Pastoral Wages. Queensland Judgment
An important judgment was delivered in Brisbane by the president (Mr. Justice M'Cawley) in the Arbitration Court regarding the pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1924
2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 126
Wool Market
Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company Ltd., report:— Cabled advices as to the close of the London July sales on 11th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep Killed. Through Derailment of Train
As a result of the derailment of 13 trucks of a train two miles on the Peak Hill side of Aleetown, a number of rams consigned to Bourke were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Guarantee. Minister Seeking Information
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Flannery asked the Minister for Agricultural it was a fact that the Prime Minister had refused, to have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Price of Flour. Gamble in Wheat. London, July 22
Standard flour has rison another shilling in (London to 45/6 per sack of 280lb, compared with, 37/6 at the beginning of May…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Wheat. Canada's Uncertainty. Sharp Fall at Chicago. (A.p.a.).new York, July 24
Wheat prices at Chicago, which during the past week had been sharply in the ascendant, suddenly dropped overnight, because of conflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Farm
Mr. J. P. Idstein reports Having sold, by private contract, on account of Mr. M. Campbell, a farming property of 40 acres, at Rosebrook, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales
Owing to the absence, in a short yarding, of any choice pro[?], prices cased a trifle at Alexandria market yesterday. Oaten and whenten [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Planning. Economical Production
Successful farming largely resolves itself into a question of reducing the cost of production to the lowest possible point, and the economical working of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Immigrants. Million Farms Scheme
The steamer Baradine has arrived at Melbourne with 437 migrants for Australia. They are a good type, being mostly land seekers. On board…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying in W.a. Zones for Breeds. New Scheme Initiated
The dairying industry in Western Australia is in its infancy, and this fact enables the Agricultural Department in that State to make special efforts to establish it on sound lines. The Government has decided on dairying particularly for the group…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Production in Dairying
You would materially increase the milk yield and butterfat test of your herd by methodically drenching each cow after calving with Sykes's Drench. Do not overlook this,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Declared "Black." Wheat Steamer Held Up
The steamer Waimarino, loading wheat, is hung up at Wallaroo (S.A.), in consequence of a dispute. The agents of the vessel notified the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Trade. Companies Amalgamate. London, July 25
An amalgamation of considerable importance to the butter trade is announced. The Home and Colonial Stores, Limited, has acquired a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sugar Crop. Record for Queensland. Fruit and Cotton
An excellent season, following a dry period, combined with the fact that the acreage under cane has been rapidly increased, will probably result…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attendant Assaulted. at Gosford Farm Home
A serious assault is reported from the Gosford Farm Home for Boys, where, it is alleged one of the attendants, it is alleged, one of the attendants was knocked down by an inmate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Immigrants. Domestic and Farm Apprentices. Sydney
More immigrants reached Sydney to-day by the steamer Jeryis Bay. Among the number were 32 nominated passengers, 32 girls for domestic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peanuts and Butter
Inquiries have been made in Sydney by Mr. John I. Smith as to peanut prospects on the North Coast. He reports that one of the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing From Butter Factory Three Men Fined
At Singleton Police Court yesterday, before Messrs J. W. B. Waterhouse and G. H. Coughlan. Js.P., Henry Lalor, aged 31, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Butter in England. Keeping Its Identity
"I see no hope of Australian butter going direct to the consumer as such," remarks Mr. O'Callaghan, in his report to the Federal…
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