Wool Bounty
Dealing with the proposal for a wool bounty, the Chairman said: "I don't want to waste time on this subject if we are all in agreement, but…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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Maitland Stock Sales Cattle Unaltered
A firmer pig and fat sheep market were features of the stock sales at Campbell's Hill saleyards, West Maitland, on Monday. In the medium…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Industry Report on Butter Substitutes. Strong Claims in Support of Legislative Protection
In continuation of its endeavours to secure adequate protection against the unfair competition of butter substitutes, the Australian dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plan to Assist Wheat Industry Protest by Farmers and Settlers. Sydney
At the Fanners and Settlers' Conference to-day, many of the delegates strongly protested against the plan to assist the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Value of Butter Supports One-sixth Population
It is computed that one-sixth of the population of Australia is directly dependent on the dairy industry. There are 200,000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Women's Association Wool Exhibition
The Chairman said there was the matter of the annual exhibition of wool sponsored by the Scone branch of the Country Women's Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Conference Attitude of Victoria. Melbourne
The wheat conference resumed today, with Victoria virtually not participating. The Premier (Mr Dunstan) made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Production Big Increase for July Last Augmented Pay
The butter production figures for the month of July at Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, made available by the manager (Mr. W. E…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Publicity Urged Australian Butter in England. Sydney
Mr. H. M. Russell, leader of the United Australia Party in the Queensland Parliament, who returned in the Monterey after six months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Acceptable Federal Govt's Wheat Proposals SYDNEY
The proposals of the Federal Government to assist the wheat farmers are unacceptable to the wheatgrowers in N.S.W., according to statements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Wool Pack Paper and Rubber Mixture. South African Experiment
An interesting exhibit at the wool sales recently held at London Dock was an experimental pack shipped by "the Farmers' Co-operative Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lively Meeting Egg Board Members Heckled Angry Farmers
Members of the Egg Marketing Board experienced a lively time when they addressed about 600 poultry farmers in the Parramatta Town Hall, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Dairy Produce Board Official Report
Mr. T. Flood Plunkett M.L.A. of Queensland, was re-elected chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Board at the annual meeting of that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Famine Stage Shortage of Dairy Cows
Not new nor yet unknown, but rapidly advancing to a most acute famine stage, is a new problem that is now facing the dairying industry of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Farm Tragedy Youth on Murder Charge
Following the death of Rita Grant, 22, a married woman, in a lonely farmhouse near Mundubbera (Q.) on Tuesday, a 16-year-old youth came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Labour by Farm Labourer. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—It is known that we are paid from 10/ to 25/ a week and keep. Circumstances prevent a larger and standardised wage. But there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter Substitutes: Support for Dairymen Sydney
The Farmers and Settlers' Association, at the continued annual conference, decided to recommend the colouring of margarine to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Friesian Cow High Butter Producer Singleton Stud
As a result of her recent production of 1030.691b. butter-fat (equal to 1250.691b. commercial butter), Wyoming Betty Echo has become the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BUTTER—CHEESE The London Market LONDON, Aug. 11
The butter market is slow. Quotations: Danish 124/ per cwt; choicest, salted, New Zealand 117/, Australian 107/; unsalted, New Zealand 117/…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Success Claimed: War on Cattle Disease London, July 29
A new remedy, it is believed, has been found for the cattle disease known as contagious abortion, which is estimated to affect from 20 to 40 per cent. of the 8 million cattle in Britain, causing a loss of from £10,000,000 to £12,000,000 a year…
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