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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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No Permit to Move Cattle

Northern Star · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 8

R. Skinner, of Lismore, was fined £2, with 12- costs, in default imprisonment for six days, when he admitted to Mr…

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J. Farmers Praised for Trace Element Experiments

Northern Star · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 4

Members of Terranora Junior Farmer Club and advisory committee deserved much credit for their efforts in pioneering trace element trials in the Far North Coast district, the area supervisor of Junior Farmer Clubs, Mr. C. E. Purdue, said yesterday…

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Share Farmer Fined for Unattended Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 8

A fire which had been lit to burn down two dead trees had spread to a neighbouring property and had burnt out nearly 80 acres of grassland, it was alleged in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions…

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Girl Junior Farmer to Tell of U.s. Trip

Northern Star · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 4

Miss Joyce Schofield, of Robinson Junior Farmer Club, who recently returned from America, has arrived in Lismore to begin a tour of district junior farmer clubs…

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Penalise Farmers If Butter Fat Cut in Ice Cream

Northern Star · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Any manufacturer who deliberately reduced or eliminated the quantity of butter fat used in ice cream manufacture was acting against the interests of farmers, as the…

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Wheat Scheme Criticised

Northern Star · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.-- Corn Trade News, the grain trade journal, yesterday criticised wheat stabilisation schemes--…

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Field Days For Bexhill J. Farmers

Northern Star · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 7

At the annual meeting of Bexhill Junior Farmers' Club, the president, Miss Elaine Sweeney, welcomed Mr…

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Govt. Move On Wheat

Northern Star · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr, McEwen, announced today that the…

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Contract Influence on Future Butter Exports

Northern Star · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 4

DESPITE SOME concern over the policy of the British Food Ministry with current Australian exports, the mission to London by dairy industry representatives is not without…

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Wool Colour Held 400 Years

Northern Star · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 7

The discovery high in the Andes of the ice-packed body of an Inca child, clad in wool and thought to be more than…

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Homemakers' Course for J. Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 5

There are still about 11 vacancies for the "home-makers" course to be held at the Lismore Showground from…

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Praise for J. Farmer Movement

Northern Star · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday. -- "For the boys and girls the Junior Farmer movement was one of the greatest…

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Farmers Keen to Go to "School"

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 4

The response to the Department of Agriculture's school of animal husbandry to be held at Wollongbar Experiment Farm next week reflects the growing interest among farmers in…

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U.S. Butter For Sale At Cut Price

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.-- Negotiations are under, way for several big sales of government-held surpluses…

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Dairy Cattle, Prejudged For Type

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Dairy cattle at the Sydney Royal Show will continue to be inspected for type the day…

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Cattle Bring £404 for Flood Relief

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 4

One of the most generous donors in the matter of flood relief is Mr. A. McColl, a Methodist…

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Heavy Yardings Cause Slump in Cattle Prices

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 4

Exceptionally heavy yardings of cattle and pigs in the last few weeks have caused a slump in prices and congestion at district abattoirs. Prices for meatworks cattle are as much as…

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£176,153 Wool Subsidy Claim Dismissed

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Full High Court today dismissed a £176,153 wool subsidy claim by Australian…

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U.K. Margarine Threat Increased Butter Output Urged Low Price Factor

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Australia, New Zealand and Denmark, main source of Britain's butter purchases, should increase their exports to Britain because there was not enough butter…

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Farmers' Bodies Found Tangled In Fishing Nets

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- The bodies of two farmers were found tangled in their own fishing nets in the…

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