Butter making was cottage industry
For most people a butter factory is a sight but there was a time when dairying was an important local industry in many country towns. In this article Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1975
91 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 5
Butter making a cottage industry From Pages
The receipt of the monthly âFactory Cheque" did much to raise the living standards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Selling wool by sample can save the grower, cash
It is only a matter of time before most of Australia's wool will be by sample and measurement At present nearly half the worn clip is tested for fibre diameter and yield after sale, and there is an increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Around and About... Why we can't sell our wheat to Chile
THIS page of Western Magazine is usually devoted to the odd and the interesting and it is difficult to imagine anything more odd than the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doohan Comments on Wool Corporation Appointments
Congratulating the four woolgrowers appointed to the Board of the Australian Wool Corporation by the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Senator Wriedt, Mr. J. J. Doohan, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obliging sheep
In some places the call "Come in spinner!" is an indication that something illegal, such as gambling on the fall of pennies, could be going on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Latest farm estimates
Net farm incomes in 1975 are expected to be 58 p.c. down on 1974 levels, according to the Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EDITORIAL Where Does The Dollar Go For Wool?
An interesting advertisement, inserted in the Sydney âSunâ Newspaper on January 16, 1975, gives startling figures on âWhere Does the Dollar Go For Wool.â The figures prove conclusively that woolgrowers get…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bigger wheat area not likely say experts
This is the kind of season when grain is king, except in the areas where flood, frosts, fires, hail or locusts got there first. Yet the experts â no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle TB tests start
The compulsory testing of all breeding cattle for Tuberculosis in Dubbo Pasture…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It costs a lot to grow an acre of wheat
Wheat is for most western farmers the most practical crop for them to grow but the costs are rising so rapidly that the first payment of $1.20 a bushel is no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire menace as long, dry spell slows work on farms
The bushfire hazard has remained extreme and apart from areas where thunderstorms brought rain the only green parts of the landscape are the irrigated sections…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dalgety Wool Report
On Wednesday, 5th February, Dalgetys offered 6,720 bales on growers behalf including 1,570 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Japan to Buy More Wool Soon
Wool buyers reported increased orders from Japanese mills last week. So far however, buying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No wheat quotas, but
Wheat quotas have been removed but people who intend to enter the industry still have a few formalities to go through. The Grain Elevators Board wants to know a few…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Tone Best in Months
The wool outlook was the best in months, the Newcastle manager of the Farmers and Graziersâ…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Committee Discusses Moves on Private Treaty Sales
Moves to overcome the potential risks posed to effective maintenance of the Australian Wool Corporationâs reserve price structure by private treaty sales of wool were discussed at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Near Perfect Wool from Rugged Sheep
The worldâs top woolgrower, Mr. Trevor Picker, of Hillcrest, Bigga, is rugging sheep to grow near perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Slaughter of Female Cattle
At a meeting of the Cattle Council of the N.S.W. Graziersâ Association in Sydney last week it was agreed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Many Cattle Producers in Financial Trouble
Recognising that the current beef industry crisis has placed many cattle producers in dire financial circumstances, the N.S.W. Graziers Associationâs Executive decided when it met in Sydney on February 26 that the…
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