Local Farmers Enjoyed Car Trip
Messrs. T. Lantry and G. Moran, of Morpeth, and Messrs. L. F. Monkley and C. Adam, of Raymond Terrace, returned recently…
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Farming & the land, 1948
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Wheat Ship Becalmed
LONDON, Aug. 2.—The fourmasted barque, Viking, carrying a cargo of wheat from Australia, is becalmed in the English…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat Cattle Firm at Maitland
A heavier yarding of 1000 fat cattle of a slightly better quality than that of last week was sold at Campbell’s Hill saleyards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister to Request Larger N.s.w. Coal Allocation Wheat Haulage Delays
Agriculture Minister Graham proposes to ask Federal Government for a bigger coal allocation for N.S.W. to avoid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers’ Club At Branxton
A well-attended public meeting was held in School at Arts at Branxton to consider the question of forming junior fanner clubs in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Delivery
The delegates of the New House lives Association have been appointed to attend the meeting in Aberdare camp hall to-morrow morning when the high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Released For NSW Poultry Farmers
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Following representations which stressed that unless wheat was made available immediately a reduction in poultry flocks was inevitable, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Pollard, has agreed to release 40,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia’'s Wool Exports
CANBERRA. Wednesday.—Australian wool exports for the year ended June 30 were worth £150, 232,000—a record…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Rationing Expected to Continue for Five Years
According to experts in the dairying industry, there is little chance of butter rationing in Australia being lifted for at Least five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Lorries in Crash
When he did not see in time a "stop" signal given by the driver in a lorry in front of his vehicle, a wheat lorry driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →25 Per Cent. T.B. in Lismore Cattle
More than a quarter of the district cattle tested for tuberculosis had been found to be infected with the disease, Mr. N…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Farmers Seek Maize Yield Proved By Trials
Farmers in the Hunter valley, states the district agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) in his agricultural report for July, are interested in Hybrid maize and there hare been many requests concerning the availability of seed for planting next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Output Increase
CANBERRA Butter production in Australia m the. year ended June 30 totalled 167,286 tone. This was 18,87S tons more than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers Trophy
Messrs. E. W. Sparke, President, S. Parish, Vice-President. Mr. Halroyd, Secretary and Mr. Penfold of the Maitland Show Council attended a social in the Cath…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Says Primary Productieon Would Bad If “Socialisation” Attempted
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Addressing the 55th annual conference of the N.S.W. Farmers and Settlers’ Association, the president, Mr. Hugh Robertson, said that if socialisation was attempted primary industries would withdraw from pro…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →T.b. in Dairy Cattle
SYDNEY, Friday.—A Statewide survey of dairy herds to remove TB infected cows will be carried out by the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increased Butter Production
Butter production in Australia for the year ended 30 totalled 157,288 tons, which was more than the production of the previous year by 18,878…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Production Up
Butter production in Australia in the year ended June 30 totalled 157,286 tons. This was 18,878 tons more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inspecting Prize Cattle
Their Majesties the King and Queen attended the first Highland Show to be held since the war. The Show was held at Inverness and attracted a record number of visitors from home as well as overseas, including all parts of the Empire, U.S.A. and South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Cuts Hit Wheat Haulage
With coal rationed and 4000 rail trucks out of use, 38,000,000 bushels of wheat remain in country areas awaiting transport to…
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