Farmer Killed In Train, Tractor Smash
TAREE, Thursday.— A dairy farmer was fatally injured this afternoon when, his tractor collided with a train at a private…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Illawarra · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1951
356 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 18
Wool Goods Rise, 75 P.c. in Year
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—President of the Retail Traders Association (Mr. Ashley Buckingham) said today prices of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Dairy Produce Board Election
Nominations of candidates for election as members representing Butter and Cheese Factories on the Australian Dairy Produce Board for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister to bring Cattle Compensation Legislation
The Minister for Agriculture (E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said he would introduce a Bill into the next session of Parliament for the payment of compensation to owners of cattle which die or are destroyed as a result of certain infectious diseases…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Junior Farmers Project Comp'tition
The enthusiastic support given to toe Junior Farmers' Project competition which was held for the first time last year, has…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Aust. Dairy Produce Board Election
Nominations of candidates for election as members representing butter and cheese factories on the Australian Dairy Produce…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Sheep "Curse of Australia"
Melbourne, Thursday.— Professor Oliphant said today: "We see what myxomatosis has dole to the rabbit menace. I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Potato Crop Will Be Less This Season
There is likely to be a general decline in potato production in New South Wales this coming season—a spokesman for the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Wool Price Expected to Stay Up
Mr R. G. Lund, chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, stated recently that present prices for wool,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Decision on Wool Act Today
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Full High Court will give its decision on the validity of the Wool Sales Deduction Act at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Farmers Tour of New Zealand
The Better Farming League, at Bery, is organising a tour of its members to New Zealand, and arrangements have so far…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Features for The Man on the Land Is Irrigation the Answer to Low Dairy Production
A PART from fluctuations in production incidental to seasonal influences, average production per cow has shown virtually no improvement in New South Wales in the last thirty years—states a recent editorial in the "Agricultural Gazette"…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Autumn Potato Crop May Help Relieve Shortage
The repeated potato shortages in New South Wales over the past few years have stimulated great interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Talk on Dairying Methods
"Recent Advances in Dairy Production" will be discussed by Professor P. K. Ewer, Professes of Animal Husbandry in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Farms 'Grow' Concrete
A tourist motoring through certain parts of the United States will find farms "growing" a strange crop of concrete slabs, boxes and posts, says a Chicago, illinois, cement company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Farmers Are Now "Growing" Concrete
CHICAGO (Illinois).—A tourist motoring through certain parts of the United States will find farms "growing" a strange crop of concrete slabs, boxes, and posts, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter-making by Air
Unsmooth texture and mild tainting are reported to have been solved by a new technique of butter-making by air — now in its experimental stage in Britian. The new butter machine uses…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cheese and Butter Factories
Details of the changes in N.S.W. factories manufacturing cheese and butter are shown in the annual report of the N.S.W. Dairy Products Board now released…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cattle Relish Brown Lucerne Hay
Brown lucerne hay is more succulent and freer from dust than the dry green hay; most cattle show a decided preference…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Why We Are Short of Butter (To The Editor)
Sir,—In the fertile Illawarra district where dairying flourishes there are middle-aged dairymen, who have been born…
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