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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
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Pig food, particularly grain, is both scarce and expensive, and, although pig raisers cannot do much about the supply or the price, they can do a great deal towards making more efficient use of the food they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—In the "Star" (26/1/50) Mr. J. C. King states that "herd testing was a waste of money and time, and could be a curse to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Federal Cabinet has approved the payment of a halfpenny a pound subsidy on butter and cheese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soft lines are the keynote of this beige wool crepe suit that is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complaints made by some dairy farmers that penicillin treatment was a failure in combating mastitis, have been attributed to incorrect methods. "Research and results prove the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A British tyre company reports considerable sucess in the experiments which it has been conducting with water filled rear tyres for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CORAKI, Sunday.—A development in the sale of this season's broom millet crop in the Mid-Richmond district has been an offer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The preservation and building up of soil fertility and improvement of stock health through a system of rotational grazing without the use of superphosphates is being achieved on a Victorian dairy farm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Mr. J. E. McDonough quotes me as saying "Herd testing was a waste of time and mcney and could be a curse to the farmer who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CASINO, Monday.—A finding of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr Elsmer Jones) at the inquest today on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Following the recent death of two dairy cattle, which led to arsenic poisoning beiner suspected, the stock inspector at Goulburn found that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Valuable experience in farming methods and agriculture was gained by the 34 junior farmers who travelled 500 miles in Soutlsern Queensland. Tour members were drawn from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Out of 610 dairy cattle tested for tuberculosis, 64 had been reactors, said the Stock Inspector for the Tweed-Lismore P.P. Board (Mr, N. L. C. Jones) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CORAKI, Wednesday.—Landholders pay through shire councils an average of only 1/8 each per year to Richmond River (Noxious Weeds) County Council to control Crofton Weed and water hyacinth in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is not possible to completely prevent cows' hooves from cracking where they are running constantly on wet country, or ground which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rotolactor is coming to Australia. A facsimile of the remarkable milking machine which milks 1500 cows thrice daily at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Detasselling of hybrid corn crops in the Armidale district is now under way. This process is an essential…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I would like to support the ideas outlined in your leading article today in which your refer to the scant attention rural problems receive; the need to provide proper technical services with the object of increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CASINO, Friday.—"The Police Department takes a very serious view of people possessing unlicensed pistols. They are potential…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A united move by farmers for a hearing of their claims by government bodies was advocated by the State president of the A.P.P.U. (Mr…
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