DAIRYING Conditions During March
The Senior Dairy Instructors of the districts named reported as follows to the Department of Agriculture concerning conditions and prospects for…
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Farming & the land, 1936
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Junior Farmers' Club High School Proposition Headmaster's Suggestion
At the meeting of the Grafton High School Parents and Citizens' Association last night the headmaster (Mr. F. C. Wootten) referred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AGRICULTURAL Cabbage Grub Treatment of Infested Crops
The small green caterpillars which riddle the leaves of cabbages and cauliflowers can be controlled by dusting the plants with lead arsenate or with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →PASTORAL Sheep Infested With Cattle Tick Effect of Dipping
In view of the fact that sheep have been found infested with cattle tick, writes the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture, it has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reciprocal Trade "Buy Australian Butter" Dr. Page in England. London
"I cannot understand why Englishmen pay more for Danish butter than Australian," said Dr. Earle Page to-day at a civic reception at Stoke-on-Trent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junior Farmers at "Caramana"
Sixty Junior Farmers' Club members from various parts of the Clarence River, with their instructors and members of the Council of J.F.C. Advisory Committees, had a most successful field day at "Caramana" on Saturday last, through the courtesy of Messrs. Badgery and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cotton and Copra Blacks to Be Trained As Farmers
The employment of Northern Territory aborigines as planters of cotton and copra on land granted to them to the Government is the ultimate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DAIRYING Use Of The Pit Silo Cheapest Method of Ensiling Fodder
There is no cheaper or quicker method of ensiling fodder than by "pitting" it observes a departmental pamphlet: In excavating a pit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chilled Beef Aberdeen Angus Cattle Awards at the Royal Show
Aberdeen Angus cattle showed to advantage in the fat export chilled steer (carcase) class at the Royal Show, which was judged on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Herd Affected Ergotised Paspalum Blamed
Mr. R. I. Gray, dairy farmer, of Homeleigh, four miles from Kyogle, has had 21 cows in his dairy herd badly affected, apparently by eating pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dorrigo Dairy Cattle at Sydney Royal
Mr. J. H. Bennett, owner of the Ferndale A.I.S. stud, almost scooped the pool in the Peter's butter fat contest at the Sydney Royal Show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Factories Amalgamation
There was some candid criticism of Norco at a meeting of the Bangalow branch of the P.P.U. on Friday night when the amalgamation of all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Shipments Less Than Last Season. Sydney
A Department of Commerce statement shows that for the period July 1. 1935, to March 28, 1936, a total ol 80,013 tons of butter was exported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Lion or a Sheep? Why Not Be Just Men?
"Mussolini is reported to have made a speech recently, in which he said, 'It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep for a hundred years.'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Markets Steady and Strong Butter Takes Upward Trend. London
While the city considers it is to early to hazard how far Herr Hitler's proposals will improve the international situation, the immediate effect on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Records Horses and Cattle At Royal Show Opened Yesterday Splendid Exhibition. Sydney
The Royal Show commenced in glorious weather to-day. eclipsing all other shows as regards the number of entries and the high standard and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perfume for Pigs Bangalow Farmer's Rosewater and Lavender. Byron Bay
Scented baths for his pigs are being contemplated by one leading Northern Rivers farmer. He is Mr. E. J. Lawler, president of the Bangalow branch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Veteran's Recipe for Breaking Sheep-shearing Records
If you want to break sheep-shearing records, lead an outdoor life, learn the secret of co-ordinating your muscles, and do not smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proclamations Issued No More Butter Factories. Melbourne
Under powers given in the Dairy Produce Act passed by the State Parliament last year, the Executive Council to-day ordered that no more butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FALSIFICATION Macksville Clerk Butter Factory Books Imprisonment Ordered
A sentence of imprisonment for one year, 11 months and three weeks was imposed by Judge Clancy yesterday, on John Hayes Campbell,…
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