Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 125

Train Derailed. Many Cattle Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

At Brankill Q., near Townsville a train carrying cattle Merinda meat works became derailed and several trucks were strawn about the line…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

[?] and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

Those notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the [?]unorble the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Death of 1000 Sheep. Danger of Stinkwort. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 8

Experts are perturbed at the death of 1000 sheep in the Dimboola district, presumably through eating stinkwort…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Wool Industry. Stabilisation Scheme. a Defence Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

Proposals for the stabilistion of the wool market were dealt with at the thirty-eighth convention of the Graziers Federal council of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Removal of the Butter Factory to Hexham. (To the Editor.)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

Sir,—As one who has opposed the above move, I crave a lillie space to ventilate my views on the subject. While doing so I realise the grave situation that the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Sure Sign of Progress. Muswellbrook Butter Factory to Be Enlarged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

At a special meeting of the directors of the Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., on Wednesday it was decided to proceed with the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Labour Party and the Dairy Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 5

Sir,—One would think that after the callous treatment meted out to dairy farmers by the last Labour Government, even candidates of that ilk…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Arrow[?]ield Stud Farm Purchased by Mr. W. P. BOWMAN

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

We learn that the famous Arrowfield Stud Farm, comprising 2800 acres, with a large, frontage to the Hunter River, has been disposed of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

To Learn Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

Mr. F. H. Robinson, secretary of the local branch of the Department of Labor and Industry, has received the following letter:—…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dairying. Three Prime Essentials. When Feeding Calves

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

In the feeding of young calves there are certain things to which too much importance can hardly be attached. The first is the need for…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Dairying. the Extension of Dairying. Potentialities of the Central West

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

An increase in interest in dairying has been a marked feature of the last year or two in the Central West. Compared with wheat…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

European Cattle Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 13

Mr. Arthur G. Manning, M.P., Chairman of the Australian Meat Council, states that in view of the very great interest which at the…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Pastoral. Improving the Pasture Subterranean Clover and Superphosphate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 9

The results of recent experiments in this State in the top-dressing of pastures make especially interesting certain remarks on this subject by…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Pastoral. Fat Lambs for Export. Continuity of Supply

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 16

The first necessity to the proper development of a market for fat lambs from Australia, said the Hon. A. G. Manning, Chairman of the…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Wheat Pool. a Further Advance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 10

By an agreement entered into in November last the State Government undertook to finance, the voluntary wheat pool for the season 1924-25…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Meat Trade. Dominions' Supplies. Northern Pastoral Belt. LONDON, May 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 12

Mr. J. B. Cramsie, when interviewed by the Australian Press Association, drew attention to the suggestion of the Food Prices Commission that it might…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Agriculture. the Late Maize Crop. a Suggestion to North Coast. Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 9

The past few weeks have been responsible for the further rains on the North Coast, and so much wet and cool weather generally has not been…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

World's Biggest Farm. Death of Woman Owner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 12

One of America's richest women, Mrs. Henrietta M. King, the owner of the world's largest farm, died recently at Kingsville, Texas, aged 93…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Dairying. Potentialities of the Central West

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 9

An increase in interest in dairying has been a marked feature of the last year or two in the Central West. Compared with wheat-growing and…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →