MICE-PLAGUE. Damage in Wheat Belt Stacks Protected Sydney
According to the Director of Agriculture, Mr. A. H. McDonald, although thousands of wheat bage have been destroyed by mice in…
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Farming & the land, 1940
1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 93
P.p. Board and the Farmers
In the "Argus" of May 6th, there appeared a report of the support accorded by the Agricultural Bureau conference at Whittingham to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Butter Quality
The Director of Dairying, Mr. O. C. Ballbangen, reports that during last week 88.5 per cent. of tha boxes of butter [?] by the New South…
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In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, said that before the next wheat harvesting season commenced the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crop Losses Floods in New Zealand Wellington, (N. Z.)
One of the worst floods to the history of the Ta[?]er[?] district due to the incessant downpour in the back country, is causing crop losses. Miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Menace Production of Margarine MELBOURNE
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep and Cattle
Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report that 18,144 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday, and consisted chiefly of medium quality sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Stock Sales Cattle Market Dearer Sheep Firm
Although the quality of the fat cattle yarded at the Campbell's Hill saleyards, West Maitland, on Monday was not up to the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and War Needs Australian Sheep Totals
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: As far as the wearing capacity of wool is concerned, it is definitely securing a good advertisement out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports on the 6th instant:— It has been arranged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pigs Instead of Wheat Versatile Farmer. No Restriction Fears
Mr. D. W. Edis, of Prestonville, Ariah Park, has little to fear from wheat restriction. Already he has cut his wheat area by half, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Values 1939 Sales Reviewed
In their annual review covering the 1939 sales, Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. Ltd., dealing with cattle, state:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Improvement. Merino Ewe Competition
The annual Merino ewe competition for 1940 has been launched by the "Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Splendid Display at Gresford Opening of Show Record Entries in Produce Many Dairy Cattle Gresford
Despite the drought through which the district has just passed, record entries were received for the farm produce section at the Gresford District Agricultural Society’s 14th annual show, which opened in cool weather today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Macquarie Street "Dairymen." Telling the Farmers How It Is Done.MILK AT 1/- Gallon to Producer; 2/4 to Consumer
Not many of the Upper Hunter dairy farmers are in the milk zone, but they have followed closely the efforts of some members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Annual Wool Review Average Contract Price Over 13d. Effect of British Government Purchases
All increase of 40 per cent, is likely in Australia's wool income for 1939-40. The higher average price of 13.4375d. per lb. Australian currency for the clip under the, British Purchase Scheme, and large production are the factors responsible (reports Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Permitted
The Hunter District Water Board had before its Tuesday's meeting an application by Mr. E. Hodgson for permission to erect a dairy on his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Review of Maize Crop
The adverse conditions which prevailed throughout the bulk of the growing period last season were repeated this year, but to a more…
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