Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,347 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 67 of 68

Junior Farmer's Club Report of Mr. G. M. D. CARSE (Supervising Teacher Of School Agriculture)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

My quarterly inspection of Dorrigo junior Farmers' Club was carried out amidst rainy, muddy conditions which rendered many of the side roads…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Australian Dairy Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

At a recent meeting of the N.S.W. section, a report of conference with representatives of the Plant Food Advisory Committee on matters in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Agricultural Notes for the Man on the Land Dairying After Body Needs Are Satisfied Where Profitable Feeding Starts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 4

It is the feed in excess of the vital demands of the animal that is devoted by the dairy cow to the formation of the product from which its owner…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Milk War Farmers Pay the Piper. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

Milk vendrs in the suburbs are again engaged in a fierce price-cutting war and at some centres milk can be bought at threepence a quart. Representatives of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Farm Butter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 6

Official statistics issued by the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture give the total Australian butter production in factories for year ended June…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Pat Butter Scheme

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 6

During the sittings of the Dairy Produce Export Board in Sydney last week, a conference of delegates from all States, representing both co-operative and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Australian Dairy Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 6

At recent meeting of the New South Wales section, a report of conference with representatives of the Plant Food Advisory Committee on matters in relation…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Wheat Quota British Official Statement. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1931 · page 6

The Government's proposal for a wheat quota was discussed at Whitehall. The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Thomas) and the Minister for…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Halfpenny Butter Price Reduced Sydney Trade Quiet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1931 · page 4

Quiet demand in the local butter market and further weakness in the London position combined to influence the decision of the Interstate Committee to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

For U,s,a, Unemployed 40 Million Bushels of Wheat. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1931 · page 3

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved of a Bill authorising the Farm Board to give fifty million bushels of its surplus wheat for feeding unemployed…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

By Night Alleged Illicit Wheat Sales. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 7

Police at Loxton, on the Victorian border, are inquiring into allegations that a wheat farmer is trading his wheat to a Victorian agent, although he has received…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Trade Brisk for Dairy Produce Excess Fish Supplies. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 4

A firm market prevailed for Tasmanian potatoes at Sussex street to-day. Practically the whole stocks received yesterday have been sold out of first hands…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

France Prohibits Butter Imports

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 6

It has often been pointed out in this column that any restriction of butter imports by Continental countries, as a consequence, threw more on to the market…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Jersey Cow New Butter-fat Record. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 5

A Jersey cow at the Hawkesbury College established a new Australian butter fat record for cows of any breed under four years. Over a lactation period of 273…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tested Pure-breds Butter Fat Production Results for November

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 3

The total number of registered purebred cows which have been recorded under the official and semi-official sections of the herd production improvement…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dairying Diploma Several Scholarships Available. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture advises that several scholarships are available for competition by persons, not less than 18 years of age, who have had at least three…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

17 TO 70 Per Cent. Exorbitant Interest Rate R.I.B. Loans to Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 5

The allegation that the Rural Industries Branch is charging interest at rates ranging from 17 to 70 per cent. was made by Mr. Trethowan during the discussion…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wood Taint in Butter Successful Research Large Savings Expected

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 December 1931 · page 1

Judging from a recent fairly large scale test at Adelaide, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research believes that one of its investigations…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Not Confirmed Wool Stores' Wages Cut Perth Court's Stand. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 December 1931 · page 3

By a majority decision the Arbitration Court yesterday morning refused to confirm a cut in the wool store workers' wages, under the Financial Emergency…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dairy Farmers Minister Wouldn't Meet Them Appointment to Board. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 5

When about thirty dairy farmers front the metropolitan areas assembled outside the office of the Minister for Health, Mr. Ely, this morning, to interview him with…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →