The Forum "Interim Price for Butter" (To the Editor.)
Sir.--From time to time in the past, good resolutions have emanated from Murwillumbah Branch of the PPU and tabled at District…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Move For End of Butter Rationing Fails
A move by Rosebank branch of the P.P.U. to have negotiations started for the abolition of butter rationing was rejected by a meeting of the Richmond District Council of the Primary Producers' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Drop In US Wool Production
BOSTON, Sunday: United States domestic wool production, has dropped from nearly 500million lb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Monday, February 28, 1949. A Month's Holiday For the Farmer!
THE SIGNIFICANCE of the surprised enthusiasm for New Zealand methods expressed by Australian farmers who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Butter Day Appeal at Coraki
CORAKI, Monday. — Campbell Hospital Auxiliary is launching an appeal in aid of Hospital Button Day on Friday, March 11. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Earle Page Seeks Electricity Conference For The North Cattle-Buffalo Cross
In an endeavour to have their resources pooled to meet the growing demand for power, Sir Earle Page has asked the electricity generating and distributing authorities of northern N.S.W. to allow their technical advisers to attend a conference A Canadian experimental farm at Wainwright (Alberta) is successfully raising cattalo--a cross of cattle and buffalo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ON and the Farm Worm Parasites Develop In Neglected Feed And Loose Soil
Worm eggs segment and produce infective forms in conditions of warmth, moisture and shade. Where feed troughs are placed oh the ground some of the feed is slopped over and the pig's sharp trotters cut into the ground surface…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bravery Award For Farmer's Flood Action
CORAKI, Monday.—The Royal Shipwreck and Humane Society has awarded its bronze medal to Mr. G. H. Gartutt, a farmer, of Green…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Holiday in New Zealand
One practice in New Zealand that impressed Mr. W. E. Davies, Urbenville (N.S.W.) during his recent visit to the Dominion was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the Man on the Land February Rains Should Sustain Dairying Output —Dairying Officer
The ary spell experienced earlier in the year had now been completely relieved by the good rains in February. The good falls had been general throughout the whole of the Richmond area,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Forum The Canadian Butter Sale (To the Editor)
Sir; On examination, Mr R. C. Gibson's reply relative to the sale of 3500 tons (not 1000 as reported) of Australian butter to Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Industry Lecture At Bungawalbyn
CORAKI, Tuesday.—The Senior District Dairy Instructor (Mr. S. R. Ballard) has accepted an invitation by Bungawalbyn branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Fined on Driving Charge
George A. Nellems, 32, share farmer, was fined £5 in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions when in pleaded guilty through his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Butter Price Basis Refused
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) on Thursday refused to alter the basis of calculation of the price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast "Merits Cattle And Pig Disease Station"
LISMORE, Thursday: The establishment of a station on the Northern Rivers for the analysis of cattle and pig diseases would be justified because the industries were so big, Mr T. Molyneux said today. He was speaking at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON and Off the Farm Many Losses In Pig Industry Du[?] To Lice, Mange Diseases
Lice and mange are the two most important parasitic skin diseases of pigs in the State, because apart from the more obvious effects of severe infestations, light infestations are widespread and they cause considerable losses to the pig industry without being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Workers Return
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Victorian wool and basil workers who have been on strike since last Monday will return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New International Wheat Agreement
WASHINGTON, Sunday: Exporters under the proposed new international wheat agreement offered to accept 180 cents a bushel as ceiling price for 550million bushels a year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Land Erosion Is "National Tragedy"
ROMA, Sunday: The stock bearing capacity of the Maranoa, now carrying an estimated 2½million sheep will be drastically curtailed perhaps cut in half within the next 20 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farms
160 acres, very convenient to town, modern home and all buildings. Electricity, 'phone and main road frontage. £33 per acre. Stock…
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