Rain Needed for Potato Crops
SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. A. C. Orman, senior agriculture instructor, said to-day that substantial falls of rain were required to ensure…
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Falling Butter Production
Butter production in NSW in each of the months October (3840 to [?] November, (5157) December (5823) exceeded the output for…
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More than 2,160,000 bales of wool, valued at £40,354,574, had been appraised in Australia under the British purchase scheme this season, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land— Mat Go Out of Dairying Camden Park Estate
“Unless an adequate price is paid for milk it is likely that the Camden Park Estate, whose production last year was 575,000 gallons,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Blowfly Breed Plain-bodied Sheep
Blowfly strike in sheep does not occur by chance, nor is it related, except in a very minor way, to the health of the sheep. It has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zebu-cross Cattle
A discussion of the use of Zebu-cross cattle in Australia is given in Bulletin 172, just issued by the Council for Scientific and Industrial…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., in a report issued to-day reveal that the quantity of wool received in NSW appraising centres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Ration May Be Cut
CANBERRA, Monday.—It was, hinted at Canberra to-night that representations might soon be made to the Federal Government to reduce…
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Under all predictable conditions it was quite impossible to conceive a shortage of wheat in Australia, the Minister for War Organisation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meat and Butter Britain's Position Serious
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Britain is in danger of not being able to maintain her meat and dairy, produce rations of 1/2 worth of meat, 2 czs. of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Position Desperate But no Cut in Ration
CANBERRA, Tuesday: It was officially stated today that there was no immediate likelihood of the butter ration being cut from eight to six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Payment Increase Announced by Mr. Curtin
CANBERRA, Mon.: An increase in the payment to wheat growers for the first advance on the 1944-45 wheat crop was announced by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Levy for Wool Defence Wentworth Plan "Too Severe"
A plan for a compulsory levy of 10 per cent. on the wool cheque of every woolgrower for three years to establish a fund to maintain the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proved by Practice Mechanisation Scheme Boon to Dairy Farmers
Premier of New South Wales). IT gives me particular pleasure to be able to report that the Farm Mechanisation Scheme,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unclean Dairy Premises Offence Proved, But Case Dismissed
At the Tumut Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday, before Mr. Sargeson, P.M., J. W. G. Smith, Senior Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Rotary Club Address by Junior Farmer
The usual weekly meeting and luncheon of members of the Wagga Rotary Club was held yesterday at the M.P. and A.A. rooms. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Borambola Junior Farmers
A novelty night and presentation of cups to Borambola Junior Farmers will be held at the Borambola Hall on February 25. The proceeds are to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor on Farms Emergency Rural Corps Recommended Use of Prisoners of War
CANBERRA, Monday.— The formation of an Emergency Rural Labor! Corps, from which labor could be switched to meet the needs of any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Farmers and Settlers Proposed Abattoirs Site Opposed
The Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held its monthly meeting on Saturday evening last, when Mr. W. H. Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tribute to Farmers Debt Reduction During War
MELBOURNE, Monday.—"Since the war began, and particularly during the last two years, farmers have reduced their total debt to financial…
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