Butter Rationing Investigated
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. J. McEwen), said that the Government would not wish…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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U.s. Butter Surplus
The United States has a surplus of 100 million lb. of butter. This, together with huge surpluses of wheat, eggs and…
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Winchcombe, Carson, tLd., report: A strong demand for wool and large supplies bought by consumers in the…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.): The Prime Minister, Mr. S. G. Holland, announced the Government would slash subsidies by…
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A youth who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing 48 head of cattle to the total value of £598 from the. Military Reserve at Whittingham was given 12 months' suspended sentence by Judge O'Sullivan at Singleton…
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Robert Reginald Beetson (37), of Putty, was last week committed for trial by Mr. Hodgson, SM, at Singleton Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scone Stock Sale Store Sheep
New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (inc. in England), Scone, report having held a successfuly sale of store sheep at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May 19 Deadline for Agricultural and Pastoral Returns
Singleton Police will take proceedings against farmers who fail to lodge their Agricultural and Pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Prices Breaking More Records
Wool prices this week reached a new peak for the 1949-50 season, being 30 to, 40 per cent, above the closing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter and Tea Rationing Will It Be Removed?
The removal of tea and butter rationing in many cases will be an unwanted alteration in Singleton if the Government subsidies are waived, according to a survey made during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Grant Demonstrations Eighteen Farms Listed In Hunter Area
The Commonwealth dairy grant demonstration farm operations were rendering a valuable service to the industry, said the district dairy officer, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, addressing delegates to the Upper Hunter divisional annual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Dairy Products and Currency Position Farmers See Warning In Recent Fluctuations
AUCKLAND, May 12—Australian dairymen, who have been discussing revaluation of the Australian pound, will be interested in a survey of how currency trends affect New Zealand’s export of dairy products and lamb…
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The district dairy officer, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, said today that a start was made this week with the judging of the champion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Keeping Dairy Farm Records Milk Zone Council Evolves System
In the period between 1944 to early 1948 the control of milk prices was under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rationing of Butter and Cream MR. R. C. Gibson Says It Could Be Lifted
The president of the Primary Producers' Union of New South Wales, Mr. R. C. Gibson, said that rationing of…
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The largest pollen business in the world is run by one R. T. Greer, of North Carolina, who employs 2000 trained workers to…
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Dairy Science Schools organised by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture are to be conducted this winter at country centres, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Attracts the Best Brains Signs of the Progressive Man
The farming industry is beginning to attract to its calling the most intelligent, progressive, enterprising young men and women in the community, said Mr. C. V. Janes, economist and honorary member of the N.S.W. Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quota System Will Ruin Small Farmers
SINGLETON, Friday.—Speaking on the individual quota system at the Central Hunter District Council of the Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farms Run "Wastefully and Unscientifically" No Provision for Fodder Conservation
He agreed with the chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. Howell) that the great majority of dairy farms were run wastefully and unscientifically, the secretary of the Central Hunter Primary Producers…
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