Higher Subsidy Granted to Dairy Farmers Butter Producers Benefit By 2 1/2d lb
Dairy farmers would receive an extra subsidy to make up for increased production costs, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard)…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Cattle for Kempsey
BEGA, Tuesday. — A mob of 252 cattle, valued at more than £3000, left Nimmitabel by train for Kempsey…
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The largest consignment of butter from Newcastle since pre-war days will leave for the United Kingdom to-morrow on the motorship…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The first wheat of the season is expected at Newcastle silos on November 14. The first shipment for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macleay Cattle Appeal Very Good Response
Gifts to replace stock lost in the Macleay floods now total 1415 head of cattle and £9356 in money…
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The first field wheat competition conducted on the Upper Hunter since 1941, sad won by Mr. V. Hall, of Nandowra, Scone, attracted much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Firmer in Brisbane BRISBANE
Wool prices at me opening of the third series today showed a rise, compared with the Brisbane October sales of 5£ to 7 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Company Honnours Employees Recognition of Long and Faithful Service. Watches, Clocks, Certificates Presented
In the presence of a large gathering at the Hunter Valley Dairy Co's. Hexham factory on Wednesday last, 12 of the company's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tributes to Dairy Company
Leaders in the administrative and distributing side of the dairy industry paid high tributes to the Hunter Valley Co.-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. at the…
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 —Listing Australia as the world’s third largest-butter [?] in 1948 —although still 20 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help for Farmers in Restoring Flood Loss Mr. Chifley Sets Out Conditions of Unemployment Relief
The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, replying to representations from a meeting of farmers held recently at Woodville, sets out the position of farmers, whose properties were damaged by flood, in relation to assistance under the Social…
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In the mustering and trucking of stock for the relief of Kempsey dairymen, thanks are due to Mr. Hedley Hain and Mr. Ira Brewer. They did a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wives of Delegates Entertained at Farmer's
During the Tuesday afternoon session of Conference Week, a party of about forty wives of Country Press delegates met for afternoon tea at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastures Excellent Says Dairy Officer Record Milk Production Expected On Hunter
Pastures throughout the district could be classified as excellent, the district dairy officer (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) said to-day in his monthly report. Mr. Smith said on the Upper…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—There were ample stocks of petrol In northwestern wheat: Harvesting districts, the N.S.W manager of…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Provided no heavy rain falls, a good wheat harvest in NSW' was assured, a Spokesman for the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Too Many Government Boards" Farmers Hog-tied
It was admitted last week that there are [?]rence Government Boards and Committees operating under the Department of Commerce and Agriculture, and that there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland’s Potato Crop Down By 70 Per Cent Diggings Will Be Insufficient For Local Trade Requirements
Maitland’s potato crop will be down this year by 70 per cent, compared with the record production of lost year, and supplies from the district will be insufficient for local requirements…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — primary producers who had laid in stocks of petrol were to be complimented on their foresight, Mr. E. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warning Against Unclean Sheep
Homebush selling agents in a joint statement this week crew consignors' attention to the possibility of industrial…
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