Bob's Farm
A most enjoyable school concert was held in connection with the annual Christmas Tree festivities at Bob's Farm. The children acquitted themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 93
Helping Solider Farmers MUSWELUSROOK
At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council, it was decided to hold public meeting at Denman on the 24th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Electricity on the Farm Hot Water Supply
Of particular interest to dairy farmers is an advertisement in this issue by the Electric Supply Department of West Maitland Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blue Couch and Sudan Grass. Cattle and Sheep Mortality
Prussie acid poisoning was responsible for the loss of 18 cows recently in the Muswellbrook district. The cows were f[?]d on blue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 10th inst.— Our appraisement catalogue No. 10,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Production Higher Dungog Butter Factory
Butter production figures for the month of December last, made available by the manager of Dungog Butter Factory (Mr. W. E. Searl) on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Cattle Noted for Longevity
The longevity of Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cattle is shown by the recent passing of Tulip of Morden at the great age of 22 years four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →December Figures Butter Production DUNGOG
Butter figures for the Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory for the month of December last, made available by the manager (Mr. W, E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle Firm
As a result of the heavy yarding, competition for pigs wan dull at the Maitland stock sales on Monday and lower rates ruled. Fat cattle were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Butter Anomalies Alleged Minister's Reply
The Minister for Customs, Mr. J. N. Lawson, on Tuesday replied to Sir Earle Page's charge that the price of butter was an example of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Train 29 Trucks of Young Cattle
Throughout yesterday (Thursday). afternoon there was a busy scene at Dungog railway trucking yards, when Mr. T. Carlton and his staff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superfine Lines Appraisement of Wool
Pilt, Son and Badgery report that appraisements of wool were resumed in Sydney on Monday, and the work is now proceeding expeditiously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Breeding and Management Improve Qualities of Commercial Value
The chief aim of cattle breeding, said the Assistant Headmaster of the Department of Agriculture in a recent address to farmers, was to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter Export Prices F.O.B. Rates Up 2/4
The Australian Dairy Produce Board has increased the f.o.b. prices of butler for export by 2/4 per cwt. The minimum f.o.b. prices fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wheat deal Britain to Take 56 Million Bushels
The Minister for Commerce stated yesterday that an agreement had been reached with Britain for the purchase of 56…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Huge Deal sale of Wheat to Britain 56,000,000 Bushels Adelaide. Friday
The British Government has accepted the Australian Wheat Board’s offer for the purchase of 56,000,000 bushels of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Wool Clip Australia's Huge Cheque Worth £75,000,000 SYDNEY
Proceeds to Australia from the sale of the record wool clip this year would be £75,000,000, the assistant secretary of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Haydons Pioneering Pastoral Family of Two States Activities of Over 100 Years Thomas Haydon—doyen Pastoralist, Gentleman, and Sportsman Remarkable and Richly Deserved Tribute by Contemporary Knocks Received, But Accepted Philosophically
Rummaging through old records not only passes many otherwise leisure hours, but affords interesting rending, and turns the mirror, or spot,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Junior Farmers. Preparing for the Show
Muswellbrook junior farmers are planning for a combined display of exhibits at the 1940 Muswellbrook Show; their efforts in past years have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crops to Grow
The type of root crop for the farmer to grow will depend upon (a) kind of stock; (b) district. Swedes or rutabages, for example, are unrivalled…
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