Dairy Industry. Supplies Gradually Declining
Prescott's Ltd., report that production of milk and butter is steadily declining in New South Wales, and with buyers operating much more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1929
3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 160
The Tomato Crop Work with the Seed-bed
The planting of tomatoes in the open cannot take place until the district is clear of frosts unless means be taken to shelter the young plants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slaves Of The Soil Farmers Writthe in Political Yoke. How Port Stephens Can Help. Produce Goes the Longest Way Round
There is seeting discontent among those engaged in primary production throughout the State, and there is grave reason for this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Export Valued at £11,000,000
Figures issued in Melbourne show that up to the present the Commonwealth has exported approximately £3,000,000 bushels of wheat of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Margarine Menace Protest From Dairymen
A deputation of Victorian dairymen protested to the minister for Agriculture aganist the contiuned use of milk and milk products such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homebush Sales. Sheep Lower: Cattle Unaltered. Sydney
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report; Sheep; 27,810 penned, a fair quality yarding of all descriptions. A full attendance of buyers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strychnine in Cream Butter Factory Sensation. Tester Poisoned
Making a preliminary test by tasting a can of cream at a South Coast butter factory this week, one of the employees detected a bitter taste. Half…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales. Close of London Series. Competition Restricted. London. May 16
The wool sales have closed. Of a catalogue of 113,977 bales, it is estimated that there were sold for Home use 20,000 bales, and for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tuberculosis. Not Prevalent in Dairy Herds
The Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur) gave an assurance that tuberculosis was not prevalent amongst metropolitan dairy herds. Pastourisation,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Raymond Terrace Co-op. Dairy & RODUCE, Co., Ltd. Factory Report for April
Markets:—Butter 1/9 per lb., Cheese per lb, City Milk 1/4 per gallon. Suppliers' Pay:—Butter 1/9 less Paterson levy and factory charges, net 1/5¼…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homebush Cattle Sales
At the initial request of the Graziers' Association, a new arrangement for the sale of cattle at Homebush has just come into operation. Briefly, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Feeding-off Growing Wheat. Effect on the Crop
The feeding-off of growing wheat is an operation that is entirely dependent upon the season and with good rains and mild temperatures in April and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool and Meat
Australia wants to sell to America wool and meat in particular. The American purchases of Australian wool have declined remarkably in recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home-made Butter Method of Manufacture
How to make butter in the home is the subject of periodical inquiry. The following method is recommended by the Director of Dairying in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Times. Cattle Duffing. Punishing Aborigines
Mr. P. J. McCosker, of Boggabilla, is an old resident of that district, and gave some very interesting particulars about old times in the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Wages and Prices. Our Products in America
Australian pastoral interests are hoping that the United States will adopt a reasonable tariff on wool and meat. Live stock interests in America are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Market. Steady But Quiet
The wheat market in Sydney was steady but quiet yesterday. Neither millers nor shippers had Hinits out in the country for farmers' lots…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral. Black Disease. Control by Prevention of Fluke Infestation
The relation between black disease and fluke infestation in sheep has already been referred to in these notes. How by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales. Amended Figures, London, May 16
Amonded figures regarding the wool sales state that it is estimated about 40,000 balos were sold to the home trade. The quantity held over…
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