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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,378 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 69

Fine Melon Crop

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

One of the finest melon crops yet seen on the Bellinger was harvested this season by Mr H. L. Atkins, of Gordonville, who…

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Junior Farmers S. Q'land Tour Outstanding Success

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

The fourth educational tour of junior farmers arranged by the North Coast District Council was an outstanding success, both from an educational and social standpoint, and should be of great benefit to the 60 boys…

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Casino Support Single Farms for Servicemen

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

CA[?] Thursday. — Casino Chamber of Commerce tonight reaffirmed its support of the principle of allowing returned members…

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Machines May Eliminate Small Farms

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Increased mechanisation methods plus a decrease in manpower will probably tend to do away with…

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American Tour for N.s.wales Farmer

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

The Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales, in co-operation with the Rural Banr. of N.S.W. and Station 2GZ, has sponsored an…

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Indian Protest on Wheat Cut

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

LUCKNOW, Sunday: Fifty thousand people held a hunger march in the main streets and a demonstration in front of the…

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Wheat Needed to Alleviate Europe Famine

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday: —The State Department, in a broadcast, urged Americans to co-operate in speeding wheat…

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Artificial Breeding of Cattle

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Victorian Department of Agriculture is making a large-scale test to show the commercial…

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Road Safety Council Doubts About "Butter Box Derby"

Northern Star · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 4

Before committing itself to support, or otherwise, the proposed "Butter Box Derby" to be conducted by the Apex Club on April 6, Lismore branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. has decided to await further…

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Bug Damages Potato Crops

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 2

Rutherglen bug and potato moth are doing much damage to potato crops on the Central Tablelands, the bug having reached plague…

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Loans for Returned Servicemen Farmers

Northern Star · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—As from to-day returned servicemen farmers who wish to re-establish themselves on the land can make direct application to the Rural Bank for financial aid from the Commonwealth…

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£10,313 Deferred Pay by Casino Dairy Society

Northern Star · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—Directors of Casino Co-op. Dairy Society have decided, as a result of trading for the half-year which ended on…

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Deferred Butter Pat of £10,313

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 9

Directors of the Casino Co-op. Dairy Society have decided, as a result trading for the half-year ended December 31. to recommend the…

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More Wheat Urged by Minister

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Wheat growers throughout Australia will be asked to extend their acreage in the coming season to ensure…

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Wheat and Flour for Overseas

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: After an exchange of cables between the Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) and…

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No Wheat for U.s. Beer

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday: President Truman has ordered the discontinuance of wheat in the production of alcohol and…

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Neighbours Plant Farmer's Crops

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5

While Mr. H. Armstrong, of McKee's Hill, was convalescing after a recent operation, and unable to…

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Australian Farmer's Tour To United States

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 8

"The panel of adjudicators appointed to select a progressive farmer in New South Wales for a tour of the rural districts of the U.S.A. is faced…

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Farm Mechanisation Scheme Ends June 30 Served Useful Purpose

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 4

After serving a very useful purpose during the war years in contributing to food production when labour was not too plentiful, the farm mechanisation scheme in operation on the Richmond will soon be…

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Dairymen to Strike

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has decided to hold a milk strike until the Government's decision of the…

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