The Butter Subsidy Was P.P.U. "Convinced"? Two Stories Credited to Mr. Shute
Conflicting press reports of the statements of Mr. J. L. Shute, general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union, made at Grafton last…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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Junior Farmers' Notes
At last, I am happy to state, I can announce the winner of our first competition. During the past week our district supervisor, Mr. F. J. Purkiss,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Potato Crop to Be Record
There should not be another potato shortage, said the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully). Everything pointed to record production this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Improving Dairy Herds
The Division of Dairying Department of Agriculture, supplies the following information under the rules governing Division 1 of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Registration of Vegetable Seed Crops
MELBOURNE Tuesday.— Any grower who disposes of vegetable seed without being registered is now liable to prosecution…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Endeavour to Assist Farmers Chamber of Commerce To Send Out Questionnaire Record Fruit Crop, But Insufficient Labour
Singleton District Chamber of Commerce last night took up the question of obtaining part-time labour to…
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SINGLETON Wednesday—The secretary of the chamber of [?] Mr. C. M. Runter at last night’s meeting [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£150,000 Damage By Wool Store Fire
BURINE (Tas.) Thursday— The most disastrous fire in the history of Launceston occurred yesterday when damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crop Price Fixing Attacked
"The primary producer is being cheated out of his very modest income by the freezing of his crops and unjust and callous price-fixing," said the chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crops Damaged by Caterpillars
The whole of the southern Riverina is experiencing a plague of caterpillars, which are damaging lucerne paddocks and vegetable gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The T.B. Test For Dairy Cattle
There was a long discussion it the meeting of the Raymond Terrace branch of the PPU regarding the matter of compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
The Farmers & Graziers' Co.-op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 25th Inst.: We submitted our catalogue No-. 92 on the 20th inst., the appraisement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Committee
CANBERRA Friday—Membership of the Central Wool Committees is to be increased from eight to 11 Representation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Killed and Injured
During this week three head of cattle were killed and two head injured when a lorry driven by Mr. Errol Andrews, crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Appraisement
Pitt, Son and Badgery. Ltd. report that on Tuesday last their catalogue comprised 4240 bales, and was a most representative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abandonment of Wheat Competition
QUIRINDI Friday—The Quirindi PA and H Association has had to abandon its season’s 20 and 50-acre field wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Trucks for Bulk Wheat
The announcement that a 50-million bushel wheat harvest is anticipated heralds the annual task of transporting the grain to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-War Wool Marketing Problems
Commenting on Mr. Scully's criticism of the proposal of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales that a wool-growers' representative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fighting Blowflies. Wool Board Claim Questioned
"Isn't the Australian Wool Board too optimistic when it claims that blowfly strike can be reduced to one in 1000 sheep by…
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