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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Poultry Farmers Want Government Help SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 6

Poultry farmers were left in a desperate plight by the loss of up to 50 per cent. of their stock and much property during the recent heatwave…

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Casino Cattle Sales CASINO

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

There was a yarding of about 300 cattle at to-day's sale at Casino, selling agents being Messrs. P. A. Watterson and Co. Pty., Ltd., Cecil H. Anderson, W. S. Alexander…

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Foley Bros.' Market Report Butter January 18

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 13

Demand steady locally, but production will continue to decline heavily unless good rains are received. In Britain the market has…

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Butter Shipments Further Reduced 1250 Tons to Britain Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

COMMENCING from Monday, January. 30, shipments of Australian butter to the United Kingdom will be reduced to 1250 tons. Production was still declining in most parts of Australia, the…

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Ridiculous, Says Wool Official Suggestion That Germany Controls S.A. Market

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

CAPE TOWN, Thursday:—In a letter in the "Cane Times," Mr. Gerard Bekker, president of the Woolgrowers' Association, has…

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Cheese Shortage Dairy Produce Section SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

as a result of the dry weather, a shortage occurred in matured cheese and the price of Kameruka was advanced Id a lb in the Sus[?]x-street markets to-day…

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London Butter Market

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday:—The majority of buyers of butter recently have accumulated stocks. The market has quietened as a result, but an…

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Butter Market in London Quiet London

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 6

The butter market during the week was quiet, owing to the majority of buyers having recently accumulated stocks. Some reselling affected prices,…

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At Taronga Himalayan Goats and Barbary Sheep

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

The Himalayan goats or thars which are seen in the large rocky enclosure at Taronga Park Zoo are found on the slopes of the Himalayan…

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French Wheat and Flour for Loyalists

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 5

PERPIGNAN, Saturday: Twenty-seven waggons of French wheat and flour for the Republicans comprise the first consignment since…

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Fireball at Main Arm Narrowly Misses Cattle MULLUMBIMBY

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 6

A shortlived but fierce storm, accompanied by lightning and thunder, together with light hail in some areas, swept the…

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Junior Farmers on Tour

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

The required number of 36 boys for the tour next week of the Tablelands and north-west, organised by the North Coast Council of Junior…

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Poultry Farm Success

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

Pioneer of the Scottish poultry industry, and known all over the British Isles as the man who dispelled the once popular saying that…

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Cattle Sale at Coraki

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 3

P. A. Watterson Pty. Ltd., Casino, report a full clearance at their Coraki cattle sale, on Saturday. There was a full attendance of district buyers. Quotations:…

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Growing Menace of Butter Substitutes

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 12

In a report to be presented to the annual meeting of the Richmond District Council of the Primary Producers' Union at Lismore,…

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More Exports, But Wool Cheque Lower

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Australia's greasy wool exports in the second half of 1938 exceeded those for the corresponding 1937 period in quantity, but the cheque was lower…

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Butter Substitutes P.p.u. Campaign for Legislation Control Menace

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

A meeting of Kyogle branch of the Primary Producers' Union on Friday night decided to urge the Federal and State…

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Soaking Rain for District Farmers Are Jubilant Crops Improve

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

Practically the whole of the Kyogle district has benefited as a result of steady soaking rain which commenced last…

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Dairy Farmer's Utopia

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 7

According to the latest issue ef the Australian Dairy Review, an alarm clock is being used by a farmer near Inver[?]argill (N.Z.)…

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Franco Exchanging U.s. Relief Wheat for German Arms

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:—Newspapers are giving prominence to reports that General Franco is exchanging American wheat sent to…

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