Missing Boy Was on Farm
Gordon Clyde Lancaster, 14, who has been missing since he arrived for school at Tenterfield on Monday morning, was located at a dairy…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Parrots Attack Record Apple Crops
TENTERFIELD, Sunday.—Record apple crops in the Tenterfield district are being attacked by huge flocks of parrots and local orchardists are getting crops into packing sheds as quickly as possible to keep losses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drought, Pests Cut Wheat Crop
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP). —Dry weather and insect pests will reduce the. American winter wheat crop by 122,000,000 busheis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hints on Branding of Cattle
Some cattle owners do not seem to realise the damage that can be done to hides, by faulty methods of branding and by branding on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Cattle Should Average 300 lbs. Butter p.a
Dairy cattle in this district, if properly fed and looked after, should produce annually an average of 300 lbs. of butter instead of the 150 lbs. they now produce…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).— Changes in Britain's food rations announced today by the Minister for Food (Mr. Maurice Webb) included the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Lismore Cattle Sales
A medium yarding of cattle was on offer at the sales at Lismore yesterday. Quality springing and calved he[?]fers met with a keen inquiry at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON and Off the Farm £10 Basic Wage Would Cost Dairy Industry £35 Million A Year
If the basic wage is increased to £10 a week dairy a farmers will have to increase their incomes by £35,000,000 a year to meet the increased costs of production. Butter and milk prices, therefore, must rise…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Deal For Junior Farmer Movement Advocated
"The position of the Junior Farmer Movement is a matter of concern to people throughout the State who are aware of the enormous value, both actual and potential, of this splendid institution," said the leader of the Country Party (Lt.-Col. Bruxner)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Price Anomalies Cause Drift From Dairying
When the Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill, which among other things alters the law with respect to the registration of dairy produce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drought in 1954, Farmers Warned
SYDNEY. Thursday. — The Queensland weather expert (Mr. Inigo Jones) today warned farmers to prepare for a drought in 1954…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Have Tried Production Raising Methods
Most progressive farmers in the district had already tried all known methods of increasing production from an economic standpoint…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Decision on Butter & Tea
SYDNEY, Monday.—[?]he Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), at a Press conference tonight denied reports of a Government deciso f[?] an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Tuesday, April 18, 1950. Ending Doubt in Dairying
IT WOULD be as well to study carefully the full text of the address given by Mr. Harold Jenkins, Research Fellow of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.K. Food Secretary "Resigns": Criticised Farmers' Profits
LONDON, Monday (AAP).—The Parliamentary Secretary to the Food Ministry (Mr. Stanley Evans), who embarrassed his Government in a speech criticising British farmers, has resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over 100 Cattle for Strain 19 Inoculation
The secretary, of Alstonville P.P.U. (Mr, R. Priddle) told the monthly, meeting that applications had been received for 105 head for strain 19 inoculation. Mr. J. F. Crawford successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Science Schools, 1950
Dairy Science Schools, organised by the Department of Agriculture, are to be conducted this winter at country centres where there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Casino Cattle Sale
Messrs. Tomkinson and Nicholls, licensed auctioneers. Casino, report a good yarding of 414 head of cattle. The market far all classes wastic…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Challenge to District Dairymen
A feature of Show Week in Sydney, which received little publicity among the plethora of excitement and spectacle, but of much interest and importance to the Kyogle district, was the presentation of trophies won in the State Dairy Farm Championship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pig And Dairy Schools At Hawkesbury
Separate schools of instruction for pig raisers and dairy farmers will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from Tuesday,…
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