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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Costs Must Support Butter Price Claims

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. — If farmers were going to press for an increased subsidy for butter, because of the high costs of…

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District Men on Dairying Committee

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.— The personnel of the State Dairying Advisory Committee was announced to-day by the Minister for…

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Dairy Produce

Northern Star · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY. Monday.—The rates for dairy produce showed no change at Sussex Street to-day. Marketing Bureau quotations: Butter, 169s 4d; cheese,…

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"Dairymen Will Not Be Bluffed by Govt. Threat"

Northern Star · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — Dairymen would not be bluffed by any threat of the Commonwealth Government, declared the Secretary of the Milk…

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Farm Produce

Northern Star · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — The market for bran and [?]ollard was unchanged at £6 per ton…

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Dairy Plant Of The Future

Northern Star · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 5

What will dairy plant equipment of the future be like? What materials will be used? What changes m design will take place after the…

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Production of Butter May Be Less This Season

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Most farmers believed this season's butter production would be considerably less than last year's although an…

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Committed For Trial On Two Charges Of Cattle Stealing

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

BALLINA, Saturday.—On two charges of cattle stealing, Athol Pholi (26), dairy share farmer, of Lismore Road, Ballina, was committed for trial at Lismore Quarter Sessions on…

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Former Dairy Farm Employees Must Register

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Compulsory registration of all men previously employed on dairy farms, in forestry work,…

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Richmond Farmer Found Dead

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

CASINO. Sunday: Noticing that the cows on the farm of his neighbour. James Arthur Bennett, had not been milked by 11 am…

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Farmer Found Dead in Hut at Theresa Ck

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—Noticing that the cows on the iarm of his neighbour, James "Arthur Bannett, had not been milked by 11 a.m…

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Check on Former Dairying Workers

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A compulsory registration of all men previously employed on dairy farms, forestry work, saw mills, timber…

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Our Letter Box "Dairymen Must Be Satisfied With Butter Price"

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 5

Sir.--In your editorial of January 7, you mention that dairymen must be satisfied with the price being paid for butter…

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For Trial on Cattle Stealing Charges

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

On two charges of cattle stealing, Athol Pholi (26). dairy share farmer, of Lismore Road, Ballina, was committed for trial at…

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Queensland, N.s.w. Butter Pay "Differ Very Little"

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

"Reference has been made to the fact that some Queensland factories' recent monthly pay rates have exceeded 16 a lb.," said the…

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Experienced Dairymen Not Farming Must Register

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Previously intended to apply only to the Sydney, Newcastle, West Maitland,…

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Slogan of Every Dairy Farmer Must Be 'Plough for Victory'

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 7

Speed is the essence of dairying's war-time contract, and feed is the key word in the problem of carrying it out, pointed out Mr Leonard Judd, Chairman of Nowra District War Agricultural Committee, in a recent address to the Mechanised Pool Management…

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Free Pamphlet For Dairy Farmers

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

Since it secretes the milk which is the staple product of the dairy farm, the health of the udder of the cow is of prime importance to…

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Turnips As Food for Dairy Cows

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 5

Farmers in both coastal and tableland districts have found swedes and white (field) turnips a useful fodder for dairy cows. Turnips provide a…

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Farmer Found Dead Shotgun Between Knees

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

Noticing that the cows on the farm of his neighbour, James Arthur Bennett, had not been milked by 11 a.m., Mr G. W. Rose, of…

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