Dirt Breeds Flies Don't Tolerate Refuse About Dairy
Flies carry many infections, and the refuse in which they breed—decaying vegetable mater, old rags and paper, and manure—should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southern Highlands · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1949
32 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 2
Mice and Rats Control on the Farm
Mice and rats cause great loss of foodstuffs and other materials stored on farms, points out E. H. Zeck, Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, in an article in tbe current i…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Desert Farming Work of C.S.I.R.
Remarkable results have been achieved by plant experts of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in the Ninety-mile Desert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disposal of Crop Residues
The wasteful farming practice of burning cereal stubble and maize stover should be condemned, except where necessary to eradicate crop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grazing Paddocks Arrangement important in Farm Planning
While it is important that the paddocks used for [?] shall be as near as possible to the farm buildings, it is also at [?] to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Milk Prices Dairymen Concerned at Lag in Adjustment
A meeting of the executive committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 26th January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better Farming Government Scheme Discussed by Agricultural Bureau
At the meeting of the Glenquarry Kangaloon Agricultural Bureau held at Kangaloon on Tuesday night, 1st February, several interesting films…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hybrid Wheat Tests For Rust Resistance
Some 7000 hybrid wheats developed by the plant-breeding staff of the Department of Agriculture are being tested for rust resistance under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wide Influence of Junior Farmers MR. H. O. Cox Opens Show at Kangaloon
"The Junior Farmer movement gives the young farmer the possibility of a future, and its effect is obvious in the vital part it is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Stealing Local Grazier Suffers Big Loss
Bowral police, under Sgt. Hardy, are investigating the theft of a number of sheep from the "Currawong" property of Mr. Blake Pelly at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Stealing Local Grazier Suffers Big Loss
Bowral police, under Sgt. Hardy, arc investigating the theft of a number of sheep from the "Currawong" property of Mr. Blake Pelly at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hygiene in the Dairy Essential for Production of Pure Milk
Some dairy farmers still fail to recognise the high susceptibility of milk to contamination and the necessity for hygiene on the dairy farm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Selecting Dairy Cows Some Useful Pointers in Outward Appearances
Many dairymen who do not keep records of their cows are forced to [?] on outward appearance when selecting new stock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Migrant Labour Available for Farms
Mr. Allan Fraser. M.H.R., has been discussing with the Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) means of assisting farmers to obtain migrant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Preservation by Ensilage Actually a Pickling Process
Preservation of crop material as silage is actually a pickling process similar to preservation of pickled onions or gherkins in vinegar, points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mail What Our Editor Thinks Farmers Can Help
FARMERS in various parts of this district are making a determined combined effort to rid their properties of rabbits, but their efforts will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Whip Statement by Dairy Farmers' Chairman
In view of the interest taken generally concerning the methods of production and marketing by the Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk Co. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Payments for Milk Should They Be on Butter-fat ?
Mr. J.B. Carlton, general president of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council and Messrs. D[?]ford, sedgwick consume[?] and producers'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Veterinary Scheme for Farmers Preliminary Arrangements Completed
Some time ago Moss Vale branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council sponsored a meeting to discuss the institution of a veterinary service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter-fat Payment for Milk Interesting Debate
An executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 6th July. Owing to the recent publicity…
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