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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Butter Sent Where Not Wanted?

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday: Portion of a 1000-ton allocation of Australian butter to Canada already had been dispatched, the…

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Some Butter Sent Already to Canada

Northern Star · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—Portion of the 100 ton allocation of Australian butter to Canada had already been dispatched, the Minister for…

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Import Facilities Lacking for Farm Machinery

Northern Star · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 6

BRISBANE, Friday—"Rarely have I heard such utter nonsense as the Commonwealth Government's assurance to the Australian Agricultural Council that, despite the dollar exchange position, new machines…

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Drop in Wool Price?

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 3

Compared with the Brisbane January rates, wool prices at the sales to open tomorrow are expected to…

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Austn. Wool Price Too High?

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Sunday: Max Giulian Mazzetti, Sydney representative for the French firm of Segard Ltd, said that Australians…

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Exchange Limits U.s. Wool Buys?

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 1

BOSTON, Sunday: Fixed dollar-sterling relation continues to place the United States at a competitive…

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Norco Butter Pay

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

The rate of pay for March supplies of cream to Norco Co-op. Ltd. will be 21¼ per lb. of butter--the same as for February. In…

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Show Society [?] Two-Day Cattle Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 6

A motion to restrict the cattle section of the Kyogle P. A. and H. Society's Show to one day, lapsed at the Society's meeting yesterday, when the motion failed to gain a seconder. The motion—that the Society…

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Wool Prices Remain High at Brisbane Sales

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday: Woolmen had been feeling jittery in the past few days about the prospects of the wool sales which opened this…

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Good Prospects of Better Sugar Crop Cane Looks Well Says Inspector

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

Tweed sugar crop this year is estimated at 90,000 tons, said Mr J. T. Alley, Cane Inspector, Condong mill, yesterday. Mr Alley said that if the estimate were realised the…

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ON and Off the Farm Food Value Of Hay Varies With Locality

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 9

Samples of hay can be compared in terms of units of food value once their chemical compositions are known, states the Division of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture. However, the food values of hay will vary according to the type of cereal, the…

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Stole Milk Can: Farmer Fined

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 4

Eric Freeman, 42, farmer, pleaded guilty in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to a charge that on March 22 he stole a milk can…

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"Levee Repairs Farmers' Reponsibility"

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 5

Repairs to the Bungawalbyn levee banks and flood gates are the responsibility of the owners of "benefited lands in a drainage…

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From Butter To Milk Products

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 8

Sir,—A matter of widespread interest to the consumer-public is being allowed to slip by almost unnoticed by the press. In these days…

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Pickling of Crops for Silage

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 7

Preservation of crop material as silage is actually a pickling process similar to preservation of pickled onions or gherkin[?] in vinegar, points…

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Cattle Breeding Fundamentals Must Be Recognised

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 9

The essential importance of both type and production in breeding operations has been emphasised. with good grounds, by…

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N.S.W. Butter Production Down 1432 Tons

Northern Star · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.— In Sydney and Newcastle, over the past seven months, milk consumption had risen…

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Dairy Farm Competition Closes Soon

Northern Star · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 7

Entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm competitions will close on April 30 and district judging to select the finalists to compete for…

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Junior Farmer Advisory Committee Meets

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 2

Only five members attended a meeting of the Junior Farmers? Advisory Committee at Murwillumbah last night…

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ON and Off The. Farm Sows Should Be Checked After Mating

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 9

Sterility in breeding stock results in a heavy annual loss to the pig industry and, in many cases, sows which were thought to be close to farrowing are found to be not in-pig. This means, of course, that several months of time, food and paddock room Wave been wasted…

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