Production Is Rising, Says Dairy Officer
Production was good, and was beginning to rise rapidly in some areas, while quality was being maintained, the senior Dairy Officer…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers
Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club decided to enter in the district exhibit at Newcastle Show A donation of £6 was made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Firm Dividend
Profit made by the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Company Ltd, for the 16-month period ended June 30, 1949, was £24,147/16/3. An interim…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Extra Butter For Pensioners
It was not practicable to increase the butter ration for pensioners, the Director of Rationing (Mr. J. B. Cumming) advised the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prices Rise At Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Monday.— Prices at the opening of Sydney wool sales to-day rose 5 to 10 per cent on the closing rates for last season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Tractor For U.S. Farms
NEW YORK, August 29. — An "air tractor" is being planned by the National Flying Farmers' Foundation which hopes that it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensioners to Press for More Butter
New Lambton Pensioners' Association decided to press the claim for an increased butter ration for pensioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Demand Sustained At Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There was good competition from Continental and British buyers at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Rates generally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands of Dead Cattle at Kempsey Cause Fear of Disease
KEMPSEY: Thousands of drowned cattle littering the Kempsey district have become a menace to health and are causing the authorities grave concern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Effect On Butter Ration
SYDNEY.—Batter rationing might have been lifted this spring but for the Kempsey floods, a dairy produce expert…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Keen Competition At Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Prices were at times slightly easier at the Sydney wool sales to-day, but competition was keen and general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.K. To Regulate Raw Wool Exports
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).— The Government has decided to introduce export licences for raw wool shipped from Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Meet at Hexham Factory
Dairy farmers from the Hunter Valley gathered at the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy company factory at Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Smartening-up Likely" In Farms, Homes
The Chairman of the Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Company (Mr. J. D. Richardson) said at the annual meeting yesterday that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Cake Decorating To Chicken Farming
For city-dwellers whose blissful day-dreams include visions of retiring to the country and running a chicken farm: Meet Miss Margaret Parkinson. Clear complexioned and bright-eyed, she has that grace of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Butter Made at Morpeth
An increase of 46 tons in butter made and a decrease of 97,947 gallons in milk treated for the 12 months ended June 30, 1949,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keen Competition At Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Thursday.—There was keen and general competition from the Continent and Great Britain, with some support from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Soldiers Quit, Farmer, 103, Works
American Civil War veterans have called it to-day, while an English farmer aged 103 still works. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1. A.A.P.—Six wrinkled old men decided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brokers Prepare for Wool Sales
Newcastle wool brokers are preparing catalogues for the first Newcastle wool sales this season, on September 21 and 22…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother's Ordeal in Farm Well "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Supporting her two-year-old son in 20 feet of water, a young mother clung for 80 minutes to…
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