Royal Show. Dairy Produce Section
In this section at the Royal Show separate classes for continuous grading of butter have been provided for butter for local consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1927
3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 151
Better Farming. Train Tour to Start in March
The Under-Secretary of the Department of Agriculture has informed the Farmers and Settlers' Association that it is expected that the first tour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Must Keep Waged Book
The new Agricultural Employees' Wages, etc., Award, came into force on October 9, 1926. It affects all farmers, i.e., employers of weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. the Problem of Paspalum. a North Coast Dairying Question
It is hard to find a case where the introduction of a grass to a country, has brought in its wake such prosperity as followed the introduction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural. Legumes. Their Importance in Cropping Systems
Discussing the importance of legumes in cropping systems, and the growing interest in these particular crops in New South Wales, a special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral. Sheep Transport by Motor. Ian Interesting Queensland Experiment
Details of an interesting experiment in the transport or sheep appear in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. The journal describes how Sir. W. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Markets. Prescott and Co. Report
Prescott, Ltd., reports on the butter markets as follow : Sydney.—Warm weather, following upon the extensive rains for the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Singleton District. Stock Inspector's Report. Shortage of Horses and Cattle
The Stock Inspector (Mr. G. R. Freeman) reports that there is a growth of feed all over the district, the ike of which he has not seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Pool. Mr. Dunn Angry. Castigates Mr. Kilpatrick. SYDNEY
The ballot, which is being taken amongst the wheat-growers to ascertain whether or not they are in favour of a compulsory pool, is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broom Millet. Crops on the Hunter. Remarkable Recovery
The broom millet crops on the Hunter River, despite fears of their failure through dry weather in the early pint of December,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Maize Crops. Improved Prospects on North Coast
The maize crops on the North Coast have revived to some extent, as the result of the rains last month, reports Mr. H. Wenholz (maize expert,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Death of Aberdeen Farmer Muswellbrook
Samuel, Harrison, a farmer long resident at Aberdeen, end well-known throughout die Upper Hunter, died in Muswcllbrook Hospital this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Market. Reduction in Price
At a meeting of the Stabilisation Committee at the week-end it was decided to make a reduction of /6½ per lb in butter prices, to take effect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. Bowthorne Butter Factory
Dear Sir,—In your issue of January 22, a letter appeared over the signature of W. J Robson, dealing with factory pays made by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australasian Wool U.S.A. Investigating. Washington, Feb. 11
Mr. J. Walker, a research student associated with the Department of Agriculture, will spend, a year in Australia and New Zealand studying wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Marketing. Government Control
Representatives of the primary producers are perturbed over the Marketing of Primary Products' Bill, which is before Parliament. Briefly this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter ½d. Cheaper
Butter is ½d. cheaper from Monday. The new rate is 177/ cwt. wholesale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Auctions
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—The catalogue we submitted on Wednesday last, comprising 5,080 bales, provided a most attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Singleton Wool
I Clearance at Winchconibe, Carson's, Sydney, wool auction last Thursday included Lance H. Sattler, Dawson's Hill, 271/2d, 26d; and Est. A. C. Eoberts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter in London. Gloomy Outlook
The Dairy Produce Control Board recently received cabled advice from the London agency that the future outlook for butter in the United Kingdom is…
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