Junior Farmers Help War Ambulance Large Attendance at Robertson Ball
There was a crowd of one hundred and eighty people at the ball held under the auspices of Robertson Junior Farmers Club in the School…
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Farming & the land, 1942
147 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 8
Toll Taken by Sheep Blowfly Annual Loss of [?]3,000,000
Australia's sheep and wool industry suffers an aunual loss of [?]3,000,000 due to blowfly strike. This means an added cost of about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When to Cut Crops for Silage
To produce good silage for dairy cows the crop should be cut when it contains the maximum food nutrients and is in the best condition for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chief Dairy Instructor Mr. George McGILLIVRAY APPOINTED
The Minister for Agriculture and Forests (Hon. W. F. Dunn, M. L. A.), has announced that Mr. George McGillivray…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chief Dairy Instructor
Mr. George McGillivray, assistant herdmaster of the Department of Agriculture, has been appointed chief dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Case for the Dairy Fanners Stated by Mr. Beale, M.L.A.
In a letter to the Minister of Commerce, Mr. R. N. Beale, State Member for South Coast, sets out the case for the dairy farmers. We…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Called On for Sacrifices Organising to Save More Petrol
The Chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. R. H. Nesbitt), who is acting also as Chairman of the Dairy Produce Petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Occurrence of Pleuro-Pneumonia in Dairy Cattle
Referring to recent outbreaks of pleuro-pnenmonia in the Maitland district, the departmental veterinary officer for that district comments on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers
At the last meeting of the Moss Vale Junior Farmers' Club, it was decided to donate £1 to the Sydney Fund, and the money that is usually…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Flays the Farmers
IT IS a somewhat startling turn of the political wheel that makes a Labor Government the oppressor of a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers of the Future a Plea for Youth
Addressing a recent conference of farmers on the subject of educating the boy on the farm to take his place in the community as a citizen,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Erosion Control of Coastal Farms A Problem nf Soil Protection and Fertility Maintenance
Although the average annual rainfall (up to 60 or 70 inches or more in planes, with daily registrations reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Agricultural Holdings Act a Means to Better Farming
The Agricultural Holdings Act, 1941, has now passed through all stages in Parliament and will be proclaimed in the near future. The need…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burrawang Potatoes Good Crops in Bad Season
Despite the long, dry spell, fair potato crops are being dug from the deep volcanic red soil of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collective Farming in the Soviet Union How It Operates
Many Australians have heard that Collective Farming exists in the Soviet Union, but few have anything but the foggiest notion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Too Much Wheat — Too Little Bran The Editor, The Mail
Sir,—We are told that we are suffering from over-production of wheat and that we have 32 million bushels of barley with no market for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Molasses for Sheep Value in Dry Tlmes
Molasses is of considerable benefit when fed to sheep under the extremely dry conditions now prevailing. In addition to its appreciable food value,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transfer of Stock Difficult Problem for Dairy Farmers
Police recently conferred with district stock owners upon the problem of the transfer of dairy cattle and other livestock from coastal regions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Farm When to Cut Crops for Silage
To produce good silage for dairy cows, the crop should be cut when it contains the maximum food nutrients and in the best condition for ensiling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Others Think Excessive Valuation of Dairy Farms The Editor, The Mail
Sir,— I would like to draw the attention of Nattai Shire ratepayers, and in particular the dairy farmers, to the anomalous position that has…
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