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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

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Butter Ration Cut in Canada

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

Because of decreased production in winter, the Canadian weekly butter ration has been reduced from 7 ozs. to 6 ozs. This reduction took effect…

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Artificial Insemination Of Cattle Here Soon, Says Agriculture Minister

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

Referring to the Federal Government's announcement that depots for artificial insemination of cattle were being planned, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said the other day that his own department had been engaged in making similar preparations…

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Commercial Farm Produce

Northern Star · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The market for bran and polla[?] was unchanged at £6 per ton. P.D.S. REPORT…

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Drop in Casino Butter Production

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.—Butter manufactured by the Casino Co-op. Dairy Society Ltd. for January, 1945, amounted to 634[?]6521bs. compared…

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The Forum Butter Price Farmers' Aid Sought (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 4

Sir: Please grant me space to appeal to farmers within the Tweed District Council, Primary Producers' Union, to come forward…

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Qld May Adopt Farm Machinery Pool System

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday: Officers of the Department of Agriculture and Stock may be detailed to sell the idea of farm machinery pools…

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Visit by British Farmers

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

The delegation of British farmers visiting Australia arrived in Murwillumbah from Lismore at 1 o'clock on…

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Casino Butter Pay

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

The Casino Co-operative Dairy Society has fixed the pay for January supplies of butter at 15[?]d. lb. This compares with 15[?]d. lb. for the…

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Butter Without Churn

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

A new process of making butter without a churn is expected by experts to gain wide use after the war, it is reported from Calgary,…

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New Butter Pack

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

Military orders for more than £40,000 worth of the new heat-resistant butter pack--"butter concentrated hardened"--have been…

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Coastal Dairy Lands Improvement Value of Farmyard Manure

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 6

Farmyard manure to the value of some £3,250,000 is voided by the cattle of coastal New South Wales every year, but only a very small proportion of it goes to restore some of the fertility of which the land has been…

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War Upsets Balance of British Farming

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: The leader of the British farmers visiting Australia (Mr James Turner), in the course of an…

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Farmers' Plight 'Own Fault'

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

Declaring that the plight in which Australian primary producers found themselves was their own fault, Mr. D. Shaw, of…

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Commercial Farm Produce

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The market for [?]ran and pollard was unchanged at £6 per ton. P.D.S. REPORT…

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800,000 Butter Coupons Stolen

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: During the weekend thieves broke into a cupboard at the offices of the Rationing Commission,…

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Farmyard Manure Wasted on Coast

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 4

Soils, like banking accounts, cannot be maintained indefinitely on debit operations. The steady deterioration of our coastal…

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Red Clover in Coastal Crop Rotations

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 4

More use should be made of red clover in coastal crop rotations, states Mr J. N. Whittet, Chief Agrostologist of the Department…

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Commerical Farm Produce

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The market for bran and pollard was unchanged at £6 per ton. P.D.S. REPORT…

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"Poultry Farmers Will Have to Reduce Flocks"

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"Egg producers will have to cut their poultry flocks 40 per cent because of the wheat feed quota plan," said the…

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