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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Dairy Company Prosecuted

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.-To prosecute a dairy company for selling dairy whip because certain people sold it to the public under the guise of…

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Co-operative Farm For Junior Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 8

The New South Wales Junior Farmer movement's latest venture is a co-operative farm at Orange. It is already proving successful in the objects for which it was initiated…

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Locusts Threaten Indian Food Crops

Northern Star · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Sunday (AAP).— two thousand armed police and volunteers are fighting to destroy millions of locusts swarming on a…

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Apple, Pear Crops Ruined by Hail

Northern Star · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

LAUNCESTON, Sunday.—The worst hail and thunderstorm in 50 years swept areas in the Tamar Valley yesterday, ruining scores of…

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Compensation for Diseased Cattle

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said today that he would introduce a bill into Parliament to…

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District News Urbenville Cattle Sale

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 4

Messrs. Smith, Iverson & Co., auctioneers, of Urbenville and district, in conjunction with Harold Curry, auctioneer, of Tenterfield, held a very…

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State Trophy for M'bimby Jun. Farmer

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 8

MULLUMBIMBY, Monday. —At the next meeting of Mullumbimby Junior Farmers' Advisory Council. Kon Williams, of Main Arm, will…

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Dairymen Prosecuted at Byron Bay

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 7

BYRON BAY,. Monday.—Three registered dairymen were proceeded against by Byron Shire Council, one for dirty premises, the others…

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Pleuro in Cattle From Q'land

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 6

An outbreak of pleuro-pneumoma occurred recently in a mob of 573 fat cattle which had come from south-west Queensland, where the…

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Australia May Have to Buy Butter, Meat

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—By 1960, Australia, unless she can raise home production, will need to import meat at two and a half times her pre-war export rate. Butter exports will have dropped to almost nil…

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Britain's Oldest Farmer Dies at 104

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — Britain's oldest farmer, Norfolkman, Dan Bullen, died yesterday a-ged 104 —one month after he retired…

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Farm & Fodder Competition

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Society has decided to conduct a farm and fodder competition again this year, as a result of…

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Letters To The Editor Dairy Industries Board

Northern Star · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 7

Sir,—In reply to a question by Mr. Mortimer in reference to the Rural Industries Board, Mr. R. C. Gibson is reported to have said…

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18,150 Acres for Soldier Farms

Northern Star · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 8

[?] 18,150 acres of Goonoo Goonoo station in the Tamworth district is to be purchased for soldier settlement under an…

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Junior Farmers To Visit Muswellbrook

Northern Star · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 9

Two members of North Coast Junior Farmers' clubs have been selected to be guests of Muswellbrook Club at the Muswellbrook…

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Flood-hit Farmlands Recover

Northern Star · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 4

CORAKI, Wednesday. — Farm conditions in the Richmond Valley have shown a big improvement in the past week and thiere-has been a…

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ON and Off the Farm Cattle Competition Legislation To Be Introduced

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced that he will introduce a Bill into the next session of Parliament for the payment of compensation to owners of cattle which die or are destroyed as a result of certain infectious diseases…

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Free To Farmers

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 7

Although most farmers have by now received their copy of the Department of Agriculture's new book, "Dairy Farming in Australia," there…

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Tractor Collides With Train; Farmer Killed

Northern Star · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

TAREE, Thursday. — A dairy farmer was fatally injured this afternoon when his tractor collided with a train at a private level…

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Farmhouse Gutted at Federal

Northern Star · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

CLUNES, Thursday. — A 10-roomed farmhouse, one and a half miles from Federal, was completely…

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