Sale of Farm
Mr. J. P. Idstein reports having sold for Mr. X.. Threlin his dairy farm of 205 acres, situated at Thornton. The purchaser was Mr. Richard…
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Farming & the land, 1940
1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 93
"Cost Back in One Year" a Farmer's Experience of Subdivision of Paddocks
Prefacing an address at a recent farmers' conference on the subject of the subdivision of his property, Mr G. W. Evans, of…
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T. M. Hooke, Dungog, secured 4 steers £16/11/, 4 vealers £17/15/, averaging £14/7/9; 3 cows, averaging £11/16/8, at Winchcombe, Carson's…
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Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report:—Our twentieth catalogue of the wool appraisement season was dealt with on Monday and Tuesday of last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Cost Back in One Year' a Farmer's Experience of Subdivision of Paddocks
Prefacing an address at a recent farmers' conference on the subject of subdivision on his property, Mr. G. W. Evans, of Tumbarumba…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DAIRYING Fodder Reserves the Temptation to Disposal
High prices obtainable for fodder often lead to the disposal of reserves which it would have been wiser to have retained for their original…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Butter Quality
During the week ended April 19, 90.8 per cent, of the boxes of butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found true to brand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Cattle Averages
Two outstanding averages for bullocks were obtained at Campbell’s Hill saleyards on Monday last. These were an average of £15/13/7 for [?]…
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For the eight months ended February 29, butter production in Australia amounted to 3,038.986cwt., compared with 2,667,424cwt in the…
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Prescott Pty. reports; N.S. Wales:—As a result of the recent rains most dairying districts have benefited, but in some quarters, further falls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nylon Fibre New Wool Substitute (“Mercury” Service)NEW YORK, April 24
E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Ina announces that it has taken out a patent covering the production and processing of a crimped, wool like…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Products Quotas Announced SYDNEY
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board Will by the notification In the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Recent Rains Effect On Dairying Districts More Required
Prescott, Pty. Ltd., report that as a result of the recent rains, most dairying districts have benefited, but in some quarters,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stock Sales. Sheep Market Irregular. Cattle Values Weaker
Sheep and lambs at the Flemington saleyards on Monday failed to hold, at the high values recorded last week. Both were cheaper at the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral Conditions
The reports of the inspectors of stock for March showed that the conditions nearly everywhere in the State were extremely bad. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Non-shrinkable Wool Sydney
The cost of treating wool by the process discovered at the McMaster Laboratory to-make it shrink-proof is less than 2d a pound. Treated wool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Want Improved Electricity Supply. Poultry Farmers at Weston. Deputation to Council
On Tuesday night a deputation of poultry farmers from Sawyer's Gully-road, Weston, wailed upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Cost Back in One Year." a Farmer's Experience of Subdivision of Paddocks
Prefacing an address at a recent farmers' conference on the subject of the subdivision of his property Mr. G. W. Evans, of Tumbarumba, expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Died Suddenly Well-Known Dairying Authority MELBOURNE
Mr. Angus McKenzie, 57, of Glentarn, Stonyford, well known in the Australian dairying industry, died suddenly in Melbourne yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Farm Races at Randwick Acceptances, Post Positions and Starting Times
Trial Hurdle, 1½ mile (1.0).—Phil (1) 10.3, Aussie Bee (12) 9.12, Bogan Boy (9) 9.12, Bull Ant (10) 9.10, Padale (11) 9.10, Montague (4) 9.10,…
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