Basic Wage Increase and Dairy Industry
Mr. L. J. Johnstone, General Secretary of the Primary Producers’ Union, forwards details of the Dairy Industry Award and…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Rise in U.s. Farm Output
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. Anderson) says that wartime technological revolution has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Wheat Prices
WASHINGTON, January 7.— Maximum and minimum wheat prices may be fixed for some years ahead by in International…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Fat Cattle Yarded To-day
Because of the butchers' strike, and the warning last week from local auctioneering firms, no fat sheep or cattle were yarded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Tariffs On Foreign Wool
NEW YORK, Jan. 8—The managing director of the International Wool Secretariat, Mr. Morton Saveil, yesterday told Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Farm Buildings
The situation of Australia in regard to her markets for surplus dairy products is such that a period of up to twelve months may elapse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Resentful of Egg Prices
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The president of the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia, Mr. F. Gaudry, said last week’s rise of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interim Award for Dairy Industry Points Set Out by M.z.d.c. Secretary
Mr. F. Cedgwick, general secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, writes: The Federal Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen's Ultimatum Expires Monday Unsatisfactory Government Reply Will Lead to Strike
Milk Zone dairymen have deferred the withholding of milk supplies to Sydney and Newcastle until next Monday, to give…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nz Butter for Canada
OTTAWA, January 8.— The Canadian Government is reported to have decided to import butter from New Zealand, probably in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Drug for Farm Pests
A new wonder chemical called D.D.—a second cousin to the famed D.D.T. promises to revolutionise farming through the world, says an American paper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fair Deal Wanted for the Dairyfarmer
Mr. W. A. H. Howarth, Liberal Member for Maitland and Deputy Leader of the Opposition referring in the House to the dairy industry asked the Minster for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Higher Dairy Wages
The basic wage for adult dairy farm hands in New South Wales is now £5/9/ a week, with £6/0/6 for milkers and carters and £6/9/ for leading hands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Basic Wage Increase Effect On Dairying Industry
The Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council has been advised by the council’s solicitors that the declaration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Cattle Population
World cattle numbers at the beginning of 1945 totalled 710,000,000 head. This was 2,000,000 fewer than the year before, and 13,000,000 or 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strong Demand For Wool
NEWCASTLE.—Under strong competition from the Continent, United Kingdom, United States and Australian mills the market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General New England Bred Cattle
At Armidale yards on Friday, 24th February, 1000 New England bred cattle will be sold by NENCO, Goldsborough Mort and the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Wool Brings World Record Price
Greasy wool brought a world record price at Launceston wool sales on Tuesday. An American buyer paid 153d a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadians To Import New Zealand Butter Ration the Same As Australia
It is reported that the Canadian Government has decided to import butter from New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bulldozer Used on Farms. Dams Constructed; Rabbits Destroyed
Twenty dams have been constructed for district landowners by-Messrs Sindell and Bonnett. The work has been carried out by employing a bulldozer…
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