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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Mystery Cattle Stabbings

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 4

MAITLAND. — Detective-Sergeant V. R. Woodward, of Maitland, is endeavouring to solve the mystery of the wanton stabbing of stock in the Brookfield district, near Dungog. The stabbings have been going on for about 20 years…

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Farmers Watch Plant At Work

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 1

Nearly 100 farmers and other interested persons watched a demonstration of Ferguson tractors and equipment at the property of Mr. J. T. John, Dourigan, last week…

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Beef From Small Farms

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 4

"Ne South Wales must necessarily look to small landholders for increased beef production," according to an editorial in the current "Agricultural Gazette", published by the Department of Agriculture. There are no large tracts…

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Independent Costing Means "Freedom for Dairy Industry from Party Political Control"

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 6

An independent costing tribunal with statutory powers will not only free the dairy industry from party politicians, but will place dairymen on the same living standard as enjoyed in…

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Junior Farmer Film Service

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—Eleven films in both black and white and colour comprised a Junior Farmer film service…

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To the Editor. Stabilisation Fund For Butter

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 7

Sir,—The clerical error that caused me to write 1948 instead of 1949 does not in any way alter the…

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Farm Giants for Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 1

Giant marrows, pumpkins and squashes being packed by Messrs. W. Hughes and C. Dean for…

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Disliked Work On Farm: Deserted Wife

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.— Judge Storkey, V.C., found desertion proven in the case of a man who…

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Casino Dairy Output Up 30-Ton Week

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday. — Although production at the Casino Co-operative Dairy Society factory had risen by…

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Report For Half Year Shows [?] Big Drop in Casino Dairy Output

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday. — Butter production by Casino Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. in the half year ended December 31, 1951, was 602.3 tons less than in the corresponding…

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£10 Fine for Dirty Dairy

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 3

CORAKI, Wednesday. — Alfred George Henry Jenner, of Delelvin, via Coraki, was fined £10 for being the…

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Bureaucracy "Threat to Farmers" —A.p.p.u. Delegate

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 4

Bureaucracy was rapidly approaching the stage when it was ruling Australia, and farmers were faced with the grave problem of retaining their homes in the face of the advance of…

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Farmer Fined For Cruelty

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 5

CASINO, Wednesday.—A man was fined £10, with 12/- costs, after pleading guilty at Casino Court of…

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EXTRA 6d lb. Due to Dairy Farmers Ppu President's Estimate

Northern Star · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday. — An estimate that an additional amount in the vicinity of 6d per lb. was due to dairy farmers to cover the promised profit margin to July 1, 1951, and increased costs from January 1 this year, was made by the…

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Uniform Price For Butter And Milk Sought by A.P.P.U.

Northern Star · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 6

Butter producers must realise they could not exist on a two-phase economy, said Mr. J. Nardi in Lismore yesterday. He was speaking at a…

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Experienced Farm Workers

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

Some five hundred migrant rural workers, now grape-picking in the Murray Valley, will be…

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232 Butter Entries In Show Record

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Despite drought and bushfires in many of the main producing centres, and the expanding practice in the industry to centralise manufacturing processes, butter entries for the…

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Record Target Set for Wheat Output

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Commonwealth Government has set a target of 300,000,000 bushels production in the next two years in its grow-more-wheat campaign…

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The Northern Star Saturday, March 22, 1952. Dairying Needs Long Range Plan Quickly

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 4

THE GENERAL president of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. R. C. Gibson, gave important emphasis this week to the serious delay which is occurring in deciding plans for the future…

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More Pa[?] Interest in Jun[?] Farmer Movement Sought

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

Apathy of parents towards the Junior Farmer movement was criticised by members of the Lismore Junior Farmer Advisory committee at its monthly meeting following the annual…

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