Dairy Returns
For the month of December Byron Bay factory's pay was at the rate of 12¾ per lb for N.S.W. suppliers, and 15½ to Queensland suppliers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
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Dairying. the Yellow Color. Cows that Store up Carotin
Experiments conducted at the Missouri station, U.S.A., have shown that the color of cream and butter due to carotin, a yellow coloring matter that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poultry. Goose Farming. Hatching and Rearing
Goose eggs take 28 to 32 days to hatch, and occasionally 34 days. The eggs can be hatched under ordinary hens, giving them three to five eggs each…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cattle Tick
For some time there has been a movement on the North Coast, particularly in the quarantine areas, to secure the reappointment of Mr. Percy. Cowley as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Guinea Butter Bean
A few days ago a paragraph appeared in this paper ("Tweed Daily") describing a new vegetable known as the New Guinea butter bean, which had been produced at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. Wagga Growing-crop Competition. the Judge's Report
No little interest annually attaches to the growing-crop competition conducted by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, Wagga, and the report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inferior Butter. Minister to Look Into Complaint
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Senator Russell, Minister in charge of the foodstuffs, will look into the complaint that inferior butter is being placed on the market and that consumers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen and the New Time
The daylight saving scheme was strongly condemned at the annual meeting of the Singleton branch of the Primary Producers' Union. Mr. R. S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Food Problem. Farmers Want Guaranteed Minimum. For Five Years
The Government has fixed maximum prices for seed potatoes at £6, £7, and 14 per ton, according to varieties. The Midland Farmers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farms for Soldiers. Co-operative System
SYDNEY Saturday. -- One hundred farms will be made available for soldiers' settlement next month. The Minister for Lands says the co-operative system to rule where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep on the Coast
Messrs. J, R. and J. A. Yoss, of Berrico, in the Wingham district, have purchased two stud Romney-Marsh rams, bred by Mr. Doyle, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rumanian Wheat and Maize
LONDON, Monday.--The "Morning Post's" correspondent at Jassy says that a most generous estimate of the wheat captured in Rumania is little more than a million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Finance. Some Interesting Pays
The Ballina Co-operative Creamery Co. last month manufactured 85 tons butter, for which suppliers were paid an average of 1½s 2d and 1s I¾d for first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Hour Dairying. Mr. W. McKEEVERS VIEWS
The Casino aim Kyogle "Courier" says: Mr. W. McKeever, well known in this district, was in town the other day and called at this office. He seems…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poisoning Sheep Blow-flies
The attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that, quite number of letters have appeared in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Giant Butter Bean Grown at Kyogle
Mr. James Hayter, of Geneva, has left at the office of the "Examiner" for exhibition purposes a butter bean, a sample of which recently formed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market. Waiting Developments. LONDON
Reports from Bradford state that the wool market is very unsettled; buyers are anxiously awaiting developments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Industry. Pointer for Farmers
We now proceed to discuss the most serious problems in connection with the Dairy Industry Act which dairy farmers should thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preventing Production. Dairymen and the New Time
The daylight saving scheme was strongly condemned at the annual meeting on the Singleton branch of the Primary Producers' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Butter Markets
The Sydney butter market is steady. The quota of 50 per cent. has been sufficient for the demand. No change has been made in the standard price of 1514…
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