America’s Huge Reserves of Wool
WASHINGTON, January 23.— The Secretary of Agriculture (Mr. Anderson) has asked Congress to pass legislation…
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Farming & the land, 1947
1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 80
Visit of Girl Junior Farmers
A party at girl members of Junior Farmer Clubs in the Lismore district will be arriving in Maitland on Monday next on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outbreak of Pleuropneumonia in Cattle
An outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia has been diagnosed in a dairy herd in the Muswellbrook district. It would appear that the owner…
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Mr. Clive Bowman, of "Balmoral", has reached Mt. Garnet, in the Gulf Country, to arrange for the trucking of over 300 head of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local and General News Loaded Cattle Lorry Overturned
With a load of cattle aboard,, a lorry failed to take a turn on Howe s Mountain on Wednesday night, and overturned. The driver, Mr. P. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Is a Profitable Dairy Cow? 8000-Lb. to 9000-L.b. Average Yield on Seven Lactation Periods Should Be the Aim
The "Hunter Valley Co-operator," published by the Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd. publishes interesting comments on its researches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Irrigation Farms Suffer Efforts to Solve Water Shortage Problem. Bores to be Sunk on Aberdeen Road
The council spent an hour of its time on Wednesday evening on the water supply problem. Mr F. Schadel (waterworks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Meeting
There was a small attendance at a special meeting of the M.Z.D.C. held at the Globe Cafe on Saturday last. Correspondence was read and dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Conditions on North Coast
Cattle are still dying on the far north coast of New South Wales, where conditions are serious. Handfeeding is still being carried out as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Taught Farmers Effective Bunny Blitz
A Denman farmer, Mr. C. E. M. Woodford, of Chantry, considers that the Army taught him at least one useful subject, namely, how to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bob's Farm
An incident occurred at Bob's Farm during the holidays which has created some fun among the locals. Some young fellows known as the local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Menace Of T.B. In Dairy Herds Need for Nation-wide Campaign
There is urgent need in Australia for a nation-wide campaign to eliminate tuberculosis from dairy herds/ whether their milk is used in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Some Good Millet Crops Cut
RAYMOND TERRACE: During the week some good stands of millet have been cut The millet has stood the dry weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bigger Wool Clip
MELBOURNE, Sat.—A revised estimate of the Australian wool clip for the 1946-47 season, issued by the National Council of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.K. Farm Leader Sees Task for Australia
HEBE TO GET FOOD FOR BRITAIN: Viscount Bled[?]oe, 79-year-old former president of the Royal Agricultural Society of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmed Contracts Anthrax
BATHURST: A farmer is seriously ill with anthrax, which has been reported in cattle and sheep in the Bathurst area. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance & Agency Company Limited 16th January, 1947
We submitted a catalogue of 7373 bales on Wednesday, 15th instant. The selection was drawn from a fairly wide area and to a large extent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poor Quality Yarding of Fat Cattle
Only a sprinkling of buyers was present at Campbell's Hill saleyards to-day when about 600 cattle were yarded comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Current Wool Clip Estimate
The current Australian wool clip will yield 3,107,878 bales, according to a revised estiamte by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales Under Appraisement Plan
SYDNEY, Monday.—During the last four years of the appraisement scheme, wool sold to overseas buyers realised about 25 per cent. more…
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