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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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N.Z. Farming, "Example" To Australia

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 5

CORAKI, Monday. — The highly developed state of farms and rural amenities in New Zealand set an example for…

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Farmers Would Repay Loan for Bitumenising Road

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 4

Byron Shire Council yesterday indicated to a deputation that it would give favourable consideration to raising a loan for the bitumenising of portion of the Wilson's Creek-Huonbrook road…

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Farmer Fined for Straying Cow

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 3

A Dunoon farmer was fined £1/10/-, with 7/- costs, in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for allowing…

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Record Oyster Crop Expected

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The State Superintendent of Fisheries, Mr. T. C. Roughley, said today that he expects the…

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"Threat to Producer" More Output or Farms Nationalised

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 4

If farmers did not produce sufficient foodstuffs, the Government would nationalise the farms, and set a target for the farmers, said the Federal chairman of the poultry section of the…

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Commercial Kyogle Cattle Sale

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

Ern. Smith & Sons, Kyogle, report 250 head of cattle were yarded and sold, with all lines in keen demand. Quotations: Calved…

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Reply to Mr. J. NARDI Stunted Growth Of Farm Children In S.A. Denied

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

A statement that farm children in South Australia were suffering from malnutrition and stunted growth was refuted at a meeting of Lismore Chamber of Commerce…

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Farms Need Decent Amemities

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

The problem of lagging primary production could be solved by giving farms decent amenities…

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Warwick Farm Test "Meeting"

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — A race "Meeting" will be staged at Warwick Farm course prior to the reopening of the track,…

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London Wool Sales To Open Today

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The first series of wool sales for 1952 will open tomorrow and go on till February 8…

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Education of Farm Children (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

Sir,—I do not wish to fill your columns with the B.M.A. report issued in 1948 and referred to by a Sydney newspaper as "An…

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38 Junior Farmers on Long Tour

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

A party of 38 Junior Farmers left Lismore yesterday morning on a 600-mile tour of the Northern Tablelands. They will…

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Oats Good Substitute for Wheat

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 6

"Oats are satisfactory as a poultry feed, even when fed in a high proportion as a substitute for wheat in both mash…

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Japan Cannot Afford Present Wool Price

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

DARWIN, Tuesday.—Japan cannot afford to buy all the Australian wool she needs, according to a leading Japanese…

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High Price Offering But Millet Crop Small

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—This year's crops of broom millet on the Mid-Richmond will be smaller than last year. There is a shortage [?]ooming, and Brisbane buyers have…

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Night Tiger Snake Killed in Dairy

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

A 3ft. 6in. night tiger snake was killed by Mr. H. Chauvier, of Bungawalbyn, in his dairy yesterday morning…

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Australian Butter Contract (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

Sir,—Though personally I have no first hand knowledge of what transpired when the British food delegation visited…

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Farmer Shot Dead: Man Charged

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Thomas Wilfred Stevens, 30, farmer, of Betbet, was fatally shot in the stomach on a…

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Commercial Lismore Cattle Sales

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

A good yarding of mixed cattle was on offer at the Lismore yards yesterday. An easier tone prevailed for springing and calved heifers…

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Big Demand for Austn. Wool in U.s

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY Thursday.—The biggest market developments in the United States were for Australian wool, food and…

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