Government Share Farming
The Ministers for Land and Agriculture are out with a new experiment, that of share farming. About 20,000 acres at Forest Vale is to be allotted for the scheme, and it is…
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Farming & the land, 1915
1,000 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 42 of 50
The Dairy Industry Bill
This Bill has passed the third reading in the Legislative Assembly, after having been amended in committee, where it received close attention from members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Commercial. London Butter Market. Sydney
The wholesale trade in Sussex-street yesterday was firm. Merchants were busy, especially in the dairy section. Eggs increased in price by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Experiment Plot. Maize Experiments, 1914-15. North Coast District
By Mr. G. Marks, Inspector of Agriculture. The maize experiments for the past season were planted on the following farms:-- A. McM. Singleton, Mondrook; J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Coast Dairy Farmers. Cruel Treatment by, N.C. Commission
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. W. A. Downes, of Brownlow Hill, formerly M.L.A. for Camden, in a letter to the press writes:-- "The cruel treatment the North Coast dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Wheat Yield. Estimated at 53[?] Million Bushels
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The "Herald" in a forecast of the wheat harvest anticipates a minimum of 13 bushels to the acre crop, which would mean a total yield of 53,734,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Exploiting Dairymen."
Mr. Editor,--A correspondent in your issue of the 18th inst., who signs himself "A Believer," convinced no doubt in his own mind that he is one of the "elect," and seeking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Million Butter Lies
In his enormous museum the Honourable Walter Rothschild has a collection of more than a million butterflies the biggest private collection in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Export Trade
SYDNEY, Sunday.--A deputation representing co-operative dairy companies asked the Premier of Queensland to allow export trade in butter to be revived. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Drought. Ulmarra Suffers Severely. Set-back to Dairying Industry
No better indication of the ravages wrought in this usually-prosperous district need be sought than the report of the operations of the Pioneer Dairy Co.'s local butter factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction of Potato Crops. and a Remedy
It is to be regretted that the bulk of the potato crops on the Clarence have already been ruined, mainly by the ravages of a green caterpillar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction of Potato Crops. and a Remedy
Air. A. H. Haywood, Manager of the [?] Experiment Farm, writes as follows [?] It is to be regretted that the bulk of the potato crop on the Clarence has already…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--It is now fairly certain that the Australian wheat harvest will yield a surplus of one hundred million bushels which will require a thousand ships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Successful Butter Factory
The dairying industry of New South Wales has made marvellous strides during the past twenty years, chiefly owing to the adoption of the principles of refrigeration. In the past…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The State Wheat Harvest
The Attorney-General has confessed that the wheat deal by the Government has involved a loss of £238,000. The business was ill-conducted from the start, and should prove to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Butter. Allowed in Queensland. Brisbane
Mr. T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, announces that the export of butter will now be allowed, provided the manufacturers guarantee that there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Position
Our commercial representative writes:-- The "Worker's" view of the buttter position is expressed in the usual way:--"With the innocent sounding name of 'London…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral and Agricultural. the Horse's Comfort. Cleanliness in Every Particular
In the buggy shed and the implement house hens are a nuisance, but in the stable they are an abomination. The expression is that of Dr. A. S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Potato Crop
The 1915 potato crop on the Clarence has been a practical failure, and this is a heavy loss to the district. Seed was purchased at high rates and the output will be exceedingly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Payment for Sugar Cane Crops
Mr. R. J. McDonald (district secretary of the F. and S. Association) has be n advised by the manager of Harwood mill as follows:-- "Regarding the deferred payment of last…
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