3'71b. Butter Price Rise Urged By APPU
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The price of butter would have to rise by 3/7 a lb. to ensure a fair return to…
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Farming & the land, 1952
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Investigation Unto Feed Wheat for Pigs
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Commerce, Mr. McEwen, told Mr. Failes (C.P., N.S.W.) in the House…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-op. Wheat Silo Sought For Lismore
Bangalow A.F.P.U. will approach Norco Co-op. Ltd. with the view of establishing a farmers' co-op. wheat silo in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Touring Junior Farmers Known Next Week
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two young N.S.W. farmers will be chosen in Sydney on Tuesday next to tour the United…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Action would be taken against speculators and racketeers during the butter crisis, the Prices Minister, Mr. Finnan, said today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chambers Commerce Support: Return of Dairy Stabilisation Fund to Farmers
BALLINA, Sunday.—The Northern Rivers Federated Chambers of Commerce will request the Federal Government to return to the dairy farmers, as soon as possible, the money…
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INCREASED demand for whole milk seems certain to cause considerable changes in the set-up for the handling of the district's dairy production…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seeks Help for Dairy Farmers
To lift dairy farm outputs, farmers must be helped to get supplies of superphosphate, lime and other…
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THERE will be general satisfaction that the district council of the Primary Producers' Union decided to include the district secretary, Mr. A. J. Clark, as one of its four delegates to the…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Mon.: In view of the need for greater production of butter and other foodstuffs and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10,000 Cattle Lost in Drought Tick Policy Decisions
Over 10,000 head of cattle were lost through drought in the Richmond-Tweed Board of Tick Control area, it was reported yesterday at a meeting of the board in Lismore. Actual losses reported include 3,412 in the Woodenbong area, 3,815…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Equity by Dairy Farmers in Stabilisation Fund
Farmers had never had any equity as individuals in the stabilisation fund and most dairy farmers had always recognised that that was the case, said the district secretary of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Council of the Junior Farmers' Association to-day selected Neville Wilson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat King to Increase Crop
PERTH, Wednesday.—Despite indications that the acreage under wheat in Australia will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Exports to U.k. Decline 74,000 Tons
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Australian butter exports to Britain in 1951-52 will be 6000 tons, compared with 80,000 tons in a normal year. Mr. C. H. Jamieson said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Production Rise of 6,000 Lb. on Kyogle Farm
Improved farming methods, culling low producers, and provision of supplementary feeding on a dairy farm near Kyogle, has resulted in a production increase of more than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Collapse In Rush For Butter
SYDNEY, Friday.—Ten women collapsed when several thousand men and women swept into…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Australian Wheat Board decided to make available to deficiency States, Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Say Rain Ideal
District farmers said yesterday that ideal weather conditions had been experienced since drought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drought Relief for Farmers Urged
Richmond District Council P.P.U. delegates to the central executive of the union were yesterday asked by Lismore branch to raise the question of drought relief for farmers…
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