Brisbane Wool £54 a Bale
A total of £3,191,648/7/6 was realised for 18,032,462 lbs. of wool sold at the Brisbane wool sales from December 15 to 18…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1948
1,484 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 75
Smaller Supplies of Fine Wool
Winchcombe Carson Ltd, writes: Australia is now growing annually, about 116,000 bales of Merino wool of 70's and 90's quality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Pastures Assured, But Wheat Spoilt
Constant rain in the Hunter River and Central Coastal districts in December lias assured good summer pastures,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muster Sheep From the Air Modern Methods of Queensland Grazier
A Queensland grazier, who said he was tired of mustering sheep on horseback, left Kingsford-Smith Airport on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →25 Years Ago (From issues of "Argus" for period ending January 10, 1923). Butter Marketing
The president of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. C. J. McCrae, who will be accompanied by Mr. Gordon, of the executive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Team of Farmers on World Tour Competition Winners Announced
The three practical New South Wales farmers who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Fanner Competition from 105…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rice Production Up Last Year's Crop Third Largest on Record
The yield of rice last year was much greater than was anticipated earlier, being the third largest crop on record- viz…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Cheaper at Homebush
SYDNEY, Monday.—Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report 12,845 sheep penned, of mixed quality The market lost test Thursday’s rise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bagged Wheat Destroyed
ADELAIDE, Monday. — Nearly 1000 men fought a bushfire for six hours yesterday over an eight mile front near Burra, 75 miles north…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Butter Consigned to Italy
The first shipment of food from Australia to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund left Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fat Cattle Values Rise at Maitland
A good quality yarding of 800 fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day included prime bullocks, steers and cows, with some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour, Taxation Closing Another Dairy Farm MESSRS H. WRIGHT & Sons' "Heatherlea" Stock to Be Sold
The acute labour position and the high direct taxation has brought about yet another sale of a high-producing Singleton district dairy business. All stock, which comprises 110 dairy cows and 90 heifers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—With strong, general competition from Yorkshire, the Continent, Australian and American millmen, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Dairy Industry Will Gain From Trade Agreement Farmers May Safely Plan for Expansion
AUSTRALIAN dairy farmers should find encouragement in the agreements reached with other countries by the Australian delegation at the Geneva Conference, and announced by the Ministers for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) and Customs (Mr. Pollard) in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Team of Farmers on World Tour
The three practical New South Wales farmers who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer competition from 105 contestants will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strange Spinach Crop
A well known gardener employed in a branch of the Public Service in Maitland recently decided to purchase some spinach seed for planting in his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land for Greek Farmers
BELGRADE, An. 14.—Quoting the “Free” Greek Radio, the Yugoslav newsagency says that, as a result of a meeting on December…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Cattle at Show
The display of dairy cattle is expected to be one of the features of Maitland Show, to be held on March 3-6…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Dearer at Homebush
SYDNEY. Thurs. Pitt. Son and Badgery Ltd. report. that 28.241 sheep and lambs were penned, mostly of trade quality, with odd lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Wool Record
SYDNEY, Thursday.— The new seasonal record price for wool— 127d—was obtained at the Sydney wool sales yesterday for five bales…
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