Wheat Prospects Enhanced by Good Rain. Canberra
"Good falls of rain have been reported during May throughout the whole wheat belt of Australia, and the seasonal outlook at the commencement…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1937
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Lower Freights For Wool And Beef Saving of £500,000 a Year Dr. Page's Announcement. Canberra
An agreement has been reached with shipowners for a reduction in freights on wool and chilled beef exports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Phillip Was a Farmer
Recently a Clarence River schoolmaster remarked that one of the things sadly lacking in the average Australian was a knowledge of his own country's history. There is probably reason for such a state of affairs in the fact that, until comparatively recent years, the history taught in Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Dues Agreement Pending Goulburn Factory Dispute. Sydney
Counsel informed Mr. Justice Owen, in the Supreme Court to-day that an agreement had almost been reached in the case in which the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KIDNAPPED U.S.A. Farmer's Wife Bloodstained Hatchet. New York
A note threatening death unless 25,000 dollars ransom was forthcoming within 24 hours was found after Mrs. Alice Parsons, 38, wife of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S.A. Wheat Crop Largest Harvest for Six Years. Washington
Government experts predict that the United States wheat harvest will be between 825,000,000 and 850,000,000 bushels, the largest for six years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Still Too High" Freight On Wool Further Reduction Wanted. Melbourne
The Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Graziers' Association (Mr. Officer, jun.) said to-day that while wool growers welcomed the reduction in freight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Horse Wins Big Steeplechase. Wellington (N.z.)
A 13 years old farm horse, Irish Comet, proved successful in the Great Northern Steeplechase at Auckland on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closer Settlement Scope on Clarence Rural Training Scheme "Yulgilbar Can Provide 75 FARMS"
Deep down in"the heart of everyone is a love of the land It finds expression in the crowded alleys of big cities where window boxes are the dwellers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local and General Junior Farmers' Annual Meeting
The Grafton Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee will be holding its annual meeting at the Grafton High School on Thursday, June 17, at 7.45…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dull Butter Market. London
The butter market is idle and likely to remain uninteresting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opinions of Our Readers Potato Growers and the Farm Tax
Sir,--Your correspondent, Mr. Bancroft, is apparently,very much, concerned about "the controversy which emanated from statements of his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Noxious Weeds Cost Farmer £510 Shire Council Prosecution Warning to Landholders
Failure to destroy noxious weeds (noogobra burr) on his property at Mateer's Creek, near South Grafton, cost John Dethick £510 in fine and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter in Sydney Retail Price Unaltered. Sydney
It is unlikely that any alteration will be made in the price of 15 per lb. for butter which has been fixed by the Traders' Protection Association. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Choicest Butter 94.1 Per Cent. True to Label. Sydney
The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended June 11, 10,021 boxes of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Made a Fortune Farming In Australia Success of Lift Boy. London, May 29
Twenty-five years ago Bernard G. Atkins worked a lift in the Savoy Hotel London. He gave up his job and Went to seek his fortune in Australia. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Levies Goulburn Case Again Adjourned. Sydney
Mr. Acting Justice Owen to-day granted a further adjournment until next Friday, in the case in which the Commonwealth Dairy Produce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outback Farms Financed By Q'sland Govt. £ 636.840 Advanced. Brisbane
Details of a scheme under which farm areas will be provided from outback territory were revealed to-day. by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Pease)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Quality
The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week-ended 11/6/37, 10,021 boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Sickness
A peculiar sickness is affecting quite a number of cattle in Coffs Harbour lately. Milking cows are mostly affected. They develop a weakness in…
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