Flooded Hawkesbury Danger at Windsor. Damage to Farm Areas
The Hawkesbury River rose at an alarming rate in the Windsor and Richmond districts yesterday, and during the afternoon was 26 feet above…
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Farming & the land, 1929
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Branxton Dairy Factory
During January the Branxton Dairy Co., Ltd., manufactured 21,274 lbs. of butter, while during the corresponding month of last year 90,991 lbs. were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homebush Sales. Sheep and Cattle Dearer Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Cattle: 2200 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. The market opened unaltered. Good to prime beef…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →P. D. S. Column Butter Values
A review of the P. D. S. Statistical records of butler values which have ruled in the Sydney market for the past 20 years reveals that only on one occasion has the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Imports Australian Treaty. Vancouver, Feb. 12
Mr. Berry, president of the Western Canada Dairy Convention, now in session here, said that the drop in the production of butter was caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales. Merinos in Good Demand
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,053 bales, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assistance to Dairy Farmers
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., who representations to the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, in connection with the desire to allow dairy turners who require loans to erect…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales
Supplies were small at Alexandria, and the demand was dull. However, forage sold at unaltered rate, and wheaton chaff even improved a…
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Mr. J. P. Idstein reports having disposed of on behalf of Mr. J. W. Nichols, of Brisbanefield, Morpeth, his 120-acre dairy farm to Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loafing Sheep. Heavy Fines
Upper Hunter P.P. Board v. Richard G. Dalton, drover, charged, on two separate informations, with allowing a mob of 5400 sheep to loaf on Gundy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DAIRYING. Winter Fodder Crops. a Reminder to the Dairy Farmer
Of all animals the dairy cow is the most economical producer of human food. No other animal can utilise large quantities of food to such advantage,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Auctions Values Uncertain
The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— On the 12th February we offered a catalogue of 7795 bales, included in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Auctions. Values Uncertain
The secretary, Fanners and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:— On the 12th. February we offered a catalogue of 7,795 bales, included in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's Wheat. Estimates of Harvest
According to the monthly return by the Commonwealth Meteorologist, it is estimated that the wheat crop of the Commonwealth will be above…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales. Values Continue Steady
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11, 444 bales, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral. Prickly Pear Destruction How to Establish the Cactoblastis Moth
In attacking the problem of prickly pear control, much has been- done by the Department of Agriculture during the last three years in the distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Fo[?] the Man on the Land
These notes are issued avery week by direction of the Hon. the Minister ,for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Ltd. Report for Month, Jan., l929
Suppliers' Pay:—Butter, after deducting Paterson levy of 1¾d per lb and factory charges, suppliers were paid 1/6¼ per lb. nett at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral. Possibilities in Pasture Improvement R.A.S. Competitions Will Help "Government Should be Interested Financially."
Pasture improvement is one of the big developments in our pastoral industry, and there is widespread belief that it contains great possibilities…
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