Two Singleton Farmers In Competition Final Messrs J. H. Tulloch And G.H. Roberts To Face Judges
The Two Singleton district entrants in the Rural Bank's Statewide Progressive Farmer Competition, Mr. J. H. Tulloch, of…
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Farming & the land, 1947
1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 80
Pastoral Coy. Raises Dividend
LONDON, Oct 20.—New Zealand and Australian Land Co. Ltd., earned net profit of £76,323 for the year ended March 31. compared…
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BRISBANE: The 14,902 bales offered at the wool sales yesterday were, of good average standard, chiefly suitable for…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Fourteen bales, containing 4200-second bags, were to-day shipped to New Caledonia This was possible after…
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Messrs. A. C Ormond and R. T. Spencer, Officers of the Department of Agriculture, who judged the 1947 Championship awarded the 1st prize to Marjorie Cox, Curra…
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The Rural Bank’s State-wide Progressive farmer Competition has been an outstanding success, over a hundred experienced farmers of N.S.W. having entered. The three winners in the final stage will spend six months…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The NSW wheat crop as a whole was not jeopardised and would not be jeopardised this year by…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Severe rust is menacing crops in the vast wheat belt between Redcliffs and the South Australian border, according…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Officer Says Butter-fat [?]Ests Improving
As a result of better feeding [?] herd recording butter-fat [?] were improving, the Dis[?]rict Dairy Officer (Mr. J. W…
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Severe rust is menacing crops in the vast wheat belt between Redcliffs and the South Australian border, according to reports received…
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A section of MR. STAN. BROWN'S wheat crop at Parkville. Picture was taken a fortnight ago…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: 27,748 sheep and lambs penned, mostly good trade quality. Sheep was…
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BRISBANE, Friday.— A State record price of 65½d was obtained for five bales of greasy from Inglewood and 12 bales from [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compulsory Dairy T. B. [?] Support by Kearsley Council
Kearsley Council on Tuesday night decided to support a request by the Canobolas Shire Council to ask…
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Professor J. R. A. McMillan, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Science at Sydney University, seeks the cooperation of farmers in New South…
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The Faculty would be very pleased to hear from farmers who could offer suitable employment, with accommodation, to students during the…
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within the next season or two. To combat pests which attack the linseed; it is being considered spraying the crop on Mr…
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PROMPTED BY THE RECENT WORLD SHORTAGE OF LINSEED OIL, AN EXPERIMENTAL CROP OF LINSEED IS BEING GROWN BY MR. GEORGE GARDINER, "KAROOLA," WARRAH CREEK…
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BURNIE, Friday.—The Tasmanian House of Assembly passed a bill to grant £300,000 in interest-free advances to primary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hopes, Ambitions of Life-time Crash in a Night Labour Shortage Enfo Rces Sale of Valuable High-producing Dairy Herd
Ambitions, hopes and enterprise of a life-time of Mr. George Moore, one of Singleton's best-known and most successful dairy farmer, have been smashed, because of the labour shortage. At his wits' end to carry on, Mr. Moore was forced to make…
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