Visit to Experiment Farm
On Thursday the members of the Alumny Creek branch of the P.P. .Union paid a visit to the Experiment Farm where they were welcomed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1920
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Crisis in Wool Trade. London
A sharp crisis has occurred in the Yorkshire wool trade Owing to the sudden cancellation of Japanese and American orders. Many firms are tying to obtain a refund…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Bread and Wheat. Conference of Premiers. Sydney
A conference of Premiers to consider the price of bread and wheat will probably take place in Melbourne about the end of the month. It is understood a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Declared Black. Wellington
A mass meeting of railwaymen at Petone, New Zealand, declared all butter for export black, owing to the increase in the price. The embargo will remain until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor in the Wheat Field
The problem of Securing the requisite labor on farms on conditions satisfactory to employer and employee is usually a difficult one. This is being demonstrated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Church to Dairy Farm
"I have been 26 years engaged in ministerial work, and during the whole of that time I have never received more than the pay of a laboring man." This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Question Proposed Conference. Danger From Private Enterprise. Sydney
Sir Walter Lee, Premier of Tasmania, is in favor of holding a conference to thrash out the wheat question. He added that another aspect of the question may…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairymen's Returns
Mr. E. J. Saywell, of Bucca Creek, writes: 'Much trouble and misunderstanding have been caused in the past by dairymen putting maximum monthly returns in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep on Fire. Adelaide
A unique occurrence is reported from the northern part of South Australia. Three hundred sheep were found to be on fire and it was found that the smoke was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat and Flour for Egypt. Sydney
A contract has been definitely concluded with the Australian Wheat Board for the purchase of a substantial quantity of wheat and flour for Egypt,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter and Cheese. Reduction in Price. Application by Government. Sydney
On Thursday an application by the Government for a reduction in the price of butter and cheese will be dealt with by the Necessary Commodities Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Direct Action. Disappointed Farmers. Holding Up Cotton Crop. a Campaign of Terror. New York
Night riders are spreading terror throughout the cotton States. They are mostly farmers who have been bitterly disappointed in their expectations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Dairy Co. Monthly Report. Pig Supplies Low
For the month of September a small increase in cream supply is recorded. the output of the factory being 7 cwt. in excess of September last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairyville Union Sunday School
The annual picnic of the Dairyville Union Sunday School was held on September 30, when sports were arranged for the children and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Railways. Coming Royal Commission. Evidence for the Farmers. Sydney
It is the intention of the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to consider the question of preparing: evidence to place before the coming Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Tuberculosis in Cattle
During the quarter ending September 30 several cows and bullocks suffering from tuberculosis and therefore condemned as being unfit for human consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prime Minister on Wheat. Sydney
Mr. Hughes, opening the Bendigo show, staged that farmers should realise it was one thing to grow wheat and another to sell it. They must trust the agencies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament. Legislative Council Wheat Marketing Bill. Sydney
In the Legislative Council the Harbor Trust Rates Amendment Bill was read a [?]cond time and taken through committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Elections. Nominations Closed. Farmers' Union Candidates. Melbourne
Nominations closed yesterday for the Victorian elections. Three Liberals, seven Labor and one Farmers' Union candidates were returned unopposed. The Farmers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer and Aeroplane
In detailing some of the incidents during a recent flight, Mr. Nigel B. Love, writing to the Australian Aircraft and Engineering Co., Ltd., stated: "When we…
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