Butter Factory Wages Increased
Wages increases, ranging from 3 to 12 a week, were granted by Mr. Justice Kinsella to employees governed by the Butter, Cheese and…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Salvia Poisons Cattle Related To Home Garden Variety
The Bonfire Salvia you grow in your garden may be poisonous. It is a close relative to the Red Salvia, or Texas Sage, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Produce Agents Act Another Company Fined
Another prosecution launched recently by the Department of Agriculture against an agent company operating at the City Markets for a breach of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Production Drive Praised by U.n.o. Food Chief
The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's Dairy Production Drive is following almost identical lines to those successfully adopted in America, according…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corn Picker Farm Mechanisation Demonstration at Euroka
In these days of the nation calling for higher production from primary industry--or the farms--and, having in view, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coff's Harbour Butter Factory Sold
At a recent meeting of shareholders of the Coff's Harbour-Orara Dairy Society, a recommendation by the directors to sell the assets of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers Field Day at Clybucca
Macleay River Junior Farmers' District Council held a successful Field Day at Clybucca on Thursday, May 5, the weather being fine; a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crops Ready
Some of the beat crops ever seen at Tacking Point are now at an advanced stage, and some picking commenced this week. The market price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council
An Executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on the 12th May, Mr. J. B. Carlton, of Dungog, presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council
An executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on the 12th May, Mr. J. B. Carlton, of Dungog. presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonders From Wool. Rural Bank Display
Australia is the world's' principal supplier of wool, and wool is Australia's most valuable primary product. During the current season, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Dairy Farm Competition
Strong local competitions are ensured in some districts, where entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions are already very representative…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Insecticides
DDT should not be used for insect control on dairy cows because it may contaminate the milk, the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence Butter Fat Payments by Factories (To the Editor)
Sir,—A matter causing great interest among dairymen in this district has been the change-over from a commercial butter to a butterfat system of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Dairy Farm Competition
Strong local competitions are ensured in some districts where entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions are already very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grave Danger in Butter Rationing
There was a grave danger that the Australian public was being educated by rationing to do with less butter or turn to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bran and Pollard for Dairy Farms. Producers' Council to Ask for Increased Supplies
The president of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A.) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.z. Dairy Farmers' Tour
A group of 34 young dairy fanners from New Zealand have arrived in Sydney for a tour of New South Wales. Besides places…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming Methods Overseas— Interesting Address by Progressive Farmer at Gloucester
Mr. M. R. Buttsworth, of Hannam Vale, who was chosen as the Rural Bank's 1948 Progressive Dairy Farmer, gave an interesting address on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEEDLEWORK For Junior Farmers Under 15 Years
Band-knitted cardigan, Betty Templeton (O.I.) l, Josie Button (O.I.) 2; hand-knitted bed jacket, Margaret. Schmitzer; embroidered duchess set,…
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