46d for Greasy Merino Wool
SYDNEY, Wed.— Gressy merino [?] sold to 46d for five [?] of E. and D. White Rock-Hylestone at the Sydney wool…
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Farming & the land, 1946
1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 73
Changing Ratio in Sheep Breeds Swing Towards Crossbreds
During the past five or ten years there has been a very marked increase in the percentage of crossbred sheep in the State, states J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milking Competitions at Singleton Show Heifer's Good Butter-fat Production
The milking competitions at last week's Singleton show created a good deal of interest, especially among dairymen, and, as usual, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s.a. Wool Demand Domestic Prices Raised
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The rise in prices for the United States clip of 3 cents to 5 cents per lb., announced by the U.S.A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Shortage in N. S. Wales Import Necessary From Other States
New South Wales, usually a biff exporter of wheat, will have to import from other parts of Australia probably 10 million…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burnt to Death in Farm Fire
TAMWORTH Wednesday. — Thomas Brad , 72, caretaker of West Grove homestead, 22 miles from Menilla, was burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Control Of The Milk Industry Singleton Dairymen Oppose Amalgamation
SINGLETON, Wednesday. — The proposals for the amalgamation of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council with the Primary Producers’ Union, which were submitted to yesterday’s meeting of the Singleton branch of the Milk Zone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Reject P.P.U. Proposals Lively Meeting of M.Z.D.C.
Yesterday's meeting of the M.Z.D.C., though poorly represented by the dairymen, was very lively, and several spirited discussions took place. The main topics under discussion were the proposals of amalgamation submitted to the M.Z.D.C. by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unrest Growing Among Dairymen "Milk Price Below Production Cost"
Unrest is growing among dairymen supplying t-he Milk Board because, with the discontinuance of the subsidy, the price has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Ltd., report 1st October, 1946:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Larger World Wheat Crop Will Ease Threat of Famine
This year's world wheat crop will be the largest since 1940, and a 12 per cent. increase on last year's, according to the U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Dog Travels 180 Miles Back Home
A story of the amazing sagacity, homing sense and tenacity of purpose of an 18 months' old sheep dog is related by Mr. C. Imeson, of Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi Wool to 44¾d
At Sydney wool sales on Wednesday last, the SB/Mabynvale clip, from Murrurundi, made to the high price of 44¾d, a district record. Here…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clerks' Threat on "Black" Wool
The Clerks' Union has threatened to hold up 400,000 bales of wool in Sydney if the Wool Selling Brokers' Association attempts to handle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Infertility of Sheep. Associated with Pasture on Subterranean Clover
Subterranean clover now figures so importantly in the feed of grazing animals over large sections of the southern half of the State and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Trade Prospects. "Every Reason for Optimism."
Mr. Harold Bell, chairman of directors of Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., speaking at the annual meeting of the company, said the highly successful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council
A meeting of the Scone branch was held on 2nd inst., with the President (Mr. K. W. Gilligan) in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Irrigation in New Mexico Farmers Use Storage Ponds
In drought-ridden New Mexico a farmer's phone often rings while he is preparing to go out for the evening with his family and a friend's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Control of the Milk Industry Singleton Dairymen Oppose Any Amalgamation
The proposals for the amalgamation of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council with the Primary Producers' Union, which were submitted to Tuesday's meeting of Singleton branch of the Milk Zone Council, were turned down despite arguments by Mr. J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Need for Farmers to Organise
First president in the Hunter River Fruit and Vegetable Grewers’ Association, Mr J. Melkljohn, of Warner’s Bay, addressed…
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