Starving Stock by Farmers Destroyed
ALBURY.—Some dairymen are shooting valuable cows, heifers and calves rather than see them starve to death under drought…
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Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 21
Dairy Farmers' Strike Threat
SYDNEY, Friday.—Unless the Government acted shortly and granted a fair milk price, farmers would withhold milk throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lorry Driver Injured Wharf Labourer Hit by Bale of Wool
After the lorry he was driving overturned at the intersection of Clyde-street and Chatham-road, Hamilton North, yesterday, George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wartime Boom For Farmers
CANBERRA, Friday.—Evidence given in Camera before the Rural Reconstruction Commission by trading banks was unanimously to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reconstruction Plan Foster Good Farms Eliminate Poor
CANBERRA, Friday.—Constitution of a permanent settlement reconstruction authority is being recommended by the Rural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Servicemen Want To See Life On Farms
British servicemen who were now receiving from six to 14 days' leave were anxious to spend some of it on farms, the Superviser of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Releasing Germans for Farm Work
LONDON, May 22. A.A.P.—It was announced at Supreme headquarters that selected groups of German prisoners were being discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Rayon Will Help Wool Industry"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Australian wool, blended with rayon, would expand the demand for more and better clothing, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairymen Reject Factory Merger
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—The largest meeting of dairy farmers in the history of Singleton turned down the proposed amalgamation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coupon Reduction on Knitting Wool
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The reduction of coupon rating for knitting wool was predicted by the Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rice, Dairy Produce Figures Down
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A decrease of 35,000 tons in this year's rice crop, compared with last year's record crop of 75,000 tons, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abattoirs Has Stud Pig Farm
When the Bacon Manager at Newcastle Abattoir (Mr. C. W. Farrell) today told the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. C. Grahame), during…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hay Restrictions Apply Only To Wheat Farmers
CANBERRA.—There was no restriction whatever on the growing of hay by anyone other than wheat farmers, the Minister for Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Oppose State Control
SYDNEY, Friday.—A meeting of dairy industry representatives convened by the Producers' Distributing Society Ltd., Sydney, decided to work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Aid Likely for Dairymen
CANBERRA: Representatives of the Australian dairying industry will interview the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor Cop[?]d)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Backyard Farmers Short Of Fodder
People who had-responded to official appeals to grow their own vegetables and raise their own poultry found that they could not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Down on the Farm at "Gilbulla"
Ex-servicemen recuperating at "Gilbulla," Red Cross Rehabilitation Farm in New South Wales, seldom have a spare moment from the time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to Editor Backyard Farmers
Sir,—"Live and Let Live" adopts a dog in the manger attitude on the question of backyard farmers. How many so-called poultry farmers have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Seek Price Rise
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—To finalise the case for increased returns to dairy farmers, representatives of the Dairy Industry Production Costs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chaff Not for Racehorses New Season's Crops in October
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Racing or trotting horses would receive none of the chaff brought to N.SW. from West Australia the Minister for…
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