Smothering of Weeds. Changed Control System. Sheep as a Factor
The outlook regarding weeds is changing. The law used to say that those declared noxious in any shire must be eradicated, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1941
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Hand Feeding Sheep. Dry Areas in Riverina. More Rain Wanted
Although the State-wide drought in New South Wales was broken more than a month ago, there are still a few centres, especially in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pioneer of Dairy Co-operation. The First Separator
"I am glad to see that credit for the initiation of co-operative marketing of dairy products has now been given to the man to whom it is due, D.L. Dymock, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Products Quotas
The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board, has fixed quotas to operate during the month of February,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burnt to Death on Farm
His clothes on fire, Charles Parkinson, 33, raced across a paddock at a farm near Ballarat today. Parkinson, who had been sprayed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Cattle Demand
An indication of the demand for farm stock, especially dairy cattle, was seen at a dispersal sale at Belmont Farm, Richmond, when dairy cows sold up to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blacktown Wheat Crop
Mr. C. W. Hopkins, of "Chelsea." Meurant's-road, Blacktown, writes to the editor:— " I notice that a paragraph in last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral England "A Marvellous Season."
That the pastoral areas of England had largely escaped the Nazi air fury, at least up till December, was revealed in a letter from the noted Hereford…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Show Fleece Section
Another excellent fleece section is expected at this year's Sydney sheep show. Among schedule revisions in this section is one governing the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Start on Butter Storage Plans
A committee representing the butter industry and the Department of Commerce has been appointed to make an immediate start on construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Refrigeration for Butter. £500,000 Storage Scheme
Additional refrigerated storage for butter, costing about £500,000, will be provided immediately following the decisions of a conference between the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Wool Consumption Large Supplies Used
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The Australian mills have become important consumers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Wheat Situation Storage and Handling Problems
The record carry-over and the almost record 1940 crop together constitute a pyramidic total—850 millions bushels of wheat for disposal this season in Canada alone. Storage and handling problems are an immediate embarrassment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over £10,000 Saved A.W.U. Members Reduced Unemployment Tax for Pastoral Workers
FOLLOWING closely upon the reduced Federal, tax for shearing employees, the Australian Workers' Union has been successful in having the State unemployment tax considerably reduced for seasonal workers in the pastoral industry…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report SYDNEY, February 10
Our cable this week reviewing International wheat markets, reads:— "F.O.B. values generally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmer's Success. Hawkesbury Scholarship
For the first time the Department of Education has granted a scholarship to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College to a member of the Junior Farmers' Club…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Land. Dairying and Politics. Speedier Results. Union Organisation Suggested. Murwillumbah
Suggestions that better results might be achieved for the industry if the Primary Producers' Union became a political organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huge Potato Crop. £1,800 From 8½ Acres. West Maitland
One of the heaviest potato crops ever grown in the district has been marketed by Messrs. Mudd Bros., of Pitnacree, East Maitland. The yield was almost 15 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four Dairymen Sold Adulterated Milk
Four dairymen were convicted at Campsie Court yesterday of having sold adulterated milk. They were: James Johnston, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Marys Cattle Sale
The Farmers and Graziers' Co. has 225 head of choice dairy and store cattle listed for the sale at the Newmarket Saleyards, St. Marys,…
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