Producer Gas for Farm Engines Interest in Country
Great interest is being shown in Moree in the development of the producer-gas method of driving engines to conserve petrol supplies, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
744 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 38
Record Sale of Cattle 11,000 to One Buyer
A record Queensland sale of cattle was completed in Brisbane late on Wednesday afternoon, when the whole herd of Hillgrove station, Charters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Prospects Weather Conditions Board's Weekly Report. Melbourne
Production and quality have fallen away in Queensland, due to the heat wave and storm rain received in a portion of the Darling Downs, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DAIRYING Conditions And Prospects Instructors' Reports Stock in Good Condition
"The season has not been an exceptionally heavy one for production,' reports Mr. J. D. L. McGibbon, Senior Dairy Instructor in charge of the dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.c. Dairy Stock Purchased for Queensland
One hundred and fifty head of registered pure-bred A.I.S. stock were purchased in the Richmond River district this week by Mr. B. Elsley, grazier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MARGARINE Competition With Butter Questions for Conference. Canberra
The problem of the competition of margarine with butter will be reviewed by a meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council at its meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Shed Fire Destroys Defence Stores. Melbourne
Containing a large quantity of straw, gas masks, anti-gas and technical equipment, motor cars and motor cycles, a large wool shed at Roksby, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying Conditions Instructors' Reports
Senior Dairy Instructors in the districts named reported as follows on conditions in January and seasonal prospects:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election of Directors Grafton Dairy Co. Five Nominations
The following nominations have been received for the election of four directors to the board of the Grafton Cooperative Dairy Co., Ltd. Douglas H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Gradings. Sydney
During the week ended February 2, 91.2 per cent. of the boxes of butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found to be of choicest grade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Casino January Butter Pay
The Casino Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. have fixed the January pay at 12|d per lb., an advance of fd per lb. on the pay for January last year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge Dips In Clarence Area Allow Owners to Dip Cattle Sir Earle Page's Suggestion
Sir Earle Page said yesterday that in view of the occurrence of tick fever at so many different points on the Richmond and Tweed during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Markets New Potatoes In Demand Dairy Produce Brisk. Sydney
Good competition prevailed for Tasmanian potatoes in Sussex street to-day, and agents reported satisfactory clearances. A brisk inquiry ruled for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter-fat Test Jersey's Achievement 850.61Lb. in 273 Days. Sydney
By completing the 273 days official test with the outstanding production of 15.837lb. of milk for 850.61lb. of butter-fat, equivalent to 1037.33lb of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 6 →Bush Fires How They Start Defence of the Farmers
"Carbon," of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weekly Cattle Sale
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.. Ltd. report another, full yarding of cattle at their weekly sale on Tuesday last. All the local and outside buyers were in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Value of Edible Trees and Shrubs
The provisions of belts of edible trees which can be lopped when necessary is a form of insurance against drought that should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fodder Requirements Value Of Root Crops for Winter Feed broadcast address
Farmers in coastal and tableland districts are reminded that the time is opportune for a consideration of fodder requirements for the winter, said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DAIRYING Italian Rye And Red Clover Provide Good Winter Grazing for Dairy Cows
Discussing in the "Agricultural Gazette" the advantages of Italian rye. and red clover as a temporary pasture for fertile soils in coastal, tableland…
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