Junior Farmers Inspect Butter Factory, Fisheries
Yesterday, the last day of their tour of the Grafton district, the visiting Junior Farmer, team from Crookwell inspected the…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Collective Farming in Channel Islands
THIS is the story of a farming experiment which has been going on in the Channel Islands. It is a collective farm, and a British collective farm at that The scheme is being tried out on the island of Alderney, just across the English Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richmond Dairy Output Below Normal
LISMORE, Mon.—Dairy production in the Richmond district, due to the absence of sufficient rain at present, is 40 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tamworth Butter Output Lower
The present drought, one of the most serious in the history of Tamworth district, has caused a steep decline in butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Farmers Still Ploughing Their Land
PLAYING their part in fighting world famine, Britain's farmers have had to postpone their hope of a speedy return to a normal and better balanced rotation of crops and to increasing their livestock. In some cases land already sown as clover leys,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Impoundings Inspector Alleges Stock Stolen From Dorrigo Yards Prosecutions Recommended
Fifteen head of cattle was impounded from Deervale by a private person on December 11, 1946, and that night were stolen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying Award
This award was made on June 25, 1943, by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, under powers provided by National Security…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming Now More Of A Business
"ALMOST every night in life I have to spend an hour or so in bookkeeping. I suppose that quite a bit of it is directly caused by the necessity for filling out Government forms, but even before the war I am sure that I spent at least 10 times as much time in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Production Decreased
CANBERRA, Sunday.—In the five months period from July 1 to November 30 last year, butter production in Australia was only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tree Farms' Role In Reafforestation
Tree farms, which are doing much to conserve one of America's most valuable natural resources, have now reached the point of having their pictures taken "after" as well as "before." "Thousands of acres of forest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stabilisation Of Butter Prices
The manager of the Grafton Co-operative Dairying Co. Ltd. (Mr. A. E. Harrison), in a statement yesterday, opens up a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.P.U. Awaits Finding On Butter Price
Members of the Murwillumbah branch of the Primary Producers' Union at their monthly meeting passed a resolution that they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers' Association Meeting
MACLEAN, Mon.—Mr. W. J. Benson presided at the meeting of the Tyndale and Lower Clarence sub-branch of the Farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government May Support Tests Of Dairy Herds
Grafton City Council's proposal for T.B. testing of the dairy herds supplying milk to the town will receive support…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Production Costs Committee
MELBOURNE, Wed:—The appointment of a committee to inquire into the cost of wheat production was announced to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Increase In Fine Wool Demand
Commenting on the classification of the Australian clip, which has been issued by the Wool Realisation Commission, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Touring J. F. at Dorrigo District Farms Inspected Green Pastures and Fat Cattle Impress
On Sunday last Dorrigo was visited by 48 Junior farmers from Richmond and Tweed Rivers. The juniors were in charge of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Production Control Of Farm Products
WASHINGTON, Thurs.—If the Government continued to guarantee minimum prices for farm products it should have the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poor Butter Price For Dairymen
SYDNEY, Fri.— "No wonder people give up dairying when they cannot set a good price for their butter," said the Chairman of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society Ltd. (Mr. W. R. Hindmarsh) at the 21st annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Buying Wheat From Argentine
LONDON, Friday.—Britain has bought, or is about to buy 500,000 tons of wheat from the Argentine, Reuters financial…
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