Through Flames. Dash for Safety. Farmers Thrilling Time. SYDNEY
J. Foodey, a farmer, was out logging at Gudamana, in the Hawkesbury Valley, when he suddenly found himself cut off by flames, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1924
2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 126
Sugar Crop. Queensland's Estimate
If the estimate of 260,000 tons of raw sugar for Queensland is realised, the crop should be of the value of £7,020,000 to that State. This is the view…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sugar Crop. Queensland Estimates
The director of sugar, experiment stations in Queensland, in his general report, which was issued, submitted figures showing that less than 10 per…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crop Prospects. in Manning District
The Upper Manning district has recently been favoured with splendid rains. As a result, the cream supply at the Wingham butter factory has gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales
The forage position showed no further developments at the Alexandria market yesterday. The demand for wheaten chaff was still very firm, and for other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agriculture. the Farm Vegetable Patch. Carrots for Winter
Carrots may still be sown in all districts. This vegetable is usually much in demand in winter, and no vegetable patch can be regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aid to Farming. Use of Electricity
A few days ago Mr. Chaffey, the Minister for Agriculture, who is acting as chairman of the State Committee of the British Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Dairying Industry
The Dairying, Industry is one of the most important of our primary industries, and its value to the State can scarcely be over-estimated, therefore it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Cattle Dearer. Sydney
Winchcombe Carson's report.—Thirteen thousand sheep penned, the bulk being medium and useful quality. The market opened 2/ to 3/ better…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Dairy Cattle Sale. Grainger and Falkiner's Ltd. Report
Grainger and Falkiner Ltd report haying conducted a Special sale of dairy cattle on Friday last. About 325 were yarded, and all sold, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Money and Wool. Contrasts in Results
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 17th January:— Super fleece wools have of late come into their own in decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales. Another Seasonal Record
Judging from the prices being obtained at the Sydney wool sales, the limit which overseas countries are prepared to pay for wool has [?]ot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World's Best Wool. Australia's Pre-eminence. London
The Australian High Commissioner, Sir Joseph Cook, in a speech in Bradford at the dinner of the Wool Federation said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Markets. Sussex Street Sales. Sydney
To-days quotations in Sussex-street were:—Butter, 186/2 per cwt; eggs, new laid 1/6, rails and rivers 1/3; cheese local large 11½d to 1/, loaf 1/,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hidden in Crop Child Gashed by Mower
The two-year-old son of Mr C. R. Inkelmann, a fanner, of Laidley North (Q.), wandered into a crop of panicum and lay down, hidden from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Dispute. Growers Confident
The growers' representatives in the wheat compensation dispute with the Government are confident that their case will be placed in the hands of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Stock Sales. Cattle Unaltered. Sydney
Pitt, Son, and Badgery's report:— 26000 sheep penned. The market was very firm and the demand very active. All descriptions were yarded, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increased Production in Dairying
You would materially increase the milk yield and butterfat test of your hard by methodically drenching each cow after calving with Sykes's Drench. Do not overlook this,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Wool
Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report high prices at their sale en the 16th inst. To 38¼d was secured for comback and 33¼d for crossbred, on…
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