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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Farmers, Carriers At Healed Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 5

The public meeting in the Apollo Hall organised by the Transport Workers' Union and called for the purpose of placing before the farmers the carriers' side of the milk run dispute, was, at times, heated…

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Wheat Agreement Expected Soon

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 6

NEW YORK, Sunday: Observers confidently predicted today the conclusion of the International Wheat Agreement on a basis of the latest offer of the exporting nations…

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Sheep Scarce Buyers But No Sellers

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Graziers in the Clermont district who have suffered from recurrent drought for the past seven years…

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P.P.U. Moves For Loans for Farmers

Northern Star · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Primary Producers' Union agreed to ask the Government to make funds available at a low rate of interest to establish…

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Cattle on Lismore Racecourse (To the Sporting Editor)

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 7

Sir,—After listening to the "Stipe's" lecture to the Secretary last Saturday week at Carlton Park, who really does own Carlton Park?…

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Russia Second to U.s. with Wheat

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday: Russia has harvested 1025million bushels of wheat for the first time sir fee before the war…

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Carrier and Farmer Remanded

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

Carl Frederick Weis, 42. farmer, of Marom Creek, was remanded to March 28 on a charge that on January 4 he caused pigs to be…

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Demonstration Dairy For Tamworth

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 6

A dairy farm at Tamworth has been selected as a further demonstration project under the five-year plan to improve the efficiency of the…

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Good Tobacco Crop Expected

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 6

Curing of tobacco in the Texas and Ashford districts is now in full progress, reports the Division of Plant Industry of the Department…

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"Farmers Should Take Lead from Carriers"

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 7

Sir,—Typical farmer ignorance was illustrated at the carrier-farmer meeting in Lismore. The farmers have not the courage to stand hard…

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Failed to Destroy I Noogoora Burr Farmers Fined

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 6

Two Goolangar farmers were fined yesterday in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions for having failed to destroy noogoora burr…

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Continuous Butter-Making Trial Ends

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 4

After a 15 months' test period the Alpha Laval continuous butter-making plant at the Norco Co-op. Ltd. factory in…

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Butter Prices and Low Production

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 7

Sir,—According to official figures given in the March issue of the ("Australian Dairy Review," the amount of butter imported into the…

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T.B. Tests for Cattle Soon

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Government hoped to proceed soon with T.B. tests for cattle throughout the State to ensure T.B. free…

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End of Wool Hold-Up In Sight

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The storemen and packers' dispute, which has held up wool shipments from New…

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Holiday Plan for Dairymen

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 2

CAIRNS, Wednesday: A proposal that a pool should be formed to provide relief to enable dairy farmers to have…

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Wool Cheque Worth £130M

Northern Star · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Australia's vool cheque for July to Febraury 1948-49 was worth £130,316,950, an ncrease of £35,593,180 over the…

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Butter Prices and Production (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

Sir: According to official figures given in the March issue of the Australian Dairy Review the amount of butter imported into…

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Butter Production Cost Rise Likely In Price Survey

Northern Star · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

An increase in production costs as a result of the 40-hour week coming into the full survey period for the first time is expected to be revealed when the butter cost survey is commenced in the Richmond and…

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Farmer "Twisted Cows' Tails Until They Broke"

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Evidence that a returned soldier in fits of rage had twisted cows' tails until they broke was given in Ballarat Court of Petty Sessions today…

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