Homebush Sales Heavy Sheep Weaker; Cattle Unchanged. Sydney
Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report:—Cattle: 3300 yarded, the bulk useful to good quality. The market opened practically unaltered, Good to prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1926
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Paterson Butter Factory
A public meeting, in connection with the Paterson Butter Factory, will be held in the Vacy School of Arts, on Thursday next, August 5, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Factory Output
The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. manufactured 95½ tons of butter for the month of June, and paid suppliers for milk and butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Options. New York, July 28
Chicago wheat options were quoted to-day as follows: July, 143 3-4 cents; September, 146, 7-8; December, 1454…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flour and Wheat. Withdraw of Preference Resisted. Capetown. July 28
Although Durban bakers resent the withdrawal of preference for Australian flour and wheat, they predict a rise in the price of bread at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Markets. Alexandria Sales
The usual end-of-the-month slackness was apparent at the Alexandria market. Oaten chtff was 5/. easier at £8/10/ per ton. Lucerne hay…
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Messrs Prescott Ltd, forwards the following report under date July 17:— Sydney.—On the North Coast production is stationary and in other centres a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thursday's Conference. Disease of Cattle
Mr. Rose, Departmental Veterinary Surgeon, dealt with diseases of cattle. Mammitis and abortion, he said, were diseases that generally affected dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Less Taxation for Butter Factories Mr. Gardner's Plea
Mr. S. L. Gardner, M.P., has been urging that less taxation should be imposed on profits earned by butter factories. He took up the cudgels on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
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 6 →"Doggy" Wool. Its Detriment Among Fleeces. of Finer Class
The inclusion of rough, harsh wool technically termed "doggy," in bales of finer fleeces is not only faulty classing, but is inexcusable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Better Farming Conference at Singleton. Asture and Stock; the Pig Industry; Disease of Cattle. Interesting addresses delivered by experts at a Better Farming Conference at Singleton show that there is an urgent need of our farmers adopting better met hods in the process of production The instruction imparted by the experts will, if put into practice by our farmers, tend to lesson cost of production, while ensuring a return far greater than is now received. Our copy of the addresses is from the Singleton 'Argus'
Mr. Max Henry took for his subject: "The Relation of Pastures to the Health of Stock." In dealing with it he said that many diseases, if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Training Farm for Boys
Dr. Stephen, Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, presided at a men's meeting in West Maitland, when it was decided to go into the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workers' Compensation Act. Costs Dairying Industry a Cool Quarter Million Annually
Since the commencement of the Workers Compensation Act quite a number of the primary Industries and those connected indirectly with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry. the Greatest Factor Importance of Breed in Poultry-farming
Breed is the greatest factor in the business of poultry-farming, writes the Poultry Expert of the Department of Agriculture in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stock in Victoria. Horses and Cattle Decrease
In a return showing the numbers of live stock in Victoria at the end of March, as compared with the figures for March, 1925, the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool Sales. London, July 26
At the wool sales to-day, only 5980 bales were offered, which met with a good general demand, and about 4000 were sold. Prices were steady, except…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral. Manuring of Grass Land. Benefits From Phosph[?] Fertilisers
Farming is a business, and the justification for any farming practice is in the financial results, writes Mr. A. [?] Adams, [?] the "Journal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Clip. Probable Value £50,000,000
Discussing the value of the coming wool clip, Mr. C. G. Waddell, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, said that the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Options. Chicago Quotations. New York, July 30
Chicage wheat options were to-day quoted as follow; July 147 1/2 cents; September 144 1/8; December 148 1/4. Yesterday's quotes were: July 146 1/2…
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