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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Drought Recovery Reflected in Cattle Sales

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 10

CASINO, Wednesday. -- The heaviest yarding of cattle for more than six months was offered at the…

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£265 Acre for Dairy Farm

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday. -- A record for farming lands at auction was reached today when 42 acres at Clarenza, owned by…

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New Officers For A'ville Junior Farmers

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

New officers were elected at both the Alstonville Junior Farmer and Advisory Committee annual meetings…

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Chemicals To Double Farm Output

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 7

AGRICULTURAL advances in the year 1953 suggest that farm productivity can be at least doubled in the…

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Cattle Sale "As Usual"

Northern Star · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 2

The smallest yarding ever was reported at the Lismore weekly cattle sale held at the council yards yesterday owing…

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India Suspends Wheat Buying

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--India has suspended buying wheat under the International Wheat Agreement and will…

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Greatest Disaster for Richmond DAIRYING-Mr. VERNON

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 1

Heavy stock losses, serious damage to hundreds of miles of fencing, widespread erosion and destruction of crops had occurred in the Richmond district during the Hood, said the senior dairy officer, Mr. F. A. Vernon, in a report to the Department of Agriculture…

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For Sale--farm

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 6

Flat and undulating, can drive all over it, definitely no flood. 54 head cows, nice lot young stock. Produces 12,000…

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Wool's Future Vital to British Commonwealth

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

LONDON: The importance of wool to the British Commonwealth and its vital place as an international commodity was stressed in a special article by Mr. Ewen Waterman, chairman and…

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Fellows to Ride at Warwick Farm

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday. -- W. Fellows, who had his jockey's licence renewed on Friday, will resume riding at Warwick Farm…

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Difficult Year for Dairymen

Northern Star · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 3

At the postponed annual meeting of the Alstonville P.P. Union branch, the secretary, Mr. R. Priddle, stated in…

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Slight Drop in Dairy Output

Northern Star · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Dairy production, except for cheese, in Australia for the six months ended last…

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Surveying Ruined Crop

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

Mr. Alex Whitney and his son, Frank, examining the remains of a maize crop which, before the flood, would have been worth about £100. Their farm is on the turnoff of the Lismore-Casino road…

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Farmer Cleared of Charge

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

Lismore dairy farmer, Anthony Gallen, was yesterday found not guilty of misappropriating a calf…

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Class Favours Oversight For Warwick Farm

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Class galloper, Oversight, who easily beat Carioca and Euphrates in the Anniversary Handicap two starts ago, is expected to prove one of the best bets at Warwick Farm on Saturday in the March Handicap…

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Townspeople to Aid Stricken Farmers

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday. -- Working parties of Casino residents will travel to district farms on Sunday to help in the repair of flood damage. Working parties are being…

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Cattle, Pig Appeal for Urgent Rehabilitation

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 4

BY ITS PROPOSAL to make a cattle and pig appeal to assist the rehabilitation of district Farmers the North Coast National A. and I. Society is giving a splendid example of the…

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U.s. Move on Wool Tariff Rejected

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP).--President Eisenhower has rejected a tariff commission proposal to increase duties on imports of wool and wool tops…

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Dairying Entries Increase

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Increased entries have been received for the dairy produce competitions for the 1954…

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Dorrigo Offer to Farmers

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 1

CASINO, Friday.-- The branch of the Australian Primary Producers' Union at Karangi, near Dorrigo, has…

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