Wheat and Flour Reductions in Freight. Greater Trade Expected
Substantial reductions in wheat and flour freights to the United Kingdom, Europe and South Africa were announced by the Oversea Shipping…
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Farming & the land, 1929
3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 160
Sop to Australia Reduction in Wheat Freights. London, Jan. 15
The news cabled from Sydney of the reduction in freights in wheat parcels to 32/6 a ton has caused some surprise to the general mercantile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homebush Sales. Cattle Cheaper; Sheep Firmer. Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson report: 3,000 cattle yarded, the bulk useful quality. The market opened cheaper. Good to prime beef 35/ to 42/, prime…
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Messrs. Prescott and Co. report under date 12th January, 1929. Sydney:— Several districts, particularly on the North Coast have received some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Dairy & Produce Company, Ltd. Factory Report for December Markets:— Butter (average price) 1/9 1/2
per lb. Cheese (average price) 11 1/2d. per lb. City milk 1/4 per gallon, less proportion of freight Suppliers Pay:— Butter 1/5 per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frantic Cattle. Overcome by Intense Heat. Rockhampton
The heat was so intense during a cattle sale at Rockhampton yesterday that many animals became frantic. Ten died, while many calves, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales London, Jan. 16
At to-day's London wool sales 8830 bales were offered, of which 6652 were Australian and 2010 New Zealand. There was a good selection…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lower Hunter Farmers. Conference at Raymond Terrace. Marketing of Primary Products
A conference of the farmers of the Lower Hunter was held in the Oddfellows Hall, Raymond Terrace, yesterday, and was presided over by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle Ranching
In the case of cattle ranching, the arguments for freehold tenure and large areas are even stronger than in the case of extensive sheep grazing,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Stations
Inasmuch as Australia so largely depends upon wool production it is obvious, adds the report, that the most economical use of land suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Empire Wool Industry. Important Mission From Britain. Australian Growers Are Interested
Dr. J. E. Nichols, of the British Research Association for the woollen and worsted industry, was deputed by the Empire Marketing Board to visit the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Dairy Cattle Breeds. Their Characteristics Compared
The conditions that affect dairying vary so greatly, even within comparatively short distances, observes a departmental pamphlet, that many things…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Report
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— The socond half of the wool season was entered upon in this market on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral. Prosperity Threatened Increased Production Costs
The British Economic Mission in its report states that the prosperity of the pastoral industry in Australia is threatened by a fall in World prices…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sales
The N.Z.L. & M.A. Co., Ltd., report 17th January: The second half of the wool season was entered upon in this market on Monday last, after an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why Australian Butter Melts Away
The following interesting par is taken from "Co-operative News" official organ of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, of 1st January…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdeen Angus Department's Cattle Purchases
According to the herdmaster of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. C. G. F. Grant) the consignment of 21 Aberdeen Angus cattle purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Lamb-marking Losses. How to Prevent Them
The heavy losses of lambs during the period following the operation of marking as the result of infection of inoculable diseases such as tetanus have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires More Outbreaks. Grazier Loses 500 Sheep
Bush fires broke out all around Bombala again yesterday. At Buckey, Springs, four miles from the town, a big fire raged all day, consuming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for 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…
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