Short Week Ruinous to Dairying
SINGLETON, Wed.—All dairy farmers at yesterday’s meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, with the exception of…
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Farming & the land, 1947
1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 80
Bob's Farm
A meeting of the residents living on the Marsh road, Bob's Farm, (also known as the "New Road") was held on the 20th February to protest against the…
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Some cows are naturally aggressive while others are timid. The aggressive beast is a menace in the assembly yard…
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Hunter River butter factories may be asked by producers to withhold supplies unless the price is raised to a payable…
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"Nenco" will offer an attractive-yarding of New England-bred cattle in the Armidale yards on Friday, 28th inst. All cattle are New…
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The market for sheep and lambs remained firm at Flemington sales yesterday, and there was no quotable change…
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The directors report of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., at Morpeth, to be submitted to the annual meeting of shareholders…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Greasy merino fleece sold to 84½d for five bales of HW/Fairbank/Yass at Sydney wool sales…
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Several dairy farmers were fined ut the Muswellbroolt Police Court on Wednesday on charges of selling adulterated milk…
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The N.S.W. Milk Board has issued a building guide for the information and assistance of dairy farmers registered under the Milk Act. The guide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Questions on Wheat to N.z. Prime Minister May Table All Papers
CANBERRA, Friday—A number of questions on the sale of Australian wheat to New Zealand was asked In Federal…
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Mr. R. J. T. Collins has installed a spray irrigation plant on his property, "Never Fails," situated on the Krui, River. The plant, which went into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DAIRYING. Culling of Dairy Cows. Characters Influencing Capacity to Gather Food
When culling the dairy herd it is necessary to consider not only the productive capacity of the cows but also their desirability on the grounds of…
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RAYMOND TERRACE, Friday. —Raymond Terrace 12th annual unior farmers’ show opened this afternoon with the judging of the…
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Enthusiasm runs high among the Junior Farmers’ Clubs throughout Australia with the approach of the finals of a big radio…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Culling of Dairy Cows Capacity To Gather Food
When culling the dairy herd it is necessary to consider not only the productive capacity of the cows but also their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Culling of Dairy Cows Characters Influencing Capacity to Gather Food
When culling the dairy herd it is necessary to consider not only the productive capacity of the cows but also their desirability, on the grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winter Green Food Crops for Poultry
Between now and April is the best time to sow crop to provide green feed for poultry through the winter and later In the year,…
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At a sale of dairy cattle conducted by Carr Bros. at Campbell’s Hill yesterday, keen competition came from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle and Sheep Dearer at Maitland
A .yarding of 800 fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day comprised many medium weight bullocks of good trade quality…
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