Progressive Farmer Competition
The special inspection committee, comprising Lt. Col. G. C. Somerville (secretary, Royal Agricultural Society), Mr. Don…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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Inspection of District Farm To-day
Members of the special inspection committer for the Progressive Farmer competition visited Singleton yesterday, and to-day they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Points for Farmers Hints From Agricultural Instructor
The undermentioned information has been supplied by Senior Agricultural Instructor (Mr. G. T. Dawson), and should prove of interest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Painting on the Farm Prepare Surfaces
Now that paint is again easily procurable opportunity should be taken during the approaching cooler Weather of restoring the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berseem Clover Its Value As Dairy Fodder
Dairy Farmers-in what are regarded as the better rainfall areas of the Hunter valley and the central coast-would be well…
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MUSWELLBROOK.— At its monthly meeting the Progress Association carried a resolution urging that the Hunter Valley…
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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. reports on 20th. February, 1946:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tuesday's Store Cattle Sale
Scone Associated Agents wish to draw attention to the yarding of 1200 good quality sattle next Tuesday, when the following…
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After being on the road for several weeks, a mob of over 1000 bullocks arrived in Muswellbrook recently. The cattle came overland from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Cattle Roaded From Queensland
Mr. Arch Watts, of Scone, and sons, Neville and Dennis, last week landed 1000 head of beautifully bred Shorthorn bullocks in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Bill in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, March 1.— A Bill providing for the approval of a wool disposal agreement between the British Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Next Week's Carnival Will Be Another "Smasher": Cattle Secured: Stage Set
The committee, somewhat sceptical up to within the last few days, now have their troubles well and truly ironed out. Faced with a formidable hazard in securing the necessary cattle, this was solved When Messrs. F. K. Mackay, F. L. Crane, and V. T. Hall came…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Deputation
A deputation from the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council recently waited on the Hon. C. A. Kelly Minister for Health The deputation presented a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welfare of Upper Hunter Farmers Annual Meeting of Primary Producers’ Union
MUSWELLBROOK.— Many important matters affectthe the welfare of the Upper Hunter farmers Were dealt with at the annual meeting of die District Council of the Primary Producers’ Union held at Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reduced Milk-butter Production Industry’s Better Conditions Attract Dairymen
Shorter hours and better conditions in secondary industries were mainly responsible for the reduced production of milk and butter, declared Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, President of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intriguing Question Musical Farmers
Why are progressive farmers musical? That is .a question Which is intriguing the judges of the Progressive Farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Pedigree Cattle
Methods used by pedigree stock breeders in Britain are very similar for any breed. But in these small islands a great variety of tattle are bred for export to many different parts of the world. When the breed is mainly milk-producing, the cow is shown; when beef producing, the bull. Both bull and cow are shown of dual purpose breed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →May Send Canned Butter to U.k
Australian and American authorit[?]s are examining the possibility of releasing to Britain huge quantities of butter stored in northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World’s Need of Moral Convalescnce Bishop’s Lenten Pastoral Letter
The world's greatest need to-day was moral convalescence stated the Bishop of Newcastle (Rt. Rev. F. de Witt Batty) in his. Lenten Pastoral letter read in churches throughout the Diocese yesterday…
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