Appointment of new dairy cattle officer
A new dairy cattle livestock officer has been appointed to the Department of Agriculture at Coffs Harbour. He is Mr. Alex Ashwood, who will meet residents…
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Farming & the land, 1974
28 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
Bellingen cattle in competition
A Bellingen cattle breeder has entered the NSW 1973-74 Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition. He is Mr. A. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reconstruction Scheme Can Help the Dairyman
The Marginal Dairy Farm Reconstruction Scheme was still not widely understood, despite the fact that money was available to assist farmers. The Deputy Director of the Rural assistance Board, Mr. R. A. Simpson, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charolais the Coming Breed Breed in Cattle Industry
Since Charolais were introduced in Australia in April, 1969, the breed of cattle has become so popular the Charolais Society of Australia has more than 1000 members…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral care Sunday observed
Led by the Bishop of Grafton (Rt. Rev. Donald Shearman) and by ordinance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy officer chosen
Mr. Alex Ashwood has been appointed Dairy Cattle Officer for the Mid North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop conditions are good despite recent heavy rain
Growing conditions for most pastures in the Coffs Harbour area were good despite wet weather during February, the Coffs Harbour district agronomist, Mr. R. A. Laffan, said yesterday. Mr. Laffan, in making his monthly crop report, said Bellingen had the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Grazing Trials on the North Coast
Landholders, the Department of Agriculture find fertiliser companies are co-operating in running large scale practical farm grazing trials on the North Coast. The grazing trials, on…
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Many cattle breeders of North Coast District are expected to attend a field day on Wednesday, March…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ian Robinson, M.H.R. Food Prices Farm Returns Down
Mr. lan Robinson, M.H.R. for Cowper, said yesterday that huge rises in food prices in the past year due to spiralling manufacturing costs had occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Delays Sowings of Winter Fodder Crops in Coffs
The continuing wet weather during April further delayed the winter fodder crops throughout the Coffs Harbour area, district agronomist, Mr. R. A. Laffan said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Fund Should Continue
Contributions form stock owners to the Cattle Compensation Fund are still necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Drops Butter Making
After over 80 years of butter production, the Grafton-Ulmarra Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fruit Crops Hit by Rot
Many backyard citrus growers and citrus orchardists are losing large numbers of fruit due to brown rot. This was stated yesterday by Mr. Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Herdsmen’s Notes (Compiled by Alexander Ashwood, Live stock Officer (Dairy Cattle), Coffs Harbour)
The phone is running at the moment due to farmers wishing information on ways to improve the level of solids-not-fat in their milk. Unfortunately the answer is not However, adverse, seasonal conditions are the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Historical feature Our butter was renown throughout the world
One of the many local industries featured in the 1917 historical booklet was the Coffs Harbour Co-operative Dairying and Refrigeration Company. “This company was established at Coffs Harbour Jetty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sale of Seed Indicates Bumper Potato Crop
There was an increase of 600 percent in the sowings of potatoes in the Macleay and Nambucca areas this year. District Agronomist Mr. R. A. Laffan said in his monthly crop report for August that this increase had been indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Herdsmen’s Notes (Compiled by Alexander Ashwood, Livestock Officer (Dairy Cattle), Dept of Agriculture)
I say, give the young girls a bit of a go. Since, if their dams were mated to selected bulls, there is a fair chance they are good genetic prospects. Dairymen should breed first calf heifers to dairy sires whose mats have a low incidence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →End of Family Farming?
Mr. Lloyd Lange, M.L.C., Chairman of the Liberai Party’s N.S.W. Rural Policy Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beef Cattle Competition
In a year when beef cattle prices have dropped markedly breeders should be striving more…
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