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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Tamworth Man On Dairy Produce Control C'tte[?]

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced to-day that the appointment of Sir Clive McPherson…

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Cattle T[?]ck Eradication Full Power Under Act to Dip Clean Cattle

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 7

Some stockowners may have been misled into believing that the present Act—the Stock Diseases Act, 1923-34—has not the power to…

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U.s. Conserving Wool

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Wednesday:--A wool conservation programme under which manufacturers are allotted for the first quarter of 1942 80 per cent…

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Norco Butter Pay 12½d. Per Lb

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

The December butter pay to suppliers of Norco Co-operative Ltd. will be at the rate of 12½d. per lb. The rate for both October and…

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V.c. Stalked on Farm

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

ROTORUA, N.Z. -- A caw that refused to go to the milking-shed was the indirect cause of the death of 33 Germans in Crete…

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Farm Labour

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 6

CASINO. Thursday.—The presiaent of Tomki Shire Council (Cr. J. J. Watson) has been notified by the Manpower Officer. Lt. Col…

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Casino Butter Pay

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—December pay has been fixed, by Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. on a basis of 12¼ d per lb. compared with 1/1 in…

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Storage and Damage Dairying Industry's Problems

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday:-- Storage and the possibility of war damage are the main problems of the dairying industry at the moment,…

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Dairy Production Declining

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Dry weather continues in New South Wales, where production is showing a pronounced decline and the…

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Butter Pays

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

The December butter pay has been fixed by Casiro Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. on a basis of 12¼d. per lb. compared with 11 in November and 11½…

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Casino Butter Pay

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

December pay has been fixed by Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. on a basis of 12½d per lb. compared with 1/1 in November…

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Cheese Made From Sheep's Milk

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

Czechoslovak refugees are helping Britain to get cheese from sheep's milk. They have had the experience of ewe-milking in…

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Don't Use Cloths for Dairy Utensils

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

Cloths should never be used for washing dairy utensils--a clean scrubbing brush should be employed, the brush being…

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When to Cut Crops for Silage

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

To produce good silage for dairy cows the crop should be cut when it contains the maximum food nutrients and is in the best condition for…

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Butter Report

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 4

Messrs. Prescott Ltd. reporting under date January 3, state: -- New South Wales. --The weather continues exceedingly dry, and rain is…

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More Prosperous Than Ever U.s. Wheat Farmers

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday: The Journal of Commerce to-day says the inference to be drawn from statistics and the amount of wheat under…

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Butter Gradings

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Since March 1, 1941, 92.5 per cent, of butter graded by the State butter graders has been found to be of…

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Not Cattle Tick On Wallaby, Snake, Iguana

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

Ticks recently found on a wallaby, a green snake and an iguana have now been identified by tne entomologist of the Department of…

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Farmer Unity in Soil Saving in California

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

Without ostentation, California farmers are carrying on a large-scale voluntary programme of organised soil conservation which…

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Butter Grarding

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

The chief division of Dairying Department of Agriculture, Sydney, advises that of the butter graded by State butter graders since the first of…

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