Cattle Cruelty at Saleyards
The inadequacy of Lismore saleyards caused entity to animals in trucks waiting to be unloaded, said speakers at a meeting of…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Boy Mauled by Cattle Dog
CASINO, Tuesday. — A nine-year-old boy from Greenridge was admitted to the Memorial Hospital this morning after being severely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Price of 26 Sought
It was decided at yesterday's meeting of Murwillumbah branch of the Primary Producers' Union…
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Anderson's Meat Works, Byron Bay, reports that the percentage of tubercular cattle discarded in 1948 was 5.66, and pigs, 1.26…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Cheque to Exceed £100M
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Australia's cheque for the 1948-9 wheat harvest will amount to over £100 million, the Minister for Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Urged to Prepare for Rainy Day
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Primary producers would be well advised to "plump" for stabilisation schemes, to safeguard them against the dark days which might appear in future…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer's Wife to Contest Fed. Seat
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Mrs. Margaret Hetherington, wife of a Blacktown poultry farmer, will contest the new seat of Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Rush For Former Desert
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A rush of applicants for land in the 90-mile desert of South Australia has resulted from successful soil experiments carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Wool
We are informed that on the 27th December last the Tomki took 118 bales of wool, shipped by Messrs. Ryan and Armstrong, which is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase in Output of Butter Since 1946
Production of butter in all Australian States but Victoria has increased since 1946. The total Australian increase has been considerable. Figures issued by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers Requested to Join Ppu
All suppliers to Messrs Foley Bros have recevied the usual order form of membership of the primary producers' union for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON and Off the Farm Hormone Sprays Proved Valuable Weed Killers
Hormone sprays on weeds have achieved amazing results in tests held in the Australian Capital Territory, according to an official of the Department of Interior. Spraying was carried out after…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dam Waters Will Inundate Some Of State's Best Farm Lands
Some of the State's best grazing and farm lands will undoubtedly be inundated if the proposed dam at the Gorge on the Upper Clarence River is kept full. of water. This observation was made by Mr. Jas. Martin, of Kyogle,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Neighbours In Court: Bond Ordered
CASINO, Thursday.—Two Whiporie farmers, who, according to counsel, had been "at loggerheads for months," had the story of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Austn. Wool Market Americans "Priced Out" by Foreign Competition
NEW YORK: American textile manufacturers, keeping a nervous eye on their dwindling stocks of fine wool, are becoming increasingly irritated at being "priced out" of the Australian market by foreign competition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Single Farm Acquisitions
Mr. Jas. Martin, of Kyogle, writes: Cr. Smith, of Terania Shire Council is in error in his statement at a council meeting that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Dairying an Old Man's Industry, Soon"
MULLUMBIMBY, Friday. — The dairying industry would soon be an old man's industry, said Mr. A. L. Gibson, following his re-election as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister's Claim Liberal Party Aim to Upset Farm Marketing
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The destruction of organised marketing of farm products was the real aim of the Liberal Party, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Talks May Be Complicated
WASHINGTON, Sunday: The unexpected decision of Russia and Argentine to attend the International Wheat Conference in Washington on Wednesday is regarded by observers as adding complications to the already difficult task of neg otiating agreement. The possibility that Russia'[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Dairying Soon Be Old Man's Industry"
The dairying industry would soon be an old man's industry, said Mr A. L. Gibson, following his re-election as president of t h e Mullumbimby branch of the P.P.U. at Mullumbimby. In thanking members for their continued confidence [?] him, Mr Gibson…
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