Farm Workers’ Draft In U.S.A.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4—The Director of Selective, Service Major-General Herahey, has [?] to a request by the Director…
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Farming & the land, 1945
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Milk Zone Dairymen Demand 1/10 a Gallon Further Drastic Milk Cuts In Metropolis
SYDNEY, Friday.—A resolution that 2/- a gallon for milk should be demanded was defeated at the meeting of Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council yesterday, when it was decided to withhold supplies of fresh milk from Sydney and…
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The executive of the Milk Zone Dirymen's Council decided yesterday that its members would not deliver liquid milk for Sydney and Newcastle after next Thursday morning unless the price to dairymen was increassed to 1/10 a ga[?]on by Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Decline in Dairy Production
Production of dairy produce within the area known at the Hunter Valley has taken a downward dive over the last two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Bound Over Drove Car Under Influence
Peter Stanton. 44, farmer, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court to-day to having on December a driven a motor car whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leaf Eating Ladybird Production of Crops
Both the larvae and adults of the leaf-eating ladybird (Epilachna 28-punctat) attack the foliage of potatoes, tomatoes, melons and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Farming Statistics All-time Record
Figures recently released by the British Ministry of Agriculture show that the total area of grain crops in England and Wales was greater in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Favoured Farmers' Cause Statement by Mr. Tom Williams, M.p
In a statement to the "Argus", Mr. Tom Williams, M.P., member for Robertson, stated that he favoured an increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen Still Determined to Withhold Milk No Advice on Position Received To-day
Up to a late hour this afternoon, officials of the local branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council had received no Information from any source whatever, relating to the threatened unrest in the milk, position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Potato Position Forecast of Record Crop
The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said that the overall potato position in Australia was better than it had ever been. It was estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report- Wool appraisements were resumed in the Sydney market on Monday when we offered an attractive catalogue of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Big Meeting Decides to Convert Milk Into Butter
At a meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, held at the Memorial Hall on Saturday last, there were 33 members present. Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Cattle Die on Train
Two hundred of approximately 700 cattle which arrived at Invereil by train were dead and many others were too weak to move and were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting of Dairymen
The attention of milk venders anil dairymen is drawn to the fact that a meeting will be held at Hampton's Hall ?to-morrow, at 7.30 p.m. The business…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—The Government intends to confer immediately with New South Wales authorities on the question of relief measures for New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Crops This Year in Hunter Valley
The pastoral and agricultural outlook on the Lower Hunter River [?]s desperate. No useful rain has fallen since September…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk Farmers Seek 1/10 Per Gallon Support Action To Withhold Supplies From
Maitland dairymen at a fully attended meeting last night at Maitland were almost unanimous in supporting their delegates’ action to withhold milk supplies after Thursday morning unless a demand for 1/10 per gallon is paid to the dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Market for Dairy Products
OTTAWA. Jan 8.—The British Minister for Agriculture Mr. Hudson in a speech in Ontario said that markets for cheese and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decline in World Sheep Totals
World sheep totals arc declining. In 1937, South Africa pastured 43,100,000 sheep and lambs. They declined to 38,289,000 by 1939 and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Determin[?] to Strike To-morrow Morning's Milking Will Be Last 150 Attended Yesterday's Meeting and Supported M.z.d.c. Ultimatum
Unless messages are received to the contrary, the milk strike will be definitely on after delivery of to-morrow morning's milking, this decision being arrived at by unanimous vote of more than 150 district dairymen who…
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