£1¼M. For Dairy Efficiency
CANBERRA, Wednesday—Cabinet decided to-day to provide a dairy efficiency grant of £1,250,000 spread over…
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Farming & the land, 1952
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Field Day For Junior Farmers
Thirty Junior Farmers' clubs will compete at the annual Hunter Valley Regional Field Day at…
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CANBERRA.—Federal Cabinet has approved a dairy efficiency grant of £1,250,000 to be spread over…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Margarine Cuts Use Of Butter
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The cheaper price for margarine was causing a big drop in butter consumption in Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marketing Of Wool 'Medieval'
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Australia's medieval methods of marketing wool must be changed to meet the serious…
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More than 150 junior farmers attended the Lower Hunter-Lake Macquarie Junior Farmers' annual district field day at Newcastle Showground yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Union View on Export Butter
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Maintenance of Australia's oversea butter trade did not warrant lower living standards. Mr. R. M. Eggleston, Q.C., said in the Federal…
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Wool from a clip which has held an Australian and several State and Newcastle seasonal records will be offered at the fourth series of Newcastle wool sales next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merino Wool Up 5 p.c. In Sydney
SYDNEY, Monday.—Rates for merino fleece and skirtings rose by 5 to 7½ per cent. at Sydney wool sales to-day,…
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Nearly 200 junior farmers from Gosford to Murrurundi competed in the Hunter Valley regional field day at Maitland Showground today…
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WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—The Agriculture Department yesterday estimated the size of…
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GEELONG, Tuesday.—The highest price for wool in Australia this season was paid at Geelong to-day, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Million Bushels Of Wheat For Local Consumption
The whole of the million bushels of wheat stored in Newcastle silos will be reserved for local consumption. This was revealed today by the superintendent of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairymen "To Come First"
The Chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. J. A. Ferguson) told a meeting of about 200 dairymen at Maitland last night the board would not provide cheaper milk to…
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CANBERRA. — Several consignments of stud cattle were now on their way from England to Australia,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Values for all descriptions of merino fleece and skirtings ruled firm at yesterday's…
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SYDNEY: A new variety of wheat, Festival, will be recommended by the Department of Agriculture for northern N.S.W. next season. The department has a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →N.T. Tobacco Test Crop
DARWIN, Wednesday.—Difficulty had been experienced with the first commercialsized tobacco crop grown by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Kempsey Girl Farmer To Study American Methods
A 22-year-old Kempsey girl, Miss Felicity Marion Gowing has been chosen by the Australian Council of Junior Farmers to tour America under the International Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Kenya Farm Workers Get 6d. A Day
LONDON, Thur. (A.A.P.)—Some Kenya farm workers were being paid as low as sixpence a day for a 60…
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