Sheep Market Active
There is considerable activity in the sheep market, particularly in Central Queensland, where no fewer than 45,000 sheep have changed hands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 93
Broke [?] Price of Butter
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortage of Cattle Queensland Report
Cattle dealers and fatteners in the south-west of Queensland report a decided shortage of supplies, and those who normally purchase in lots of from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Market Sydney
The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat were unchanged to-day. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/9½ a bushel, bagged millers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral Fat Lamb Raising. Requirements of the Trade
Overseas trade requirements should be carefully considered by fat lamb raisers as the best guide to the merits of the various breeds, stated a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surplus Butter Price Benefits of British Contract
Mr. James Purcell, Chairman of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee, stated in Brisbane that of late there had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Shipping Transport Problem
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report; —The anomaly at present prevails that ample wool is available in Australia, but in the United Kingdom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For The Man On the Land Agriculture and Pastoral Notes
(These Notes are issued by direction of the Honourable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer [?] information received to his work on the land not referred to in these notes at the time, a query…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Butter Rise Expected In June GRAFTON
The half-yearly report of the Pioneer Co-operative Dairy Co, at Ulmarra states that the price of 187/2 for butter sold under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Losses Fire In The Yess District Sheep Destroyed
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipments of Wool Ample Facilities Rapid Appraisal
The chairman of the Central Wool Committee, Mr. Alexander F. Bell, in a statement on Wednesday on the progress made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool for Japan Sale of 25,000 BALES
The sale of 25,000 bales of Australian wool to Japan, which has just been completed, is expected to be followed by similar sales, states a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Average Wool Price Up Further Rise Expected. Melbourne
The average price for greasy wool at appraisements to the end of January advanced to 12.32d, compared with 12.16d recorded to the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of Fight Against Heavy Odds Told by Denman Farmers at Public Meeting. Appeal for Grant From Government. Farmers at End of Their Resources
THE plight into which many farmers in the Denman district have drifted in consequence of the succession of dry seasons extending over eight years was dealt with at a meeting of settlers held at the Memorial Hall, Denman, on Wednesday night. Speakers pointed out that the settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farmer
Under the spreading hopeless debts The farmer's homestead stands; It's lord, a mournful man is he As he ploughs his mortgaged lands;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drought Defied. a Denman Maize Crop
A number of stalks of maize are now on view at Messrs Higgens, Parkinson 's offices at Denman. These measure just over 14 feet in height. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Company Limited
For the month of January, the Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Co. manufactured 270,037lb. of first and 5369 1b. of second-grade butter, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Are Careful
On a large station at Dubbo recently, I was courteously asked to leave my matches and tobacco in the house when about to wander out and ride…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motorists' Corner the Cause of Bush Fires "Carbon" Stands by the Farmers
"Carbon," of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Costs to Farmer
As soon an the war broke out, he said, they tied the farmer down straight away. Everything else had gone up, and the farmers should get…
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