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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Clash on Wheat Price

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP). —Wheat importing and exporting nations ran squarely into the problem of prices yesterday when the…

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New Film on Sheep Industry Pioneers

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Production of the next Australian film would begin in April, and the outdoor sequences would be filmed either…

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Safety Measures At Cattle Dips Cost Almost £2000

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

Safety measures to protect children from accidents at cattle dips would cost nearly. £2,000, said the Chairman of the Board of Tick Control (Mr. C. C. Blumer) at a meeting in Lismore yesterday…

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Bananas Go Up £1 After Leaving Farm

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

From the time a grower cut his fruit for market, more than £1 per case was added to its cost before it…

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Dairy Industry Film For Sweden

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 7

A party of movie cameramen under the direction of Mr. G. Powe.U, of the Department of Information, has spent a week on the…

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Norco Butter Pay

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Pay for butter for the month of January remains unchanged at 21[?] a lb. In addition the Norco Society…

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Two Unions For Farmers

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

Sir.—It is unfortunate that Mr. Nardi, in his advocacy of the A.p.p.U. cannot see the "wood for the trees" and that he failure of…

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New Cattle Sickness Cure To Be Shared

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 7

LONDON: Britain is to lay before the scientists of other nations details of the new cure for sleeping sickness in cattle caused by the…

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£2000 Prizemoney For Dairy Farm Competition

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A State-wide dairy farm competition with £2000 in prizemoney has been organised as part of the State's five-year plan to improve the efficiency of the dairying industry…

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Dairymen Seek Exchange Rate Assistance

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: Primary producers would be pleased to have the assurance of the Prime…

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£2000 Prizemoney For State-Wide Dairying Competition

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A State wide dairy farm competition, with £2000 in prizemoney, has been organised as part of the State five-year plan to improve the efficiency of the dairying industry…

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Farmer Considered He Bought Engine "To Go." Court Order For Full Payment

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 11

An Edenville dairy farmer, Eric George Ellem, who considered that he should not have to pay for the assembly of an engine he had…

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ON and Off the Farm Stripping Not Necessary If Cows Are Trained

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 9

The dairyman who desires to discontinue hand-stripping must set about the task of training his cows to the altered routine with wisdom and patience. It will take time but is well worth the effort in that it will cut labour costs and do away with one of the most…

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Rationing of Butter Called "Leg Pull"

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

TOOWOOMBA, Friday: The President of the Toowoomba and Surburhan Shopkeepers' Association, Mr. W. B…

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Record Sugar Crop in Queensland

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE. Friday: A record sugar crop of 919,600 tons of 94 net titre was produced in Queensland last season. This…

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Wool Sales

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: At the fourth week of the first series of the London wool sales 2451 bales from Queensland will be offered…

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Wheat Price Compromise

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday: The vice-president of the International Wheat Conference, M. J. C. Van Eschee, of Belgium,…

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Time Not Ripe To End Butter Ration

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: Mr C. H. Jamieson, commenting today on a Press statement by the president of the Toowoomba and…

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Few Dairy Herds Fed Properly, Says Collins

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: There would never be real efficiency in the dairying industry until more farmers realised the importance of fodder conservation, said the Minister for Agriculture and Stock,…

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Two Unions For Farmers

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

Sir.—I wish to reassure Mr. Ferguson I am well aware we are "in the woods", for in the lawyer vines and dense undergrowth I hear a…

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