Cattle Prices Unaltered at Maitland
A heavy yarding of 1100 fat cattle was forward at the Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day. The quality generally was satisfactory, many…
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Farming & the land, 1944
1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 71
2/- Per Pound for Butter. New Demand
The payment of 2/- per lb: for butter and the cancellation of conditions and hours of the dairying industry award, was the subject of a resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prevention of Crutch Strike in Sheep. (Issued by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
The Joint Blowfly Committee issued their report No. 2 in 1940. It gave an outline of the methods recommended for the prevention and treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grown Up. Farmers Must Plan Ahead. World Co-operation Vital. Changed Order
"Agriculture has been rather a backward child, but at last it is growing up and growing pains are in evidence. It has now reached a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Industry Inquiry Dispute Over Terms
The secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, Mr. F. Sedgwick, expressed surprise at the statement that the Prices Commissioner…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—A largely-attended meeting of dairy farmers in the Albion Park district decided to establish a branch of the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—According to Winchcombe Carson Ltd. the invasion of Northern France has great significance tor the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Butter Ration
CANBERRA, Thurs. — There are indications that butter production would be sufficiently improved at the end of July to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Production At Hexham Butter Factory
Thirty-eight tons of butter was manufactured at the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce Co., Ltd’s factory at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trainee Pilot Lost in Sheep Country
A trainee-pilot on a cross country' flight franca South Australian R.A.A.F. station in an Avro-Anson who became lost and ran very short of fuel over…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Deputy Director of Manpower (Mr. Bellemore) stated that confusion among dairy farmers was…
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It is announced from Canberra that there are indications that butter production would be sufficiently improved at the end of July to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Stealing Case
A case which was of considerable interest was that of Police v. William Harold Watts, who was charged with stealing a sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increased Number of Sheep in District
Shire councillors yesterday commented upon the increased number of sheep which had found their way into the district in recent years, and…
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Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., rcporf:The invasion of Northern France by the Allied Forces is not only a momentous National event, but; has great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scone Police Court Sheep Stealing and P. P. Board Cases Assault Charge Withdrawn
Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., had a long sitting at the Scone Police Court on Wednesday last, when a number of cases of district interest were heard. MOTOR TRAFFIC CASES…
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Two important Commonwealth decisions affecting the dairying industry the temporary reduction of the Australian butter ration to 6 ounces and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm Home The Vegetable Garden Control of Insect Pests
The following hints for vegetable growers are given in the current number of a home gardening bulletin issued by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Speed Up" Old Farming Ways Doomed
"The farmer must either adopt mechanisation or ultimately be forced out of the market," said Mr. R. G. May, President of the…
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QUIRINDI Sat.—The Quirindi Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., has now distributed the final payment of Commonwealth Government…
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