Peeps Into The Past SINGLETON, 50, 25 and 15 Tears Ago 50 Tears Ago (From issues of "Argus" for Period ended October 31, 1898). Expert To Test Cattle for T.B.
Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2
The Minister for Agriculture is affording owners an opportunity to have their cattle tested for tuberculosis, so that any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£10,343 Disbursed to Dairymen
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1948 · page 2
The Gloucester Dairy Co. disbursed £10,343/11/10 for September, which included a dividend of £750. A total, of 84-514 lbs. of choicest and 2466 1bs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Hunter Wheat Crops Satisfactory
Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 4
Early wheat crops In the Upper Boater were now rapidly ripening, end yields generally should be satisfactory, factory, seconding to the monthly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£100,000 Worth Of Wool Destroyed
Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 3
WELLINGTON, Monday (AAP-Renter). — Twenty-five hundred bales of wool were destroyed in Saturday night’s fire at Levin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Believes Sheep Can Be Established In N. Guinea Hallstrom Makes Gift of £20,000
Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 2
SYDNEY, Monday.—It will not be long before sheep are well established in New Guinea, according to wealthy Sydney business man and philanthropist, Mr. E. J. Hollstrom, who is aiding the establishment of sheep breeding in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Potato Crops Suffer Serious Setbacks Caterpillars, Hot Winds, Frosts
Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 4
In his report for October, the district agronomist, Mr. G. T. Dawson, said that potato crops which promised so well a few weeks ago hove suffered some serious setbacks. Most crops have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Harvest Has Started
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Wheat experts to-day predicted a harvest of between 65,000,000 and 70,000,000 bushels this year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snake Yarn From the Wheat Celt
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 3
A good “snake yarn” is being told by Mr. J. C. Brown, resident inspector of the Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance, Ltd., who has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Demonstration Farms. Dairy Co's. Plans. Move to Assist Suppliers
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1
Demonstration farms are to be selected by the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., Hexham, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool. U.s.a. May Soon Make Big Purchases
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 2
Heavy buying by American mills at the Australian wool sales is expected to begin soon. Opinion in New York is that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1
The Executive Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council met in Sydney on the 27th ult. The proposal to establish a Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sale of Mount View Farm
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 2
J. Enright reports a highly satisfactory sale of the Mount view farm, stock and plant for Miss K. and the Estate of J. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Americans "Dipping" Sheep from Aeroplanes
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1948 · page 3
Never a backward people, the Americans have lately been experimenting with cattle and sheep insect pest control by dusting with insecticide from the air. American farmers, especially in the heavily cultivated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advertisement. Newcastle Wool Shipping a Busy Port
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1948 · page 5
Newcastle's growing importance as a wool market for Northern and North Western wools Is having marked effect on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Demonstration Farms To Assist Dairying Scheme of H.V. Diary Company
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1948 · page 1
Demonstration farms are to be selected by the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd.. Hexham. for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers' Club
Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 6
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club was held in the Central School on Thursday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmers' Farewell to the Morgan Family
Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 4
The Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' The guests of honour were the Morgan J. S. A. Hall, on Friday evening last. Club gave a farewell gathering in the C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Wheat Yield Forecast For State
Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 3
SYDNEY. Friday. —According to a statement given by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) the wheat harvest in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Wool Shipping a Busy Port
The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 2
Newcastle's growing importance as a wool market for Northern and North-Western wools is having a marked effect on the port's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Wool Shipping. a Busy Port
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 3
Newcastle's growing importance as a wool market for Northern and North-Western wools is having a marked effect on the port's activity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →