Wants Demonstration Farm
Macksville P.P.U. will ask the Department of Agriculture to consider the establishment of a demonstration dairy farm to…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Agrees to Recommendation on Butter Price
MELBOURNE, Tues.-- The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) has advised the Victorian Dairy…
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LOWER LAWRENCE.--The many promising potato crops in the district will benefit from the recent rain. Showers fell at the…
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LONDON. Thurs. (A.A.P.).--At 3,720,000,000lb, world wool production during 1947-48 was the smallest for many years…
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"The new butter price of 2s 4½d a lb. to producers, to operate as from July 1, is a sign of the times, and shows…
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A SUGGESTION by Sir Earle Page that producers should press for a reproductive butter price on a uniform price per gallon of milk, was unanimously adopted by the Clarence District Council of the P.P.U. at Grafton yesterday…
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In his monthly letter to dairymen, the District Secretary, PPU (Mr. R. A. Napier) said:— The new butter price of 2/4½d a…
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A very successful meeting was held in the Paddy's Plain School on Tuesday, August 9th, to establish a sub-branch of the Dorrigo Club. The…
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An invitation has been received by Coffs Junior Farmers tc attend the Field Day arranged bv Boambee Agricultural Bureau,…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--Reports had been received, from country, district that many farmers had been induced to buy large quantities…
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COWPER.--A thoughtful ga[?]ture by, the Advisory Committee and the Junior Farmers of the Cowper-Brushgrove…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COMMERCIAL Cattle Values High
Dalgety and Co. Ltd. held their weekly cattle sale at South Grafton yesterday. A smaller yarding met strong competition and values were the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tyringham Farmers' Union Meeting
The Farmers' Union meeting was held on Saturday night, August 13th. Present were: Messrs. W. G. Ditton (President), J. Menzies (Secretary),…
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THOUSANDS of cattle had been drowned on the Lower Macleay, said Mr. M. A.H. Laidlaw, of Macksville, last night, who is editor of the "Nambucca News." Mr. Laidlaw was a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pea Harvesting On Small Farms
Pea harvesting in East England this year has been speeded up by the introduction of new mobile units. Specially developed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Cattle in Australia
SYDNEY, Mon.--There has been little change in the numbers of dairy cattle over the past three years, and there are still…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--There was an increase of five to ten per cent. at the opening of the Sydney wool sales to-day…
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Early potato crops in the Dorrigo area had been ruined by the torrential rain Which fell over the district from…
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KEMPSEY, Tues.--It is estimated that 15,000 head of dairy and other cattle have been lost on the Macleay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Competition At Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Tues.--Good competition prevailed from Continental and British sections of buyers at to-day's wool sales…
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