Dairy Strike Report 'Misconception'
SYDNEY, Friday. — Press reports that the Central Executive of the P.P.U. had decided in favour of the cessation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1946
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U.s. Wheat Fed to Stock
More than 100million bushels of wheat which the United States Government needed to alleviate hunger in Europe unexpectedly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Experimental Work in Connection with Cattle Tick Eradication
Cattle tick in some Queensland areas has apparently developed resistance to arsenical dipping, and investigators in that State are directing their efforts towards the possible use of D.D.T. to combat the tick. This was mentioned by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blayney Man Wins U.s. Farmer Tour
The winner of the Progressive Farmer Competition has now been chosen. He is 46 year old exA.I.F. officer A. K. Gardiner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plan To Acquire Cane Farms For Diggers
BRISBANE, Monday.—The establishment of 500 servicemen as additional farmers in the sugar industry, each with a peak allotment of 120 tons of sugar, has been adopted as the League's goal, said Mr. Fraser East,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prize Scottish Cattle
British pedigree cattle are unequalled anywhere in the world. Although the great producer countries—the Dominions, Argentine,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter Subsidy Only Dolen, Says Mr. Reid
CASINO, Tuesday.—"We will be very fortunate to get sufficient butter for our own population, even on the present butter quota," said Mr. J. T. Reid, M.L.A., speaking at a meeting of Casino branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Cereals Is Aim Of Britain's Farms
Playing their part in fighting world famine, Britain's farmers have had to postpone their hope of a speedy return to a normal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer's Plan to Cope with Local Flooding
CORAKI, Tuesday.—Mr. R. H. York, of Swan Bay, has a modern drainage scheme operating on his oroperty, with pumping station to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plan to Mechanise Smail Farms
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A plan of the Department of Agriculture for the assistance in the mechanisation of small farms and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Tax Waived to Assist Farmers
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Road tax on vehicles carrying fertilisers for distances greater than 50 miles in competition to the railways will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Carry on at Bacon Factory
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A development occurred in the bacon strike this afternoon, when members of the Federated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mechanisation Plan for Small Farms
CANBERRA, Wednesday: A plan of the Department of Agriculture for assistance in the mechanisation of small farms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Tax Waived To Assist Farmers
Road tax on vehicles carrying fertilisers for distances greater than 50 miles in competition to the railways will be waived for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Talk in the Dairy Industry
Sir,—We can very plainly see that some badly admired members of the Central Executive of the P.P.U. persist in advocating the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tintenbar Shire Concession For Soldier Farmers
Following representations by the North Coast R.S.L. Councillor (Mr. T. G. Lovett), Tintenbar Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided to accept half payment of accumulated rates, totalling over £200,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Single Farms for Ex-servicemen
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In a series of questions in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. S. T. Stephens (C.P., Byron) endeavoured to clear up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supplementary Feeding of Dairy Cattle
Cattle can obtain their food requirements from three different classes of feed-pasture and grazing crops, roughages, and concentrates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter Box Derby Owners Keen
With little more than a week to go before 40 entries face the ctarter in tne Lismore Apex Club's Jutter Box Erarby, many firms are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dders Cut Values for Unbranded Cattle
Indistinct brands and unbranded cattle were claimed by observers at the Lismore saleyards yesterday to have cost…
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