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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Commercial Cattle Sale at Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 8

Ern. Smith reports having yarded and sold 127 head of cattle at his sale on Wednesday. It was the first sale of the year and the market…

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Butter From Coal in Germany Now

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 7

LONDON: Butter made out of is the latest triumph of Germany substitute drive. [?]butter takes alright, but is…

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London Butter Will Be 17 a Lb

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 6

LONDON: The regulations enforcing rationing on Monday next, maintain the retail price of butter at 19d a lb…

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Butter "Pay" Up New Scheme In Operation

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

December "pay" for suppliers to North Coast factories was fixed this week at 1- a…

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Unshrinkable Wool Scientists Test New Process

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 7

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will shortly publish a full account of a new and relatively simple process for rendering wool…

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The Farmer's Column Dairying Choicest Cream "Don't" For Dairymen

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 6

The following advice was given to a gathering of dairy farmers by the manager of a North Coast factory some years ago and it is still sound--…

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Nerang Prison Farm Proposal

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday:—The reservation of several hundred acres of land at Upper Nerang, as a prison farm, will be recommended to the…

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Casino Cattle Sale CASINO

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 5

There was a yarding of about 250 head at to-day's sale at Casino. The market was firm for all classes with good quality springing heifers and cows in keen…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 12

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

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Elect Representatives

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 4

The period for which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy Produce Board were elected will expire on April 30. The…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Election of Representatives

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 8

The period or which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy Produce Board were elected will expire on April 30, 1940. The…

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Seasonal Conditions Reviewed State Dairying Industry

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 4

Mr. A. L. Astbury, Senior Dairy Instructor, in charge of the Dairy Eranch District, Tweed to Bansralow with Headquarters, Byron Bay, in his…

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Nerang Farm for Long-term Prisoners

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 4

BRISBANE. Friday:— The Numinbah Prison Farm, which the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Hanlon) proposes to establish on the Upper…

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Brunswick Dairy Stock Shows Decrease Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

There was a decrease of 896 In the number of dairy stock In the Mullumbimby police district compared with 1938, according to the census…

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Special Farm Course Making Prisoners Fit for Hard Work BRISBANE

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 5

A novel system to fit long-term prisoners for work on their release from gaol is to be introduced in Brisbane…

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Farmer Killed in Car Smash GRENFELL

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 5

J. H. Parker, a Grenfell farmer, was killed when the car in which he was travelling crashed into a tree about 18 miles from Grenfell on the…

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London Letter Allied Victories on Trade Front Farm Troubles in Germany (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, December 15 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 11

Traders abroad who complain that British methods are slow" may have to revise their opinion in view. of the new energy injected by the war. In countries all over the world scattered, dumps of essential goods testify to the alertness of business men…

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Dairy Production Declining

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 6

Unfavourable weather conditions have lessened the chances of North Coast dairymen establishing production records this…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 11

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

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Dairy Produce Board Coming Elections

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

The period for which the representatives at present on the Australian Produce Board were elected will expire on…

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