Weekly Cattle Sale
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. report a light yarding of cattle at this week's sale made up chiefly of forward condition cattle from the swamps with odd prime beasts…
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Farming & the land, 1940
744 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 36 of 38
BUTTER Production Declining Dairy Board's Weekly Report Melbourne
The production of butter in Victoria is tending to decline, said the weekly report of the Dairy Produce Board today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of Worst in History of N.S.W. Drought In Wheat Areas ONLY 28,000,000 Bushel Crop Sydney
The official forecast of the total yield of wheat in New South Wales in the current season, based on conditions reported to be existent on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tomato Mite Protective Treatment of Crops
Tomato mite is the most serious pest of tomatoes during the summer and early autumn, and severe losses are experienced every year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Industry Stabilisation Move. Sydney
The stabilisation of the dairying industry along the same lines as those followed with wheat and wool was suggested to-day in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pig Feed Freight Concession on Wheat. Sydney
The Minister for Transport, Col. Bruxner, announced to-day that following representations by the Farmers and Settlers'. Association and the Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£200,000 ADVANCE To Dairy Farmers Statement by Premier. Sydney
Since May the State Government has advanced £200,000 to dairy farmers generally said the Premier, Mr. Mair, in the Legislative Assembly to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S. Coast Dairymen "Suffering Dreadfully" Appeal in Parliament. Sydney
Dairy farmers were suffering dreadfully, were heavily in debt and he did not know how they could carry on said Mr. Bate (U.A.P., Wollondilly),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drought Affects Pig Breeders Wheat Supplies Sought Deputation to Minister
Pig breeders are as acutely affected by the drought as any other section of livestock producers. Because of the increasing difficulty being experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Exports Increase for Year Record Cheese Shipments Produce Board's Report Canberra
Shipments of butter from Australia for the year 1939-40 amounted to 117,022 tons, an increase of 14,451 tons compared with the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Industry Light Rains In N.S.W. Board's Weekly Report. Melbourne
The production of butter is declining slightly in Victoria, where good soaking rains have been received in most districts and have been followed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Space For Dairy Produce All Australia's Surplus. Canberra
While Britain's food supply was comparatively secure at present the difficulty of ensuring the uninterrupted export of Dominion products was not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Week-end Rain Coast and Tablelands Benefit Most Great Lift to Dairying Sydney
With the exception of the dairying industry, the State's primary industries will not directly benefit to any major extent by the rainfall over the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Q'sland Dairying Districts Soaked Drought Broken There. Brisbane
Good rains fell over a large portion of the State during the 48 hours to nine o'clock this morning, the registrations ranging up to 4¼ inches…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poisoning of Cattle a Number of Deaths
A number of deaths in dairy cattle have recently occurred over a wide area in some districts of the North Coast as a result of eating young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer's Fate Drowned in Floodwaters. Lismore
James Duncan, 74, fanner, of Nulgi, was drowned when he fell into 15 feet of water from a sulky he was driving across a flooded section of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Point Compromise on the Budget £4,500,000 Concession Agreed to by Advisory War Council 7 More for Soldiers' Wives Wheat Farmers to Get Million Menzies Criticised for Delay Canberra
A five-point policy compromise on the Budget was accepted to-day by a meeting of the Advisory War Council, the personnel of which is Messrs. Menzies, Hughes and Spender (U.A.P.), Fadden (C.P.), Curtin, Forde and Makin (Official Labor) and Beasley (Non-Comm- Lsb.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Output Goes Up On Pastures Only
On pastures only, with no supplementary feeding, the herd of 58 cows owned by Miss H. Gradwell, Nimbin, showed an increase of 25 per cent, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Should Help Dairy Farmers Immediately"
Dairy farmers were suffering dreadfully, and were heavily in debt, and he did not know how, they could carry on, said Mr. Bate (U.A.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On The Dorrigo Farmers Gain From Better Pastures'
Since he began intensive pasture improvement in 1935, Mr. C. F. Macindoe, Dorrigo, has increased the butter production of his herd by…
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