Do Dairymen Play the Game with Their Best Pal, the Cow?
At the meeting of the Dungog Branch of the Agricultural Bureau on Friday last, amongst, the business dealt with was a "paper" read…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1923
1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 96
New Zealand Butter. Shipments to Australia
The one bright spot in the New Zealand butter situation at present (says a Wellington message) is the fact that butter is being shipped to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales. London, May 24
At the London wool sales Bradfords had a good tone. There was little new business owing to the doubt of future prices. Nominally, 64's brought 6.1d.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miscellaneous. Painting Farm Buildings
The preservation benches of paint are nowhere of more importance than on the farm. It is the poorest sort of economy to save the price of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sale of Farm
Mr. J. P. Idstein reports having sold by private treaty Mr. C. zKay's agricultural and dairy farm of ap[proximately 19 acres, at Bolwarra,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Local Dairy Factories. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—It is rather surprising to some of us to find that the new company so lately formed is now meeting its shareholders with a proposal to go into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Market. Shrinkage in Supplies
Reports from factories on the North Coast indicate a shrinkage of about 5 per cent for last week when compared with the similar period in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pastoral Industry
Mr. W. E. Abbott writes to the Press :—Sir,—After reading Dr.Kater's address as president of the Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Slump in Butter High Land Values Blamed. "End of High Prices."
Mr. C. D. Macfariane, the London director of the New Zealand Producers' Co-operative Marketing Association, writing in regard to the slump…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Night Farming
Farming at night is ah innovation just introduced-by a Californian farmer. He has two staffs of six men each, and has been ploughing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer. INBREEDING
Some of the best producing cows were obtained by inbreeding. While inbreeding is a short cut to establishing desirable characteristics of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Local Dairy Factories. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Your correspondent, "Another Cow Cockie," in to-day's "Argus," asks for an explanation as to why the directors of the Producers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Local Dairy Factories. To the Editor
Sir,—Your correspondent, "Another Cow-Cockey," concludes his letter of the 26th inst. with "awaiting some information." I would advise him to in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driving of Cattle. Cessnock Council's Action. Cessnock
The danger to school children from cattle being driven along the roads was referred to at the meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Calf Brands. Important Wingham Case. Farmer Fined
An important case to trucker and stockowners engaged the attention of the Wingham police court on Monday, when Jacob Schilling was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer's Loss. Sum of £245 Disappears
Leslie Vaughan, who recently disposed of his farming interests a[?] Griffiths, was travelling to Sydney on the Temora mail on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hand Feeding Sheep
Mr. Stock Inspector Brooks has supplied the following information to an Upper Hunter grazier who asked whether any particulars could be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Butter Trade
The one bright spot in the New Zealand butter situation at present is the fact that butter is being shipped to Australia The Moeraki is taking about 400 tons to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tax on Imported Butter
At the last meeting of the Tweed district council of the P.P.U., Mr. Richens moved that the central executive of the P.P.U. request the Minister of Customs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Values—the Lessons of the Year
Although without exception, during each butter season, different conditions, seasonable and otherwise, are experienced, necessitating…
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