Higher Price for Winter Butter Sought
GRAFTON Monday—At its annual meeting the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Co decided to ask the Minister for Commerce…
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Farming & the land, 1944
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Record Sheep Slaughtering Position in Textile Manufacture
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report that during 1943 a record total of 23,362,798 sheep and lambs were slaughtered in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taking Tickle Out of Wool
CANBERRA Monday.—Australian research workers have taken the “tickle” out of wool. Wool treated with the juice of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd
In appraisement No. 132 the selection generally was of a miscellaneous character, comprising autumn shorn wools, lambs, crutchings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unlicensed Taxi. Charge Against Farmer
When charged at West Maitland Court to-day with having driven a taxi-car, he not being licensed to do [?]o, Cecil Lantry,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liens Over Wheat Crops and Wool Clips
When recently travelling through the country the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, states that he had brought under his notice the hardship inflicted on some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zebu Cattle
The use of zebu-cross cattle should allow considerable expansion of the beef cattle industry in various tropical parts of Australia…
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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., reports March 23, 1944: We submitted our appraisement…
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Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: At our Newcastle appraisement on 17th inst., we offered 1611 bales. The selection chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Auction 1700 Cattle
Attention is drawn to the auction sales for 1700 cattle in be submitted at Bolivia Station, near Tenterfield, on Tuesday, April 4, at 12.30 p.m. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying Deterioration in Quality of Dairying Pastures Necessity of Hand Feeding
Hand feeding of dairy cows to counterbalance the deterioration in the feeding value of pastures is essential [?] present decline in milk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Funeral of the Late P. A. Scarr Demise of Leading Dairy Factory Authority
Representatives of the dairy industry from all parts of the Hunter Valley last week attended the funeral of the late Mr. P. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Light Orange Crop Predicted
Due to seasonal conditions the citrus crop in the central coast district this season would be very light, the district fruit inspector,…
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LONDON March 28.— Wool dress and furnishing fabrics, in a wide variety of new patterns and weaves, which will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Light Orange Crop Predicted
Owing to unfavourable seasonal conditions, it is anticipated that the citrus crop this season will be very light. Crops are light to medium…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Quota Fixed
SYDNEY Thursday — Butter and cheese quotas for trade within New South Wales hare been fired by the Minister for Agriculture,’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Cheaper at Homebush
SYDNEY Thurs.—Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report—38,849 sheep penned. The market opened 1/ dearer. Best ewes to [?]d,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley Crop Conditions
In his agricultural report for the Hunter Valley and Central Coast for March, Mr, G. T. Dawson senior agricultural instructor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Cattle Market
Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co. report having hold their usual fortnightly cattle sale on Tuesday last. The market was firm. They sold:…
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