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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wool Afternoon Dress

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 6

A soft, rose-coloured wool dress which is notable for, its side skirt drapery, knotted through the belt and buttoned onto a patch…

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Farmers with Hops Experiment

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 7

Over 1,000 hop "setts" have been made available to district agronomists by the Department of Agriculture…

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Better Year For Farmers

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—The Queensland south coast had a much better season last…

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Buoyant Note Of World Wool

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP). —1953 should be a year of "healthy activity" for the British Wool Textile…

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The Northern Star Saturday, January 3, 1953. Dairying Starts New Year On Sound Basis

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 4

ALTHOUGH "IF conditions are favourable" is a necessary qualification in any assessment of prospects in the dairying industry for a 12-month period much can be done by…

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New Zealand Farming Attracts World Attention (By a Reuter Correspondent)

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 6

WELLINGTON, N.Z.-Already 'supplying the United Kingdom with as much meat as Australia and Argentine together and shipping large quantities of dairy produce to the same…

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Million Cattle Lost

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The full Impact of the twoyear drought now breaking in the Northern Territory…

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In Lightweight Wool

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 4

PAULINE TRIGERE makes this rhinestone trimmed dress of 100 per cent, virgin wool, which weighs less than 6 ozs. in fabric weight. It's in a transparent colour…

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Airlift Of Cattle To N.T. Planned

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

The N.S.W. branch of the Shorthorn Society of Australia is planning a Spectacular airlift of…

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For the Man on the Land Moument to A.I.S. Cattle Urged Start on South Coast

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Erection of a monument on the South Coast to commemorate the first breeding experiments from which the present Australian Illawarra Shorthorn dairy cow…

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ON and Off the Farm Don't Make Hay And Lose It

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

If baled hay cannot be stored in a shed, large stacks can be made with the easily handled bales and roofed with…

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Export of Farm Products Down

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP). — The Agricultural Department yesterday reported a 25 per cent drop in…

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Cattle Saved In Train Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Hundreds of cattle were driven to safety today when a derailed stock train caught…

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Rye Grass Improvement Work on Govt. Farms

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

Improvement work is being done at a number of experiment farms with Wimmera rye grass, and vigour of growth is one of the objectives in this breeding programme, said the Minister for…

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Producers' Part in Selection of Demonstration Farms

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 4

Local producers' organisations had nominated farms in their districts for demonstration farms, said the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, in a letter to the Central Executive of the P.P.U…

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Jap. Young Farmers Enthusiastic

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 6

Japan's 4-H Clubs are only three years old but already they can count their members by the thousand. Much…

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Dairy Congress In Holland

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 6

The 52nd International Dairy Congress will be held for the first time in the Netherlands on the occasion…

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Butter Output Doubled

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 4

Butter production by Norco Co-op. Ltd. in December was more than 100 per cent, higher than in…

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Dairy Walls Stay at 9Ft

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, rejected a proposal to reduce the maximum permissable height of…

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ON and Off the Farm The Good Cow Can Be Seen In a Calf

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 6

If a calf is to mature into a good dairy cow it should possess all the physical requirements necessary, in an animal which will be expected to produce a large output of milk season after season . . . according to an article in the latest issue of the "Herd…

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