Stock Sales. Flemington Prices. Sheep Again Dearer
Sheep and cattle were dearer at the Flemington saleyards on Thursday. The market opened to spirited competition at advanced prices for both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1939
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The Wool Outlook Improved Consumption
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 5th inst.:— The outlook for wool has not shown any marked change, but consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stabilisation of Wheat Industry Provisions Outlined
The commissioners of the Rural Bank state that numerous inquiries received indicate that many growers have the impression that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market. Strong Competition In Sydney
A catalogue of 6980 bales of wool was offered In Sydney yesterday. The clearance, including private sale of passed-in and fell-mongered wools…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increases in Butter and Milk Factory Figures for May
Butter and milk production figures for the month of May, made available this week by the manager of Dungog butter factory (Mr. W. E. Scarl)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Export of Merino Sheep Motion for Removal of Ban Rejected
The annual convention of the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia, by nine votes to six, rejected a motion submitted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coolers on Dairy Farms Minister Answers Protest
"The Milk Board's decision to require farmers to cool their milk as effectively as possible and immediately, after production was decided upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers to Protest Condobolin
Farmers and graziers in this district will hold a protest meeting against conditions governing rural industries. The Federal Government will, bs asked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Value of Dairying to Australia Interesting Figures
Interesting statistics relating to the dairying industry were given by the Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, in a written reply to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Worker Died in Heat Wave £250 Compensation for Wife
A claim for £540/16/ was made in the Workers' Compensation Court in Sydney on Wednesday by Mrs Lund Martha Moulds, of Windsor, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy on Victorian Farm Child Burned to Death
Gwendoline Grace Olds, three years, was burned to death when a four-roomed house on a farm at Skene's Creek (Vic.) was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Time for Tree Planting
Though their claims are go generally neglected, trees serve many important purposes on farming and pastoral areas. They may be usefully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Average
The average price for wool sold in the Sydney market this week was £10/15/10 per bale per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Lost In Storm MELBOURNE
More than 90 yearling cattle and 30 sheep were lost in a storm which struck the Holyman freighter Lutana on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUTTER-CHEESE The London Market LONDON, June 9
The butter, market is firm. Quotations: Danish, 125/ per cwt.; choicest, salted, "New Zealand 118/, Australian 115/; unsalted, New Zealand 119/,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Upholstery Use in Motor Cars
There is a move on foot further to popularise wool upholstery for cars, says a London motoring journal. It is perhaps curious that its use is not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Field, Farm and Dairy Agricultural Vitamin D in Lucerne Hay
Experimental work in many parts of the world has shown that various kinds of hay carry measurable amounts of Vitamin D. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3,000,000 BALES Forecast of Australian Wool Clip
It was announced at tho annual joint conference of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia and the Australian Woolgrowers' Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Value Of Dairy Production CANBERRA
The value of dairy production in Australia in 1937-38 was £38,663,056, said the Assistant Minister, Mr. J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying a New Milking Process
A new milking process in which air is excluded during all stages from cow to bottle has been devised in America. Milk obtained by this process is…
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