DAIRYING Italian Rye and Red Clover Provides Good Winter Grazing for Dairy Cows
Discussing in the "Agricultural Gazette" the advantages of Italian rye and red clover as a temporary pasture for fertile soils in coastal,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 93
For The Man on the Land Agriculture and Pastoral Notes
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Appraising January an Active Month SYDNEY, Saturday
During January 201,378 bales of wool were dealt with in appraisements in Sydney. In addition, catalogues have been submitted in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Millet Crops Unsatisfactory Outlook Bad Season
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →Singleton Cattle
J. D. Hope, Singleton, secured 5 vcalers, £8/19/ per head, and W. J. Hope, Singleton, 12 vealers to £10 10/ avg. £9/4/8, at Winchcombe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Sales Cattle Market Dearer Light Yardings
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painting on the Farm Treatment of Galvanized Iron
Under the heading of iron may be included roof iron, guttering, downpipes, tanks, and water pipes. In all these instances the iron is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Exhibition
Referring to the Wool and Handicraft Exhibition, Mrs. Davies said that this had been postponed to coincide with the date of the Bushmen's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Wheat Yield
The Australian wheat crop for the 1939-40 season is expected to approximate 204,000,000 bushels. In 1932-33 the crop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Price Problems Butter Substitutes Annual Meeting of P.D.S.
The problem of increasing the price of butter and cheese without stimulating the consumption of butter substiutes was discussed at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Appraisements. Newcastle Catalogue
District fleeccs appraised in Nenco's catalogue on the 1st and 2nd February were:—L. V. TILSE, Scone, Fleece to 16½d…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sales Abandoned Cattle Stampede in Heat
At Casino, 1500 cattle mustered for sale became maddened by the heat when the thermometer reached 119 degrees. They stampeded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PASTORAL Provide Both Feed and Shelter Value of Edible Trees and Shrubs
The provision of belts of edible trees which can be lopped when necessary is a form of insurance against drought that should not be neglected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Crops Effect of Continued Dry Weather Dungog Most Favoured
Mr. G. T. Dawson, agricultural instructor, has prepared a report on the condition of crops in the Hunter and Central Coast districts. The report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Inspections Tarro Shire Report
Mr. T. C. Atkinson, health inspector to Tarro Shire, reported to council to-day that during January he had inspected 308 cattle, 87 calves…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Market
Prescott Pty. Ltd. report under date 3rd February, 1940: N.S. Wales:—Many parts of the North Coast have been favoured with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Butter Quality
The Director of Dairying, Mr. G. C. Ballhaasen, announced that 91, per cent, of the boxes of butter examined by the State batter grading…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farming Scheme Attacked Lloyd George Says “Ridiculous” (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, Feb. 7
Describing as “ludicrous” the Government’s measures to bolster up agriculture, Mr. Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, said it was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Markets. Cattle and Sheep. Yesterday's Market
Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report that 25,886 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday. Wethers were slightly dearer, and ewes and lambs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Consigned to Wagga
The Secretary of Wagga Wagga P.P. Board forwarded a circular letter directing attention to cattle being consigned to Wagga…
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