Kyogle Cattle Sale
Messrs. Alcorn and Marwick report tha[?] 230 head of cattle were yarded on Wednesday. The market was very firm for all classes at late rates with the exception…
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Farming & the land, 1940
1,567 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 79
Open Column Butter Production (To the Editor)
Sir,—The report in a recent issue of the "Northern Star" about a south-western Queensland man purchasing stud cattle from the Rivers,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£12 Million Yearly to Dairy Industry Chancellor Tells Of Govt, Aid In U.K. LONDON
The British Government is subsidising dairy farmers to the extent of £12 million annually to keep the price of milk from rising by 1d a quart. This statement was made in the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Rains In N.S.W. Dairying Districts MELBOURNE
Dairy production in Victoria was reported by the Australian Dairy Produce Board to-day to be declining. Light rain fell in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Straying Stock Dairyman Fined BALLINA
"The council realises that cattle straying on a highway are a menace to traffic on the road," said Mr. R. S. Best when he appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian Butter Production and Export
Production of butter in Australia for the year ended June, 1939, amounted to 4,100,000 cwt., This figure shews an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£7,000,000 for Wool Growers
MELBOURNE, Sunday:—Payments to Australian wool growers by the Central Wool Committee totalled £7,000,000, the distribution being in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures
The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal, March 2, 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Junior Farmers Give Lectures Sth. Queensland Tour
Junior farmers who took part in a tour of Southern Queensland last month gave interesting lectures on what they saw, illustrated by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures
The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers shows during 1939: Federal, March 2, 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pasture Growing Contest. J. Farmers' Plans
At the instance of Messrs. L. Bonner and A. H. Martin, Kyogle Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Gradings Sydney
During the week ended February 9, 90.9 per cent, of boxes of butter examined by the State butter grading staff of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmers' Council Motions for Agenda
The quarterly meeting of the North Coast Council of Junior Farmers' Clubs will be held in Lismore on March 12 commencing at 10.30 a.m. Motions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Quality
The Director of Dairying (Mr. O. C. Ballhausen) in his report on butter quality for the local market says: During the week ended…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Dissatisfied With Butter Price Seek Payment of 10 P.C. DEDUCTION
A MEETING attended by about 70 district dairy farmers in the Richmond Hall, Lismore, yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at the price paid by the British Government for Australian butter (137s…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drastic Restriction in Civic Wool Supply
LONDON, Tuesday:—The Wool Controller (Sir Harry Shackleton) told a meeting of hosiery manufacturers that they must be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Banned Cattle, But Took Fees Council Moves To Remedy Error
?ome years ago the Coolangatta Council decided that stock must not be oh the streets between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Last year they decided that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Fined for Attack by Dogs on Constable
Sequel tc an incident on Upper Burringbar road on December 15, when dogs attacked the motor cycle on which Com table McDonald was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Escape From Prison Farm
PERTH, Wednesday:—George Clifford Wray (29) who shot and killed a taxi-driver, David Patterson, at Forest Fields on August 11, 1930, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Control Restriction of Civilian Supply LONDON
The Controller of the Wool Control Board, Sir Harry Shackleton, told a meeting of hosiery manufacturers that they must be prepared for a…
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