Demonstration Farm Planned for Urbenville
A demonstration farm is to be established in the Urbenville area. A request for the farm was received from the Department of…
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Farming & the land, 1951
960 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 48
Sheep Farmers Fly From U.K. In Own Plane
DARWIN, Sunday.—Two West Australian sheep fanners arrived here yesterday, in a midget singleengined Miles Mercury aircraft,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Action Needed On Price of Butter Basic Wage Impact
The executive of the Primary Producers' Union was fully aware of the need for action, and was taking every possible step to secure a rise in the price of butter to offset the effect of the recent increase of £1 per week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Industry Would Lose £5 Million by Revaluation Policy
Under a policy of revaluation, the loss to theAustralian dairying and meat industries, based on the value of exports last year, would be £16,325,000, said Mr. H. Y. Budd, in a "Balanced survey of the advantages and disadvantages of the revaluation of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.S.W. Pastoral Conditions 'Good As Desired'
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mid-season conditions throughout pastoral N.S.W. are "just about as good as could be desired", the Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister Advocates Merger by Smaller Dairy Co-ops
The hope that the directors of some smaller dairy co-operatives would see their way clear to amalgamate with some of the larger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister Critical of Child Labour in Dairying Industry
The inclusion of child labour in the dairying industry costs of production scale was yesterday criticised by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham). "Child labour should be discouraged in any industry, and should not have to be resorted to in the dairying industry", said Mr. Graham. The use of child labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commonwealth Butter Output
The total output of butter for the year ended June, 1950, was approximately 173,200 tons and exceeded the output for the previous year by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Canada to Control Foreign Butter
OTTAWA, Thursday (AAP).—The Canadian Government has decided to resume control over imparts of foreign butter, an official disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON and Off the Farm Poor Cows May Be Used to Breed Good Ones
Within ten years, poor-yielding cows are expected to be producing pure beef or dairy cattle because of advances made in the transference of fertilised ova from a high-grade pure-bred cow to other poor types to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two More War Service Farms
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced recently that two farms in the Tumbarumba district were available for application under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aust. Wool Clip Up 45,000 Bales
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A revised estimate of the 1950-51 Australian wool clip by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fourth In Lottery To Coraki Farmer
A Coraki farmer, who had not called for his ticket from a local agent, yesterday won fourth prize of £350 in State Lottery 2221…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brown Lucerne Hay Relished By Cattle
Brown lucerne hay is more succulent and freer from dust than the dry green hay. Most cattle show a decided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →World Record for Armidale Wool
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A new world record of 313¼d was paid for five bales of ex-super AAE, of WO/Lyndhurst, New England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Refused Permit To Sell Fruit From Lorry
CASINO, Tuesday.—A request from a local fruitgrower to sell fruit and vegetables twice a week from a lorry in Casino streets has baen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anthony Announces 185 New Farms for Soldier Settlement
Approval of State proposals for the acquisition and development of 158 new farms for the War Service Land Settlement Scheme has been announced by the Acting Minister for the Interior (Mr. Anthony)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer (With £5000), Two Sons, Want Jobs
An experienced dairy farmer in England, with a wife and two sons, aged 19 and 20, is seeking employment on a New South Wales dairy farm. The man, Mr. E. Royds, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eire to Import Aust. Butter
LONDON, Wed. (AAP).—Eire is importing Australian and New Zealand butter to meet an expected shortage in the next three months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.P.U. Attacked on "Nationalisation" of Butter Industry
A claim that the butter industry was entirely nationalised was made by the president of the Casino District Council of the A.P.P.U. (Mr. A. Nardi) at a meeting of the council in Lismore yesterday…
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