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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Aust. Survey of N.Z. Dairy Industry Methods

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 6

The delegation selected by the Australian Dairy Produce Board to visit New Zealand to make a survey of dairying conditions and the operations of the N.Z. Dairy Board, have expressed the view that the most…

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To Discuss Allocation of Wheat Supplies

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: The Food Minister (Sir Ben Smith) will fly to Washington this week-end to discuss the allocation of…

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English Farm Life

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 5

English farm life has for centuries played an important part in the life of Rural England. Picture shows a typical farm…

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Outstanding Farmer Quest

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 5

Three of the finalists in the Progressive Farmer Competition which is being conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. are…

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Films for Education of Farmers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 2

Describing the screening of films in relation, to the Junior Farmer movement, the president of Mullumbimby Junior Farmers'…

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U.s. College Girls Work on Farms

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 1

At first, farmers of Tivoli, in the Eastern U.S. State of New York, were doubtful about hiring college girls to help them gather their strawberry crop. But they soon discovered that the students were hard and enthusiastic workers, who…

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Dairying Industry Unknown In Central China

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 7

"Butter and cheese are practically unknown in the interior of China," said Professor L. Chou, Director of the Chinese Ministry for Information, who returned recently from Chungking. "In fact, 90 per cent, of the…

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Market for Dairy Goods in India

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Given favourable economic and political conditions, prospects for exporting dairy produce to India were…

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Casino Butter Pay

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—Casino Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. fixed the price of cream supplies for February at 1s 63-8d per lb…

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High Prices For Beef Cattle

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

CASINO, Wednesday.—As indicating the reduced prices breakers of beef and other cattle in the northern river districts have to…

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Local and General Casino Butter Pay

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 2

Casino Dairy Co-op. Society yesterday fixed the price of cream supplies for February at 1/6d per lb. For the…

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Wiangaree Case For Retention Of Butter Factory

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

Cost of butter production given as 1.75d per lb. at Kyogle against 1.85d per lb. at Wiangaree was not a clear representation of the facts,…

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Road Safety Council Dissociated From "Butter Box" Derby

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 6

Lismore Branch of the Road Safety Council refuses to associate itself with the "Butter Box" Derby, to be conducted by Apex Club, and considers no useful purpose would be served by the appointment of a…

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Sugar Crop Not Destroyed

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Damage to the sugar cane crops by the North Queensland cyclone and floods is not sufficiently serious to…

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Progressive Farmer Competition

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 6

Why are progressive farmers musical'? This is a question which is intriguing the judges of the Progressive Farmer…

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Drivers for Butter Box "Derby"

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 6

Thirty-three firms have signified their intention to participate in the Apex Club's "Butter-Box" Derby on Saturday, April 6…

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Junior Farmer on M'bimby Show Committee

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

A letter from the secretary of Mullumbimby Junior Farmers' Advi[?]y Committee (Mr W. Foley) requesting that two…

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Tweed Sugar Crop and Rehabilitation (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 5

Sir: We noticed in a recent edition 01 your paper under a heading as have a reference to the fine Tweed district and the…

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Junior Farmer Eected to Show Committee

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 7

MULLUMBIMBY, Friday—a letter from the Secretary of the Mullumbimby Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee (Mr. W. Foley)…

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Treatment of Blight in Cattle

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

The secretary of the Tweed-Richmond branch of the Australian Jersey Herd Society (Mr H. J. Bower) is in receipt of a…

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