Queensland Sugar Crop
The Government Statistician's estimate of the Queensland sugar crop for thy 1919 season is as follows:— Area crushed, 84,992 acres; cane crushed, 1,228,101 tons; sugar…
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Farming & the land, 1920
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The Farmers' Flag
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Williams, Farmers' campaign director, claims that 13 members will follow the Farmers' flag. They are Dr. Page and Messrs. Hay and Fleming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Pool
The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee is advising agents that, owing to the price of butter in N.S.W. and Queensland having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Returning
During the last few weeks hundreds of sheep from the drought areas have been depasturing along the roads between Gleu Innes and Grafton, where they have done re…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Margarine Diet. England Wants Butter
Though the drought has this season precluded New South Wales exporting any butter to London, there is a direct interest in the anomalous position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Tick. Dealing with the Pest
The annual report of the Agricultural Department states that close attention had been paid to the cattle tick pest. The recommendations of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Politics and the Farmer
Whatever Holman's idea of the Federal elections may have been, it is pretty certain that at this stage of the proceedings he has some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fodder for Dairy Stock
The drought still holds sway in the Northern Rivers districts. The Primary Producers' Union on Tuesday received urgent telegrams appealing for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Inspection
Discussing the question of dairy inspection, Mr. C. J. M'Rae, President of the P.P.U., stated that in June, 1918, a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Inspector's Functions
The inspector of dairies was the subject of a warm debate at the quarterly meeting of the executive council of the Primary Producers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carriage of Dairy Products
The New South Wales Butter and Cheese Exporters' Association has given consideration to the oversea carriage of dairy products. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of an Onion Crop
Complaints have been made on many occasions by country producers of the treatment accorded them by Sydney produce merchants (says a West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Affairs. Dairy Employees' Claim
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Dairymen's Association is offering their employees an advance of 15s on existing rates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Yield
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The Victorian Minister for Agriculture says that generally speaking the wheat yield will be up to expectations. Ho estimates that there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crime and Accident. Heavy Crop for 1919. SYDNEY
There were 14 murders in the city and suburbs during 1919, as, against three the previous year. There was a 100 per cent increase in poisoning cases in 1919,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nationalists and Farmers. Reply to Premier's Statements. SYDNEY
Mr. Williams, Farmers' Campaign Director, replied to-day to Mr. Holman's statement concerning the agreement between the Nationalists and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Produce
The Berrima District Farm and Dairy, Co., Ltd., Sydney, report under date 2nd Januany:—Butter: On the 23rd December the price of choicest quality was advanced to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Common Dairy Cattle Terms
So often do the terms "crossbred," "grade" and the like figure in dairying literature and discussions, the following short definitions adopted by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →English Butter. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—The chairman of the United Dairies' Association states that the production of English butter is costing 8s 6d per lb. on the basis of the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Butter. Melbourne
Despite the protests which have been made against the present regulation of butter exports, it is highly probable that the Commonwealth dairy produce…
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