Coastal Cattle
At Homebush on the Thursday Estate Daniel Brimms, Bundook, sold 6 cows and heifers to £31, averaging £28/0/4: 7 vealers to…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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India's Cattle
Before it was partitioned, India contained about 208 million head of cattle, nearly one-third of the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Shearing Increasing. Expanding Wool, Demand
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Although rain and flood conditions in New South Wales and Queensland have prevented shearing on many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Shearing Increasing Expanding Wool Demand
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Although rain and flood conditions in New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Losses Were Heavy
SYDNEY, Friday.—The sheep population was at the lowest level for years as a result of floods, the secretary of Farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Levy Challenged
SYDNEY, Friday—In a writ issued yesterday, the Kerabury Pastoral Company challenged the validity of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moree’s Heavy Sheep Losses
MOREE, Friday.—The north-west district lost about 260,000 sheep in recent floods, and ewes are still dying from diseases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cause of Sheep Mortality Solution to Quirindi Mystery
Mr. W. A. McKay, soldier settler on "Glenrowen," Quirindi Station, who recently lost 251 breeding ewes out of a flock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Drenching Mortalities. Some Precautions When Using Carbon Tetrachloride
The heavy sheep mortalities sometimes sustained by graziers after drenching their flocks with carbon tetrachloride against liver fluke are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Fairhall Discusses Wool Marketing With Constituents
Speaking on the recent Government legislation dealing with wool marketing, Mr. Al-lan Fairhall, M.H.R. for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farms for Service Settlement
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said he had directed that, in future, all dairy farms with a potential butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Argentine Sheep Go to Israel Young Jews Plan To Boost The Nation’s Meat Supply(From Arye Wallenstein, Reuter Correspondent)
TEL AVIV: Some 90 South American teen-aged Jews are attempting to ease Israel’s meat shortage in their own South American way. Having left school desks in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: Farmer And The Community Westerling Embarrasses Belgium
BRUSSELS, Aug. 25.—Captain Raymond (“Turco”) Westerling, 34-years-old Dutch former commando, has been told he can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Production Increasing States Dairy Officer
Production generally throughout the district is on the increase, relieving district dairy officer, Mr. E. G. McLaren stated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer and the Community
THERE is not enough stability or guarantee of continuity of income in the returns of primary producers, particularly with fruit, vegetables and forage. High prices paid by the consumer for the small quantities of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Too Much Water in Milk Dairyman Fined
At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Singleton dairyman, R. C. McTaggart was charged with selling adulterated food…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Notes From All Parts
SPEAKING at a science congress in England recently a lecturer said, "Mastitis in British cows, affecting one million,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sowing Wheat by Aircraft
“Although there may be no technical difficulties to distributing wheat seed evenly from aircraft, there are several practical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain Puts Farmers Back Three Weeks
Rain falling this week has set hack the rehabilitation of the Maitland area by at least another three weeks. The district 'agronomist (Mr. F. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying To-day Is "White Slavery" Application Fou 40-Hour Week Costing System
An application is to be made by the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, to have the costing system for…
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