Dairying. Tallowiness in Cream. a Common Off-flavour and Its Control
A common off-flavour in cream, tallowiness, results in serious economic losses because it is practically impossible to remedy, this flavour defect by…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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Fodder Crops Lost
"The quantity of oats that had been planted was four or five times greater than ever before and many dairymen had sown lucerne. The greater part…
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It is important to remember that a cow s food is only devoted to production after the animal has satisfied its needs for…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — In the Police Court to-day Thomas George Ross Griffiths (28), butcher, was charged with stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conditions in the Dairy Industry
The senior dairy Instructor, Mr. J. W. C. Smith, reports that conditions during April have Seen far from satisfactory. Early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →States' Faith in Future of Wool
Pure woollen stockings with the sheerness of nylon and the lustre of silk were promised the women of Australia by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News Agricultural and Pastoral Returns Due This Month
Agricultural and Pastoral returns for the police district of Singleton are due by the end of this month. The returns are handled each year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pool (Farm) Machinery in District Next Week
A corn binder for cutting saccaline, together with tractor and trailer for carting, will be in the district on Monday next and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Choosing Poultry Farm Site
The most suitable aspects for a poultry farm are between north and east, and there should be sufficient slope for good…
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An old resident of the district Mr. Hugh Wallace Winder, of Black Hill, died suddenly this mornings. He Had helped in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Utilisation of Green Manure Crops
Farmers are frequently undecided whether to allow stock to graze on green manure crops, such as clovers and medics, or…
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Speaking at Raymond Terrace, Mr. J. P. Abbortt, MHR, said that there was a thing that had to be watched in the matter of…
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WASHINGTON, May 6.—The President-elect of Argentina (Colonel Peron) notified UNRRA that Argentina expects to ship…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat by Poultry Farmers Withhold Eggs to Force Subsidy
Unless their demands are met, poultry farmers will not supply eggs to the Egg Marketing Board for a month from May 14…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stud Cattle Prices in Sydney Disappointing
SYDNEY.—Expectations that following the phenomenal prices paid for stud bulls in England, the Australian market would rise…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—More than 100 wharf labourers were dismissed by the Union Steamship Co, Ltd, for refusing to load wool…
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Recently the Leader of the Country Party (Lt.-Col. Bruxner) asked a series of questions in the Legislative Assembly designed to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheer Wool Stockings Soon Becomes Rivals Silk
Stockings made from wool no sheer and lustrous as any on the market, are predicted for Australian Women by the Australian Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Single Farms for Soldier Settlement "Not Responsibility of State"
A further unsuccessful attempt was made by the Country Party in the Legislative Assembly to get the Government to assist ex-servicemen to…
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"As mentioned, all low lying winter fodder crops have been destroyed. Crops such as established lucerne and winter crops planted on high…
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