Farmer Receives Production Prize Cheque
Mr. K. W. Martin, of Burrell Creek, has received a cheque for £30 —the first prize in the 1949-50 Increased Winter Production…
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Farming & the land, 1951
911 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 46
British Tractors for India. Mechanised Farming Means More Food
India's lons-standing food problem is being tackled widely aud scientifically. Primitive farming implements and methods could not cope with the demands of millions. Machinery is essential…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Agricultural Association Of N.S.W. 1951 Championship Farm And Fodder COMPETITION
Five Zones of New South Wales an to compete this year for the Royal Agricultural Society's Farm and Fodder Championship Competitions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Dairy Cattle Show Rural Interest
NEARLY 250,000 dairymen recently attended the thirty-eigth annual National Dairy Cattle Congress in the United States. More than 1,900 head of prize cattle from herds in every State of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Firm Gives £600 to Council
South Grafton Council last week expressed appreciation of a donation of £600 from Goldsbrough, Mort and Co…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Wool Loss in Geelong Fire
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The worst fire in Geelong's history occurred last night and destroyed a storage shed at the railway station,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Ends Curbs On Corn, Wheat Production
WASHINGTON. -- The U.S. Agriculture Department has removed all restriction on 1951 production of corn and wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Industry Leaders Discuss Difficulties of South Coast Farmers
Reports from Dapto that some dairy farmers might be forced out of the industry because they could not bring their premises up to the standard required by the N. S. W. Milk Board were discussed by leaders of the dairy industry last week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prosecuted Dairy Farmer For Breach
A dairy farmer was prosecuted recently for having failed to obey instructions given in a movement order for a bull affected, with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minister Commends Successful Farmer
"The efforts of individual farmers, such as yourself, to improve their dairying methods and thus provide additional dairy products, is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small and Ancient Punts Penalise Island Farmers
The small and ancient punts that connect Oxley and Mitchell's Islands with the mainland confer many penalties on the island communities and make things considerably more difficult for the farmer, a P. P. U. official pointed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Agricultural Society's 1951 Championship Farm & Fodder Comp
Five zones of New South Wales are to compete this year for the Royal Agricultural Society's Farm and Fodder Championship Competitions, entries for which close on 1st June for the two coastal (north and south) zones, and on 1st July for the three inland (northern,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →158 New Farms For 1939-45 Ex-servicemen
Approval of State proposals for the acquisition and development of 158 new farms for the War Service Land Settlement Scheme has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Imported Beef Cattle
Already at sea, consigned to Dalgety and Coy. Ltd., are two U.K. Hereford females with calves at foot for Mr. J. C. Hooke, of Gloucester…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Washed Down River Mr. Joe Abbott's Lucky Escape
Mr. Joe Abbott, of Violet Hill, had a lucky escape from drowning when he was washed from his horse in the flooded Williams River near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Budgets to Promote Efficient Management
Marketing and price stabilisation schemes, which have been features of rural policy in recent years, have emphasised the importance of accurate and detailed farm costing. A somewhat similar device, and one which can be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oxley Island Junior Farmers' Show Preparations
Preparations are well under way for the Oxioy Island Junior Farmers' Club Show to be held on Saturday, February 24…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Conditions. Manning, Camden Haven and Wallamba Rivers Districts. Monthly Report — January, 1951. Mr. D. W. Crowfoot, District Dairy Officer, reports
With 2072 points of rain being recorded at Taree for the month (the highest January recording since 1895) the weather has been anything but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Millionaire Speaks to Farmers
The following letter to farmers is credited with having been written by an American millionaire and has been published in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying Conditions Overseas
Many farmers in the United States of America practise conservation of soil and fodder, said the district dairy officer for Maitland, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, who returned recently from a trip to America and England…
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