No Cattle on Roads All Straying Stock to Be Impounded Drastic Decision
In another part of this issue there is a copy of a report submitted to last meeting of the Shire Council, by Mr. J. Towell, assistant health…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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Cattle Discs Suggested for Dorrigo Daytime Grazing on Roadside Shire Emphatic Straying Stock Must Cease
"There is at present a very strong feeling that this council should revert to the practice of issuing discs to approved cattle to graze on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Maize Crop
The concensus of opinion among growers is that the current season is the of the worst on record so far as maize production is concerned,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Grub Menace State and Commonwealth Farmer Loses £500-£600
At the recent meeting of the local branch of the P.P.U., the Secretary said that a discussion of the grub menace had been included in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm Home to Clarify Muddy Water for Domestic and Farm Use
Clayey water which is too fine to settle, and which causes water to appear muddy, can be removed by adding to the water small amounts of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Cream Quality Some Common Defects
A healthy herd, good dairy buildings embodying, of course, good sanitation, (lighting and ventilation), and well cared for dairy utensils are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farms in Britain Run By Old Men Says Oxford Economist. London, January 7
There are about 250,000 farmers in Britain -- approximately the same number as there were 60 years ago. But in the same period the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Increasing Dairy Production How Farmer Improved Average Yield Use of Registered Stock
The practical advantages to be derived from the building up of purebred dairy herds are gradually being recognised by farmers throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Market. Quiet In London Australian Production. More Rain Needed in N.S.W. MELBOURNE
General trade in the London market is very quiet, with a few big buyers operating spasmodically, states the weekly report from the London office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Promising Stock From Imported Guernsey Bulls at Wollongbar Experiment Farm
Three Guernsey Island bulls, recently imported for the New South Wales Department of Agriculture's Wollongbar Experiment Farm, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DAIRYING. Cream Quality Some Common Defects
A healthy herd, good dairy buildings, embodying, of course, good sanitation, lighting and vehtilation, and well cared for dairy utensils are the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want More Rain Experiment Farm Report
Although he admitted that the rain which had already fallen was extremely beneficial to the whole district, Mr. M. J. E. Squire, manager of the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Tax the Colleges" Demand By English Farmers Claim Immunity Is Unfair Land Deals of Oxford and Cambridge. London, January 4
Should Oxford and Cambridge Colleges pay income tax and estate duties on the land they own? Claiming that the immunity from taxation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Butter Market. London'
Butter continues quiet after heavy purchases. Cheese is inactive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →95.9 Tons Butter Production On Bellinger Affected by Dry Weather. Bellingen
The continued dry and excessively hot weather, coupled with the prevalance of bush fires during December, has had a marked affect on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mallanganee Farmer Dies in Hospital
William John Strain (40), farmer, of Mallanganee, who was admitted to a private hospital at Casino on Wednesday in a serious condition, died early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep for 3d
The other day a sheep was sold for 3d at Maidstone Fair, Kent, England The animal, a fully grown ewe, was one of a pen of 15, but as it was on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Dips 200 on Clarence
Mr. Bowen. the contractor for the construction of cattle dips on The Clarence River, is expected to commence work on the construction this week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Farmer
Mr. G. M. Atkins, of Mitchell's Island, Manning River, was ploughing with a tractor last Tuesday, when the tractor overturned on top of him and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor on Farms
The P.P.U. Executive has been concerned lately about the shortage of labor for dairy farms in some districts, and suggested to the Federal…
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