Dairy Farming Decline
"A drop in butler production of 14 per cent at a time when greatly increased quantities are needed for ourselves and for Great Britain is deplorable."…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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The Markets. Muswellbrook Cattle Market
Edward Higgens, Parkinson & Co. report spirited competition at their usual fortnightly sale held on Tuesday last. There were no fats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.s.w. Wheat Prices
The State Marketing Bureau reports that the rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follow:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-time Wool Consumption. Merit of Woollens
Winchcombe, Carson, Litd., report:—Despite the elimination of wool users on the Continent, the quantity passing into consumption is surprisingly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pigs and Pork. Demand for Pig Meats. Value of Wheat As Feed
The present surplus of wheat is a matter of considerable significance to intending suppliers of the pig meats called for by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Truck Impressment Complaint by Farmers
A complaint by a member of Port Stephens Shire Council regarding the impressment of motor trucks by the military has been brought under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Notes Junior Farmers and Home Gardening
Mr. F. J. Purkiss, supervising teacher of school agriculture for the North and North-West, is at present visiting Scone in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Depletion of Dairy Herds Marked Concern Aroused
The depletion of dairy herds in Australia by the sale of productive dary cows as beef, together with the disposal of young dairy heifers for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Complications Over Use of Road Farmers Air Grievance Before Shire Councillors
A threat passed on to a lorry driver that he would close the read because, it was alleged, the lorry driver had refused to go…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers want Higher Butter Price
KYOGLE Saturday— farmer and others interesting in the daring industries [?] meeting agreed to ask that the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese for Farm Work
WASHINGTON June 19—it was stated to-day that the Agriculture Department is considering .the use of Japanese . West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Money in Wool
June appraisements are the closing series of the 1941-42 reason, the third year under the British contract. The amount realised for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Share-farming Agreement Dispute Lengthy Evidence in Local Court
Considerable time of last Friday's sitting of the local Police Court, which was heard before Mr. J. McEiroy, P.M., was occupied in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women's Land Army Need for Farmers' Co-operation
"Our new commitments can be met only by a great increase in the number of women employed on work previously carried but by men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PASTORAL Fodder Trees Conservation and Planting
Drought periodically emphasises the value of fodder trees in pastoral areas. In many districts nature has provided a large number of such trees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beef Cattle Industry. Aborigines to the Rescue
So acute is the shortage of manpower on cattle stations that the Director General of Man Power (Mr. W. C. Wurth) has decided that no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denman Cattle Market £17/5/- for Durham Heifer
Messrs Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co., Denman, report holding their usual fortnightly sale on Friday last. The usual buyers were present, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Depletion of Dairy Herds. Marked Concern Aroused
The depletion of dairy herds in Australia, by the sale of productive dairy cows as beef, together with the disposal of young dairy heifers for meat,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers' Notes
My first duty this week is to apologise for the absence of this column in last Tuesday's "Chronicle." I received many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DAIRYING Feed The Dry Cow a Vital Principle in Dairy Management
For sustained production it is not sufficient to feed the dairy cow generously while she is milking—she must be kept in condition also while she is…
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