Visitor Saw Many Prize Horses On Maitland Farms
At least 75 per cent, or the farmers of the Maitland district possess either Clydesdales or active draught horses which would not disgrace any show…
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Farming & the land, 1939
2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 121
Values Drop Launceston Wool Sales LAUNCESTON
With prices averaging between 2d and 3d a lb or 15 to 20 per cent. lower than last year, the results of Saturday's Launceston wool sale were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Rear Tortoises
Tortoise rearing for export is the latest addition to sources of profit available to Bulgarian farmers. Tortoises, which abound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Committee
A Cattle Committee, consisting of Messrs. F. B. Haydon, S. G. Keene, A. W. Cumming, and G. N. Lochhead, was appointed to undertake securing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alsatian Kills 45 Sheep
In a Victorian Court a grazier was awarded £50 damages from the owner of an Alsatian, which, he stated, had killed 45 of his sheep and mangled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying Fodder Crops for Dairy Farmers
If the dairy farmer was to keep up the production of his cows he must keep up the supply of feed, pointed out a special agricultural instructor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fodder Crops for Dairy Farmers to Maintain Production
If the dairy farmer was to keep up the production of his cows he must keep up the supply of feed, pointed out a special agricultural instructor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifty Sheep to the Acre
Cr. J. R. Davies said that farming operations could succeed only by planned production. Ten acres of his farm of 810 acres were irrigated, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Steadier Sydney
The Sydney wheat market was steadier to-day. Bagged and bulk new season's parcels were quote at 2/5½…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Losses From Soil Erosion Fallowing Hastens the Process. Wheat Farms Depreciating
The problem of soil erosion has leapt into significance in Australia only within the last decade, but so seriously is it viewed by both the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Sales Cattle Market Firm Pigs Dearer
A very good yarding of 925 fat cattle was forward at the Campbell's Hill saleyards, West Maitland, to-day, when the best of last day's rates were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Market Notes Flemington Prices. Depressed Sheep Values
Morning sales at Flemington on Thursday showed that the market was substantially lower for all classes of sheep and lambs than the average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool, Sales. London
Offerings of to-day's wool sales consisted chiefly of New Zealand crossbreds, and there was a keen demand from the Home Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Supply Splendid Rains Will Help Weekly Review
Prescott, Pty., Ltd., report that as a result of the splendid rains which have fallen, production should improve but it is not expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Politics and Wool Influence of the Former
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—If wool production and trade were the sole controlling factors in the market, the sheep's staple would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Markets Plight of Sheep Pastoralist. Many Faced with Disaster
What the future holds for the sheep pastoralist in Queensland is at present a matter for much serious consideration (writes "Mitchell Grass" in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Dairy Farmer's Utopia
According to the latest issue of the "Australian Dairy Review," an alarm clock is being used by a farmer near Invercargill. (N.Z.) to wake his dog…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Products Quotas Announced
The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board, has decided upon the following quotas:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15 Per Cent. Farming Country
"Of the total area of Australia, only 15 per cent, is considered suitable for farming (some of this is definitely marginal country, although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Buildings Advice From Minister for Health
Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Hon. H. P. FitzSimons, Minister for Health:…
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