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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Wheat Scheme May Be Abandoned

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—Unless some alternative plan, acceptable to South Australian growers can be found, the Federal Government's wheat…

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Lismore Butter Output Rises Value of Paspalum

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 7

All butter factories in the Lismore district report a definite rise in output in the last few days, states the Senior Dairy Instructor…

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Sir Earle Page Shows Pressmen Farm Irrigation

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: The Press tour on farmland irrigation possibilities being conducted by Sir Earle Page M.H.R., began today…

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Junior Farmer Girls Home To-day

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

A party of 30 girl Junior Farmers from the Far North Coast, who are on an educational tour embracing the New England districts,…

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The Butter Price Agitation

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 6

Sir.—It has often occurred to me that many people are projtie to adduce all the argument it is possible to conceive in support of whatever…

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Production of Wheat Drops

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 6

CANBERRA, Monday.— The estimated Australian wheat production for the 1946-7 season will be nearly 25 million bushels below the 1945-6…

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Butter Output Rise in Mid-richmond

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 4

CORAKI, Monday.—Exceptional growth of pastures in the past week has already resulted in a big increase in butter production on…

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Big Money From Wool

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday: The Wool Selling Brokers' Association announced today that 50,714 bales were sold at the wool sales from…

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Big Wheat Price Slump Expected

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: A big Slump in whear [?] is antistpated in less than two [?] time. A Depression [?] even…

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Poor Cane Crop Expected In Queensland

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: While the weekend rains in the north would give plant cane a reasonable piCk tip, they had come too…

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ON and Off The. Farm N.Z Experiments In Heredity And Production

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 6

In New Zealand and Norway experiments with animal twins have been started on principles long applied by Professor Gert Bonnier and his assistants at the Cattle Breeding Institute at Wiad, not far from Stockholm, a recent Swedish newspaper report states…

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Value of Herd Recording Dairymen May Join Now

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 7

Although the official herd recording year begins in October dairymen may join the scheme at any time…

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Junior Farmers' Tour Ends

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 4

The party of 30 girl Junior Farmers who have been on a seven-day educational tour which extended as far as Sydney, returned yesterday…

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Rain Too Late to Save Cane Crop

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday. — While week-end rains in the north will give plant cane a reasonable pickup, they have come too late to…

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North Coast News Butter Output Rise

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Exceptional growth of pastures in the past week has already resulted in a big increase in butter production on many farms at…

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Value of DDT In Combating Cattle Tick

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The desirability of giving more prominence to the value of DDT was stressed at a meeting of…

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For the Man on the Land Butter-Fat Depends On Roughage Proved By Experiment

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 7

ALTHOUGH cattle can be fed entirely on concentrates, without any roughage, they usually do not thrive under these conditions; their appetites are capricious, rumination is suppressed and milk…

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Suva Man Sees Ancient Farm Methods

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Mr N. Sands, a member of the Agriculture Department in Suva, who was guest speaker at Murwillumbah Rotary Club's dinner…

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Junior Farmsrs' Farewell for Secretary

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 7

The Nimbin Junior Farmer's Club farewelled Mr. Hanna (Secretary of the Advisory Committee) who has been transferred from Nimbin School…

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Uniform Dairy Legislation

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Australian Agricultural Council to-day adopted the report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture…

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