Butter Shortage. Attitude of Queensland
Queensland butter producers have informed the officials of the Winter Butter Pool that they are unwilling to supply the requirements of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 79
Wheat Stack Fires. Incendiaries Suspected
Numerous fires have occurred during the past few days in the wheat stacks in Riverina, and in the southern districts. They have broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Honouring Mr. B B. Buffier. Big Gathering of Cattle Buyers
Some few months ago, when it was mooted that Mr. B. B. Buffier, the well-known Maitland cattle buyer, contemplated retiring from the business (says the Dungog "Telegraph"),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poultry Farmers' Conference. at Hawkesbury College
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahams, has decided that the 9th annual conference of poultry farmers is to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Prosecutions. False Statements Made
Last week's "Commonwealth Gazette" records ten cases of butter companies which have been fined amounts varying from £1 to £2/10/ on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Outlook. Not So Acute
Prominent Sydney butter merchants states yesterday that the outlook for butter for the balance of the winter man as is not nearly at acute as it was a fortnight ago. Last wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mice Plague. Protecting Wheat Stacks
The New South Wales Department of Agriculture has decided not to remove to Sydney the wheat which has been damaged by mice, but to keep the stacks as they are at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-bagging Wheat. Trouble at Wagga Settled
The trouble between the agents, representing the when pool and the men engaged in [?] and humping the wheat in the railway yards at Wagga, has been settled. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Baggers and Lumpers. £1 a Day Wanted
A strike has taken place among the men engaged in re-bagging and restacking the wheat at Ganmain Railway Station. The rate of 16/ a day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Inventions
Messrs Griffith and Haasel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
Schute Bell and Co., Ltd., report May 21st:—Another series of appraisements was held last week, our catalogue comprising 4100 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Pros[?] False Statements Made
Law week's "Commonwealth Gazette" records ten cases of butter compares which have been fined amounts varying from £1 to £2 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Fool. Increase in Prices
The Federal Butter Pool Committee had an interview on Thursday with Mr. Russell [?]ry Federal Minister. The opinion was expressed that there was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Something About Wheat. II.—Continued
I could mention other wheats that succeed in the Argentine and countries not largely referred to by me, but there is no need. I have said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 316…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Handling of Wheat. Judge on Men's Demands. Australia Taken. by the Throat
In the Industrial Court, the dispute concerning the wages of the men handling wheat in the mice-inrected districts was before Mr. Justice Heydon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited
The Directors' report for operations at this factory for the past six months contains a paragraph well worth the consideration of milk and cream suppliers. It refers to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Experiment Plots. Federation or Hard Federation?
In a brief review in the "Agricultural Gazette" of the results obtained with wheat last season on the farmers' experiment plots, the Chief Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Progress of the Industry. Influence of the Act
The quantity and the quality of the butter manufactured in New South Wales butter factories in the months of October to February (Inclusive) are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Green Sheep Fly
Lieut, Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from Mr. G. Valder, Under-Secretary and Director of Agriculture, in reply to his representations in relation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →