Root Crops for Stock Valuable Winter Feed
In northern European countries and parts of Canada, root crops are grown extensively for feeding to stock, and in Great Britain many of the rations fed…
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Farming & the land, 1940
744 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 38
Australian Dairy Produce Board Election of Representatives
The period for which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy Board were elected will expire on April 30, 1940. The representatives to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Gradings. Sydney
During the week ended January [?] 90.9 per cent of the butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found to be choicest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Tick Eradication Effort Grafton-Maclean Areas May Commence Sept, 1 LISMORE
Adopting a motion moved by Mr. W. M. L. Hughes, the Board, of Tick Control at its meeting in Lismore to-day decided that in view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →244 Trucks Potatoes Bellinger Crop. Bellingen
During November and December of last year, 40,485 bags of potatoes, weighing 2699 tons, and needing 244 trucks to carry them, were despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Stocks Accumulating In Silos No Sales to Britain Yet. Melbourne
Wheat is not on the list of essential commodities Britain requires from Australia and so far Britain has not advised of the amount of wheat she will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grasshoppers Threaten Crops
"It is unfortunately necessary to report that grasshoppers have again entered the Glen Innes district from the west and we have been powerless to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Butter Contract. Sydney
A big contract for the supply of butter to Pyrmont Victualling Store has been awarded to the Producers' Co-operalive Distributing Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Life Span of Cattle Tick
A suggestion that the Cattle Tick Commission may be wrong in its theory that the life focal of ticks is eight months is contained in a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Position Full Statement Wanted Mr. Thorby Appeals to Govt Sydney
An appeal to the Government to issue a full statement on the wheat position was made by the Deputy Leader of the Country party, Mr. Thorby, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Conditions Clarence to Nambucca
Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Nambucca, with headquarters, Coffs Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral Increasing Interest in Pasture Improvement
"The activity in regard to the establishment of sown pastures that has been in evidence in recent years was continued during 1938-39, and pastoralists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DAIRYING Milk Cows Demand Minerals Heavy Drain on Dairying Pastures
Discussing in a recent address to farmers the importance of maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller, Superintendent of Berry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Production Conditions In States Produce Board's Report. Melbourne
The Australian Dairy Produce Board, in its review of weather conditions stated that in Queensland, only a few odd showers had fallen during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farm Home Lawns For Country Homes Methods of Establishment
Lawns are a decided asset to a home in any circumstances, and in arid and semi-arid regions a well tended lawn is often an oasis in a parched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL Irrigation Farm Valuable Free Booklet
Irrigation practice in New South Wales, up to the present, has been confined to the well-known Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas and to isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sept. 22-Nov. 20 London Butter Arrivals Increased Price for Dairymen. Melbourne
All Australian butter arriving in the United Kingdom between September 22 last and November 20 was requisitioned by the British Ministry for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Price "Confirmed Without Quibble" Typical of Britain. Sydney
It was at the behest of Great Britain that the price at which 1,500,000 tons of Australian wheat and 150,000 tons of flour were, sold was not disclosed,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SHIPPING Fewer Tramp Steamers for Australian Wheat Cargoes. Sydney
The shipping problem of the moment was paucity of tramp tonnage to lift types of cargo such as wheat and barley declared Sir. Thomas Gordon, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Prison Farms
Queensland will soon have three prison farms conducted on the honor system instead of only one at Palen Creek, in the South Coast district…
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