Scone Dairy Cattle Market
Pitt, Son & Keene Pty., Ltd., report yarding and selling 71 dairy cows and heifers at their dairy cattle sale on Thursday. July 6…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Big Wool Clip Expected
Australia's wool clip this season is expected to be about 3½ or 4 per cent, larger than last year's. According to a joint estimate,…
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OTTAWA, July 11.—Britain’s Minister for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Gordon Patrick Walker, said to-day that Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fly Strike to Cause Heavy Wool Losses
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Heavy wool losses this season are feared because of a distrous fly strike…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Federal Government has decided to impose a levy of 7½ per cent. on wool sold from August 26 next. One quarter per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Produce Board
Mr. C. T. Grant, District Secretary, Australian Primary Producers' Union, Casino, writes in "Tweed Daily" (Murwillumbah),…
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MAITLAND: Their flood losses had forced many farmers in the Maitland district to take jobs as roadworkers, Mr. T. G. Elkin, a…
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Many dairy cattle are now showing the results of terrible weather conditions and are starving owing to flooding of paddocks, district stock inspector (Mr. E. A. Lucas) said to-day. The inspector added that efforts are being made…
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District dairy officer, Mr. D. W. Crowfoot, stated this week that early in the month seasonal conditions caused a drop in production but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Dairymen Seek Subsidy
SINGLETON, Wed.—A meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council at Singleton yesterday decided to ask the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen’s Tribute to Late Secretary
SINGLETON, Wed.—The Singleton branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council yesterday decided to place on record the work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stricken Dairymen Urge Milk Subsidy Dearer Milk in Winter Months an Alternative
At the annual meeting of the Singleton Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held in the C.W.A. rooms yesterday it was decided to support the Paterson Dairymen's Council in applying to the Government…
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The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said that the Government grain elevators section of his department was doing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Premier’s Sympathy with Flood Victims Mr. Arthur Howarth Presses for Assistance to Farmers
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Premier (Mr. McGirr) moved in the Legislative Assembly yesterday a motion of sympathy for flood victims of New South Wales and an expression of admiration for those who had helped in alleviation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Acreage Lower
SYDNEY, Friday.—The total wheat acreage to be sown in New South Wales this year would be more than 10 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Cheque Tops £248 Million
Australia's cheque for greasy wool during the 11 months ended May was £248,165,000, according to the figures released…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle Starving Through Flooding Efforts To Get Fodder Or Agistment For 10,000 Head
Many dairy cattle are now showing the results of terrible weather conditions and are starving owing to flooding of paddocks, the Maitland Stock Inspector (Mr. E. A. Lucas) said this week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Selecting Dairy Cows on Outward Appearance Some Useful Pointers For Dairymen
Many dairymen who do not keep records of their stock are obliged to rely on outward appearances when selecting new stock. In a Departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tractor and Farm Implement Field Day at Hawkesbury Gricultural College
A cordial invitation to visit the Hawkesbury College field day demonstrations of tractors and tractor-drawn machinery on Friday afternoon, July 28, when technical advisers will be precent to deal with visitors'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen Ask for Subsidy Over Winter Period
District dairymen at a combined meeting of branches of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council and the Australian…
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