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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Australian Wheat for South Africa

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

CAPE TOWN, Wednesday:—The control board has issued permits for the importation of half a million bags of Australian wheat which is expected…

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17,000 Cattle Sold in One Deal

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday:—A record Queensland sale of cattle was completed in Brisbane when the whole herd of Hillgrove station. Charters…

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'Protecting Public' Prohibition Of Butter Gifts SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7

Commenting to-day on the decision to prevent the export of butter in gift parcels sent from people in Australia to friends and…

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The War; Day By Day Wheat Yield

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 8

The Australian Wheat Crop for 193940 season is expected to approximate 204,000,000 bushels. In 193233 the crop reached the record figure of…

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Unusual Case Is Shearing Another Man's Sheep "Using" Them?

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 8

Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M., decided so at Orange last week, when he sentenced George Aubrey Fardell to six months for using seven ewes without the permission…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 11

The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal, March 2, 1940…

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150 Head Dairy Stock Purchased on N. Coast

Northern Star · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

One hundred and fifty head of registered, pure-bred A.I.S. stock were purchased in the Richmond River district this week by Mr. B…

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Year of Progress Junior Farmers' Clubs Practical Value

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

SYDNEY: No educational movement of recent year has made greater progress throughout New South Wales than that…

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Improvement of Coastal Pastures Great Value To Dairymen Grassland Contests

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

Property owners in the coastal regions who intend to take part in the grassland improvement competitions to be conducted by the…

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Dairy Act to Be More Moderately Administered Is Order

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

The provisions of the Dairy Supervision Act are not to be enforced with the rigidity of the past in regard to the conditions of dairy buildings and premises. This policy is laid down by the…

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"Bluey," the Faithful Cattle Dog

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 11

There are few dogs as intelligent as "Bluey," a magnificent blue cattle dog which haunts the gardens and out-patients' department…

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Butter Factories Determine Pays Individually Norco 12½d

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4

LISMORE, Friday:— The North Coast butter factories will in future fix their own payments…

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Wool Price Basis Revealed London

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 8

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply (Mr. Llewellin) replying in the House of Commons to a series of questions, said that…

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"Protecting Australian Reputation" Ban on Export of Butter Parcels

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday:—The Minister for Customs (Mr. Lawson) said to-day that the Government's decision to prohibit the export of…

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Divergence of Opinion on Butter Price Mur-bah Branch of P.p.u. Meets

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4

Reference to the divergence of opinion existing regarding the equitableness or otherwise of the price paid to Australian producers by…

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Leave for French Soldier Farmers

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday:—Leave is to granted in the French Army to men between the ages of 40 and 45 for two months in order that they may…

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Dairy Conditions on North Coast Instructors' Reports to Department

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4

Mr. A. L. Astbury, Senior Dairy Instructor in charge of the Dairy Branch District, Tweed to Bangalow, with headquarters at Byron Bay, in…

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Casino Butter Pay CASINO

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 6

The Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. yesterday fixed its January butter pay at 12[?]d per lb…

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Story of Australian Wheat Culture

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 6

When the first settlers established themselves along the east coast of Australia, around Sydney, one hundred and fifty-two…

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Dairying Prospects in Review Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 12

Production and quality were falling away in Queensland due to the heat wave, storms and rain received in portion of the Darling…

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