Craven Plateau Dairy
A Dairy on the Craven Plateau is becoming vacant which I will consider leasing lock, stock and barrel, or else a first-class share farmer is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1942
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New Dairy Chief Mr. George McGILVRAY APPOINTED
Mr. George McGilvray, assistant herdmaster in the Department of Agriculture, who is well-known to many on the Nambucca, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maize Crop Departmental Review
Early sown maize struck well in most instances, but development has been unsatisfactory during recent months owing to very hot and dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Union Advocated for Dairymen
"Many dairymen are not receiving enough income to buy proper food for their families let alone pay rates, taxes, rent or land instalments," said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Butter Increase Yet
Failure of the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner to deal with a claim for an increase of 1d a lb. in the price of butter was criticised by the general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old-time Sailing Ships Give Britain War-time Cattle Fodder
Seeds accidentally taken to England last century in the holds of American sailing ships have given Britain's farmers a valuable war-time cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk From Manning to Relieve Sydney Shortage Discussion by Meeting of Dairymen
Called by the Directors of the M.R. Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd., a meeting of dairymen was held at the Tarre Methodist Sunday school hall on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Now Then — What About Butter ?
Recently Mr. A. D. Suters. Secretary of the Central Rivers District. P.P. Union, wrote to the Wingham Municipal Council—as he did to all Councils…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straw Pulp New Cattle Fodder Good Liveweight Increase
Britain's farmers are obtaining excellent results with the fodder now being produced by the new caustic soda straw-pulping process on over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Erosion Control on the Coastal Farms. A Problem of Soil Protection and Fertility Maintenance
Although the average annual rainfall (up to 60 or 70 inches or more in places, with daily registrations reaching sometimes as high as 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Feeding of Dairy Cows
Rations for dairy cows must not only be "balanced" (contain the elements of nutrition in desirable proportions), but they must be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tomato Mite. Treatment of Mid-Season and Late Crops
Tomato mites are extremely small and only become visible on the foliage under magnification. Consequently their presence in crops is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowraville Dairy Co. Good Output
The usual monthly meeting of the Bowraville Co-op. Society, Ltd., was held on Friday, January 16. The manager reported that during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Italian Prisoners Work on English Farms
Many Italian prisoners in Britain have been sent out from the prison camps to help the English farmers in the cultivation of their crops. Here is a photograph of the first batch of prisoners to be so employed, under guard they march to a farm where they will be engaged on draining and ditching the land. (Commonwealth Dept. of Information picture.)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Straw Pulp New Cattle Fodder
Britain's farmers are obtaining excellent results with the fodder now being produced by the new caustic soda straw-pulping process on over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoner on Farms
Gunner Ron Whalan, a prisoner of war at Stalag XIII Camp, has written to his mother, Mrs. Whalan, of Mayfield West, saying that most of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Agricultural Holdings Act A Means to Better Farming
The Agricultural Holdings Act, 1941, has now passed through all stages in Parliament and will be proclaimed in the near future. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk for the City. What M.r. Dairy Society Suppliers Are Prepared to Do
The board ol directors of M.R. Co-op. Dairy Society convened a meeting of suppliers to consider the matter ol the supply of milk to the Milk Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Buy Wine Direct From Sydney
Many farmers and country business men are now buying their wine at a very reasonable price direct from a Sydney vintner. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Incendiary Leaves to Cause Bush and Crop Fires
In an N.E.S. circular to chief wardens (copy supplied to us by Mr. G. Jeffery, Chief Warden of Macleay Shire) it in advised that…
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