Stock Straying On Xmas Day Cost Farmer £10
CORAKI, Sunday.—Fines and costs totalling £10 were imposed [?] Mr. F. C. H. Tompson, S.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions when…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Butter Output Down on 1948
SYDNEY, Monday. — Although factory butter produced in New South Wales during January this year was 13 tons more than the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On and Off the Farm Wants Butter Costed On Basis Of Forty Hour Week
Mr. B. P. Attrill, North Coast organiser for the Australian Primary Producers Union, told a meeting of the Kyogle branch of the union recently that it was the policy of the union to press for the costing of butter to be based on a 40-hour week, with a wage…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Although factory butter produced in New South Wales during January this year was 13 tons more than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wife, Child Slavery in Dairying Industry Farmers 'too Dumb' To Attend Meetings —A.P.P.U. Sec
CASINO, Monday.—"While farmers argue their problems on street corners, the economic plight of the dairying industry is becoming more acute and child and wife slavery more widespread," said the…
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Addressing the annual meeting of the Billinudgel branch of the P.P.U., Mr. A. L. Astbury, said that the object of the lime pasture trials being conducted in the Tweed district under…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—To prevent the drift of junior farmers to positions in towns and to retain them on the land, the Clarence River…
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In a letter received from the Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr Finnan, by Mr T. Condon, of Bilambil, the Minister stated:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Must Have Big Heart (And Pocketbook) To Start at Farming
When our grandfathers went on the land all they needed were a big heart and a sharp axe; now if a man wanted to go on the land he needed a big heart and a big pocketbook…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Mr C. H. Jamieson, President of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation, said today that the Australian Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee, appointed by the Federal Government to advise…
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LONDON, Wednesday: The Australian High Commissioner, Mr Beasley, and the Minister of Food. Mr Strachey, this week…
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Speaking at the District Council meeting of the Primary Producers' Union on Tuesday, the general president, Mr R. C…
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The District Council of the Primary Producers' Union decided at Tuesday's meeting to recommend to Central Executive that representations be made to secure an interim increase in the price…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Foley Bros' Deferred Pay for Butter and Pigs
A deferred payment of [?]d per lb. on choicest butter manufactured at the Lismore and Mullumbimby factories for the half-year ended…
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Experiments begun in Germany on a new kind milk, which comes from wheat, are being Continued at Cambridge…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday. — The time had arrived when consideration would have to be given to the question of hours in the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The gross production values of all farming industries in Australia during the year 1947-48 was £603 million,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leadership Competition For Junior Farmers
Entries close next Saturday for the Junior Farmers' leadership competition sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON and Off the Farm Faulty Cattle Branding Is An Extensive Error
The damage done to hides by faulty methods of branding and by branding on valuable portions of the hide is not yet fully realised by some cattle owners, according to a recent "Hoofs and Horns." The usual practice is to brand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Roughage a "Must" for Dairy Cows
Stressing that roughage is a "must" In the feeding of dairy cows, the Division of Dairying, Department of Agriculture,…
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