May Have to Buy Butter Overseas
MELBOURNE, Tues.: If drastic steps were not taken to increase production, Australia might have to import butter, president of the Victorian division of the Australian Institute of Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1952
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Train kills 47 sheep near Gerogery
Portion of a flock of sheep which strayed oat to the railway line near Gerogery, five miles from Culcairn, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Expert says grow tomatoes, water melons : district farmers are “missing out”
Climatic and soil conditions were perfect in the Wodonga district for the cultivation of tomatoes and water melons, a Victorian Department of Agriculture expert said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Special Sheep Sale
Attention is draw to advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue relating to Special Sheep Sale at Jerilderie on Monday next 21st…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter position for Albury not bright: but no early rationing
There is no immediate -prospect of butter rationing in Albury. But the position is not very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer murders six : then himself
PARTS. Wed.: A 70-year-old tenant farmer at Torquay (Normandy yesterday cut the throats of his five young grand-children,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers Seek Statistics on Food
MELBOURNE, Wed.: At a meeting of the State Executive of the Australian Primary Producers Union today it was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Walwa Cattle Market
Younghusband Ltd. conducted their usual monthly market at Walwa yesterday, 130 store cattle were yarded with very odd fat beasts. Competition…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Record Sheep Move by Rail
Two thousand five hundred stud ewes from the Boonoke and Wanganella Estates will be railed to Maneroo, at Longreach…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talks on Future Wheat Prices
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Australian Wheatgrowers’ Federation today made proposals to the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →“Wool As God in Australia”
LONDON, Thurs.: Australia as a great nation had neglected her responsibilities in the world’s greatest problem of food…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Supplementary Advance on No. 15 Wheat Pool
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, announced on March 5th, 1952, that on March 25th, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Graziers Seek Cut In Wool Value Allowance
AN Application was made yesterday to the Federal Conciliation Commissioner, for a reduction in the wool value allowance of£2/2/ll a hundred sheep paid to shearers and a corresponding reduction for other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty Growers Support Renewal Plan for Wheat Stabilisation
A public meeting of wheatgrowers, held on Saturday night, convened by the Henty branch of the Australian Primary Producers' Union, was addressed by Mr. F. Jacob, the A.P.P.U. representative of the N.S.W. Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister meets spokesmen for farmers and dairymen
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr McEwen) today conferred with the executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.S.W. Minister attacks Federal decision on refusal to pay freight on wheat
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said today he had been advised by the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) that the Commonwealth Government was not prepared to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rice Growers Want Compensation Amazing Story of Wild Ducks In Wakool Rice Crops
WILD Ducks destroyed 11,000 acres of rice crops in the Tullakool, Wakool and Moulamein districts during the last growing season and soldier settlers in the area have decided to ask for compensation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water-logging and Salting Threat to M.I.A. Farms
Water-logging and salting has become widespread enough in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area to become a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monthly Crop Report Seasonal Conditions
A vastly different picture presents itself today as compared with that of a month ago. Two very beneficial rains have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Welcomed by Farmers
Although the rain last weak-end came at an inopportune time as far as the Easter holidays and sporting fixtures were…
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