Dairy Cattle, Credit To Urbenville Area
Northern Star · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 5
The Lismore District Dairy Officer (Mr. S. R. Ballard) said the dairy section at the Urbenville Show reflected credit on the district. Progress in dairying in the Urbenville district over the last number of years had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Suffers Probable Fracture; Mate Cuts Toe
The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 1
When he went over on his ankle while walking on his farm at Lynch's Creek on Saturday morning, Harry McQueen suffered a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Young Farmers' Visit
Northern Star · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4
Three members of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs of Great Britain will visit the Richmond, Tweed and Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Courses For Pig-Raisers Dairy Farmers
Northern Star · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 6
Separate short courses of training in general pig-raising and dairy farming will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lismore Cattle Sales
Northern Star · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 9
A yarding of 460 head of all classes of cattle was on offer at the Lismore yards yesterday. Generally good demand prevailed throughout, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Opposition To Removal of Butter Ration
Northern Star · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 5
ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Queensland Dairymen's Organisation did not intend to offer any serious opposition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON and Off the Farm Treatment Of Lice And Mange In Pigs
The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 8
Lice and mange are the two most important parasitic skin diseases of pigs, because, apart from the more obvious effects of severe infestations, light infestations are widespread and they cause considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Premier Averse To Rich Farmers Getting Flood Relief
Northern Star · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the Legislative Assembly today that he did not believe that rich farmers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Production Level Reported by Dairy Factories
Northern Star · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4
All district butter factories reported a high level of production for this period of the year, stated the Senior Dairy Officer (Mr. S. R. Ballard) in his monthly report to the Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Powdered Butter
Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 4
STOCKHOLM, Friday (AAP).—I After five years of experiment, Swedish dairies have succeeded in making powdered butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial Kyogle Cattle Sale
Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5
Ern. Smith and Sons, Kyogle, report: 540 head yarded and sold, with all classes in keen demand. Quotations: springing heifers to £17; backward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quality in Dairy Products Needed
Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5
The vital need for quality in the marketing of dairy products was stressed by the Senior Dairy Officer (Mr. S. R. Ballard) at the last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intensive Tour For British Junior Farmers
Northern Star · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 4
Three members of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs of Great Britain will commence a six-day tour of the Tweed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reduction Sought In Farm Labourers' Hours For Butter Production Costing
The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 6
Nimbin branch of the Primary Producers' Union wants the labour cost basis of butter production fixed at 48 hours per week, with time and a half for Saturday work and double time for Sundays…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Sheep Loss In Queensland
Northern Star · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 5
BRISBANE, Monday.—Floods and blowfly attacks in western Queensland are estimated by authorities to have killed approximately 1,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Census Returns Due
Northern Star · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 5
CORAKI, Monday.— The return of forms issued to farmers in the Coraki police district for the annual agricultural, dairying and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Govt. Would Not Place Embargo on Wool to Russia
Northern Star · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 4
CANBERRA Tuesday.— The Federal Government would never consider an embargo on the sale of wool to Russia, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.k. Young Farmers
Northern Star · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1
British Young Farmers, who are on a tour of Australia, and now visiting Lismore. Left to rght: Messrs. P. Walters (Wales), and J. Dibble and P. Brewis (England)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Young Farmers Will Be Ambassadors for Australia
Northern Star · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 4
"Our views of Australia in England have prevented many English farming migrants from coming here, but I will attempt to correct that wrong impression when I get back to England," said visiting British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →170 Ton Tobacco Crop Worth £85,000
Northern Star · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 4
TENTERFIELD, Wednesday.—The Northern New South Wales tobacco crop this year yielded approximately 170 tons…
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