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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,226 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 62

Jan. Butter Production Was High

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 5

The production of butter this year on the Richmond has been extraordinarily high. This is indicated by the fact that one large district…

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Big Drop in Butter Production

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 6

Although butter producton showed a slight upward trend over the October-November-December period, the total production for the…

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Butter Pay 'Most Equitable System in the Industry'

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 6

A communication from the Federal Minister for Commerce (Mr W. J. Scully), in reply to a resolution asking that Norco should…

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'Butter Position Getting Worse Each Month' Says Findon Ck. P.P.U. SECRETARY

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 1

Messrs. J. T. Pratt and C. Hogan have established what must surely he a record in the annals of local P.P.U. activities, for, at the animal meeting of the Findon Creek branch, they were re-elected president and secretary for the 21st and 24th consecutive term…

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Jap. Millet Valuable As Fodder Crop

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 6

Japanese millet is valuable as a quick catch crop. Favoured on the Richmond River, it is one of the most useful summer crops. It is often…

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Casino Farm Mechanisation Scheme

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Mr. W. Sullivan, Chairman of Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd., stated to-day that some of the farm machinery…

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Early Start with Farm Mechanisation Units

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

Local committees have now been appointed at Lismore, Coraki, and Kyogle to manage and supervise the operations of the agricultural…

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Low Sheep Killings Due To Absenteeism

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—For the third successive day this week the number of slaughtermen a; Homebush abattoirs was not sufficient…

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Aid For Dairy Farmers Urged

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesdry.—Difficulty would be experienced in holding the dairying industry to its present dimensions, said the…

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Lag in Dairying Output

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: At a meeting to be held on Friday, members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, which set…

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Production Short of Dairy Target

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— At a meeting on Friday members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, which set the orimary…

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Dairying "Greater the Production the Lower the Feeding Cost Per Gallon"

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 8

In order to obtain the greatest returns from dairy cattle it is necessary to recognise (1) that the greater the amount of milk produced the…

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Dairying Water and Milk Production U.s.a. Experiments

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 5

Dairymen who expect cows in heavy production to work at their best without plenty of water of the right temperature are likely to be…

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Gundurimba Shire Farmers Petition for Relief From Flood Damage

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

Petitions from a number of ratepayers whose properties were considerably damaged and rendered, more or less, unproductive by the recent flooding in the area, were submitted at yesterday's meeting of…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore Friday, February 11, 1944. Manpower For Dairying

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

IT is not difficult to appraciate the wisdom of Mr. Curtin's warning that so far as the manpower problem generally is…

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Butter Price Inquiry Soon

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 4

[?] of Norco Co-op. Ltd. at its meeting yesterday was advised that a meeting…

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Application for Increased Butter Prices

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 2

The board of directors of Norco Co-op Ltd at its meeting yesterday was advised that a meeting between the Prices Commissioner…

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Butter Box Timber Used for Matches

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 4

"That we protest against the use ot pine from Kyogle district for the purpose of its manufature into matches, and consider that any…

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Butter Ration May Be Reduced

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sunday.—The dairying industry is causing concern to the Federal and State authorities and the Australian Agricultural…

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Two Fined at Woodburn for Cattle Theft

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

At Woodubrn Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Archibald Roland Giggins (48), Mervyn Stanley Giggins (29),…

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