigs on hand and owing to the recent dry spell are now short of feed, the question as to…

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Increasing Dairy Production How Farmer Improved Average Yield

Northern Star · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 9

The practical advantages to be derived from the building up of purebred dairy herds are gradually being recognised by farmers throughout the…

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Australian Wheat for Vladivostok

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday:—A sudden demand by Russia for Australian wheat, following good sales to the United Kingdom, has resulted in…

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Marketing Butter Co-Operation With N.Z. P.d.'s Chief's View

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

Co-operation with New Zealand on the London butter market would produce a rich reward for both Australia and New Zealand…

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Record Dairy Cheque for Queensland

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

Queensland's dairy cheque for the first half of the 1938-39 season is estimated at about £4,500,000, a record return for the…

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Self-Feeders For Pigs Enable Farmer To Save Labour

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

By the introduction of the self-feeder a very considerable saving in labour can be effected in the feeding of pigs…

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Increasing Dairy Output Use of Quality Stock

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

The advantages of building up pure-bred dairy herds are gradually being recognised by farmers throughout the Commonwealth…

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