Crops Suffered Dry on Coastal Areas District Reports Sydney
Reports from the New South Wales coastal areas show that crops and pastures have suffered severely In the dry weather. In…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
Romancing stars, dancing stars, comedy stars, singing stars— there are stars all round the screen's No. 1 star, Shirley Temple, in her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freight Concessions for Small Dairymen Wanted
Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., has made application through Mr M. Brown, M.L.A. to the Railway Department for the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Market
Prescott Ltd. report under date December, 1938.— N. S. Wales:—All dairying districts report the urgent need of rain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Statistics
Statistics compiled by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that at the Sydney wool sales, in the first half of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle Disease Report Corrected
The Maitland district stock inspector (Mr. B. A. Lucas) was yesterday reported incorrectly. It was pointed out to-day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Easier Sydney
The Sydney wheat market was a shade easier to-day Bulk new season's parcels were quated at 2/5[?] and bagged new lots at 2/64…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Butter Market London, Jan. 4
The London butter market is more active following the announcement by the Australian Dairy Produce Board that in view of the serious decline in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep Cheaper Sales at Homebush SYDNEY
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—63,803 sheep and lambs penned, fair quality generally, to a moderate showing of prime. Ewes and wethers were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lack of Rain Cattle Holding Condition Less Milk
Despite the lack of rain, cattle throughout the Maitland district are holding their condition. Their is, however, a falling-off in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Hand Found Dead
With gunshot wounds in the head, the body of Lloyd Ranson, 22, was found on his employer's property at Melville, early on Wednesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm and Dairy Pastoral Lucerne for Grazing
The sowing of lucerne as a grazing proposition on averages wheat country that is reasonably deep demonstrated it to be one of the best and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Report
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports:— The second half of the wool season was entered upon on Tuesday when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Wool
Showing good length and medium quality the Dulcalmah clip from J. W. Birdsall, Singleton, made: Wethers 15¼d, 14½d, broken 12¾d, pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Reports
Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd., report: As anticipated, sales opened on the 3rd instant without any change in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Decline. Australian Butter Production
In view of the serious decline in the production of butter in Australia, the Australian Dairy Produce Board has decided to reduce the weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Easier Sydney
THE Sydney wheat market eased ½d a bushel to-day. Bulk, new season's parcels were quoted 2/5½ and bagged new lots 2/5½…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Sued Loss of Cattle
On December 22 the reserved decision of Judge Nield was given in the case of which Walter Francis Buffier, of West Maitland, claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Stock Sales Prime Cattle Dearer
The first stock sale of 1939 was conducted at the Campbell's Hill saleyards, West Maitland, on Tuesday, in trying weather conditions. With…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Clearances Sydney Wool Sales
At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 11,388 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered wools,…
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