Wool Blending With Synthetics "Here to Stay"
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Present Developments in the blending of wool with other synthetic fibres were of considerable importance to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1950
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Dairy Farming Depends On Many Factors
The arduous nature of routine work on the dairy farm justifies planning for the very best working conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On and Off the Farm Horse's Teeth Need Periodic Examination
The horse's teeth should he examined periodically and treated if necessary, because, in addition to colic, faulty teeth are responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Babylonians Had Dairy Cows
In Babylon, secreted on a long wall recently excavated, there is a frieze of cows with their calves and men in the process of milking, so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Making Butter For the Home
Cream which is to be used for making butter on the farm for home use should first be allowed to ripen in a cool, pure atmosphere until slightly sour to the taste, advises the Division of Dairying of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the Man on the Land Sanitation on Poultry Farm
Any outbreak of pulloram disease in a brooder house will necessitate disinfection after infected stock have been removed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Urbenville Junior Farmers to Be Led by State Champion Dairyman
The recently formed Urbenville Junior Farmers' Club will have the benefit of the experience and advice of last year's N.S.W. Coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Consumption Will be 500M. lb. Above Output
WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP) —Although world wool consumption for the current fiscal year would probably be slightly lower…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortage of Dairy Products If Not Fair Price
More value is put into a pound of butter today than into any other product, but citizens will find themselves facing a table without butter and milk if the producer does not get a just price, Mr. R. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Members Ignorant of P.P.U. Contributions To Dairy Industry
Ignorance of the union's contributions for the benefit of the dairying industry, was a contributing factor to the success of the opposition union. This was the opinion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.s.l. Council Seeks Meeting on Single Farm Output
Representations to the Minister for the Interior (Mr. McBride) through the State branch of the R.S.L. and the calling of a public meeting to which Federal members would be invited in an endeavour to have the 12,000 lbs. butter standard for single farm units reduced, were decided upon by a meeting of the Far…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON and Off the Farm Organic Farming For Test on Research Farm
Much unnecessary bitterness surrounds the controversy between the so-called "organic" and "orthodox" schools of farming thought. A newly established and unique type of research farm--the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Wine Thefts From Italian Farmers
Quantities of wine are constantly being stolen from Italian farmers near' Tuncester, Det. A. J. Burton said in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chorioptic Mange in Cattle
In an occurrence of chorioptic mange in a stud herd, the use of lime-sulphur solution (1 per cent. polysulphide content) was found to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Milk to be Graded; Payment on Gallon On Butter Fat Basis
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet today approved a bill to amend the Dairy Industry Act. The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said tonight that the aim of the proposed legislation was to discourage the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Wheat Order for Spain
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Arrangements have been completed for the sale of 60,000 tons of Australian wheat to Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Production Cost Survey
Arrangements for the next period of cost survey in the dairying industry will be discussed at a meeting of the Australian Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON and Off the Farm Silage Has Definite Value In Fodder Conservation
Conservation of fodder as silage has much to commend it. Silage making is a process whereby succulent green feed can be preserved with a minimum loss of digestible good material for quite lengthy periods of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dual Purpose Dairy Cow
There is no need to breed away from beef conformation to get milk, according to American reports, where they have gone to extremes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Request for Migrant Labor for Dairy Darms
CANBERRA, Thursday.—No official request for Government sponsored migrants for work in the dairying industry had reached…
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