300 Dairymen Hear U.s. Expert Dr. Peterson Gives Five Rules for Better Milk Performance
The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3
Dr. W. E. Peterson, Professor of Dairying and Animal Husbandry at the University of Minnesota and world-famed as "the cow doctor," held the rapt attention of 300 Hunter Valley dairymen at the West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadian Poultry Farming Barred Rocks and New Hampshires
Singleton Argus · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3
Confined to brooder sheds for the first eight weeks, with up to 300 birds in a 10ft. by 12ft. shed. Barred Rock pullets at a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Output of Aust. Butter and Cheese
The Scone Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 2
A Canberra summary of production figures (as published monthly) shows that butter production in Australia is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Wool For Russia
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 1
Russia’s spectacular entry into the wool market has caused prices that smash all records. Close secrecy about the buyer’s identity is kept by the brokers bidding at auction, but this picture taken In Melbourne recently shows the destination…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Dairymen Travel by Cars
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 3
Owing to insufficient inquiries regarding making the Journey by bus several cats, conveyed local dairymen to the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Spider Pest in Bean Crops
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 6
The common red spider—a small mite, the adults of which are just large enough to be seen without magnification — may…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Report
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 4
The Farmers and Graziers' Co.-Op. Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. report on 16th December, 1948:—We submitted a catalogue of 6055…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cr. Slack to Tour New Zealand. Farmers' Goodwill Trip
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1
With 57 other men' from the rural districts of New South Wales Cr. Ashley Slack, a member of Kearsley Shire Council, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Share-farmers’ Dispute
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 2
Patrick Lantry and Donald Adams, of Hinton, were awarded a verdict for £162/11/ against William John George Mann, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Coupon Charges
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 3
SYDNEY. Wednesday.—The [?] of batter coupons has been altered slightly to assist housewives in their par chases for the holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb Found On Farm
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2
SYDNEY, Wed. — A demolition party from No. 3 Central Ammunition Depot," Marrangaroo, “successfully exploded” a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Dairy Notes
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2
The Dairy Officer for the Hunter (Mr. 1. W. G. Smith) reports that storms during the past two weeks have kept crops moving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Milk Filling Machine at Type Dairy Show
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 5
There was a record cattle entry for the 62nd Annual Dairy Show held at Olympia, London. The show was the most extensive and comprehensive ever organised by the British Farmers’ Association. The Perca milk filling and sealing plant on view…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Coupon Changes
The Scone Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1
The currency of butter coupons has been altered slightly to assist housewives in their purchases for the holiday period…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales
The Scone Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 2
The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd., report 16th inst: We held our concluding sale to-day, for the first half of the 1948-49…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Wheat Ship’s Bunkers
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Thurs. — The British freighter, Merchant Royal, with a cargo of wheat from Newcastle, put Into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Report The FARMERS & Graziers' Co-op. Grain, Insurance & Agency Company Limited. 16th December, 1948
Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 7
We submitted a catalogue of 6055 bales on Wednesday, 15th instant, comprising a good seasonal selection. Included were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley Dairy Co-op. Co. Ltd. Factory Report for the Month of November, 1948
The Scone Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 4
MARKETS— Local Butter 215/10 per cwt., cheese 130/8; export butter 254/4, cheese 145/7; equalisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Silo at Quirindi
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 1
QUIRINDI, Friday. — Up to Thursday, 227,000 bushels of wheat had been received into the Quirindi silo, of which 177,968…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bencubbin Best in Grain Wheat Trial
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 3
Bencubbin put up easily the best showing in a grain wheat trial, including all the promising new varieties, which was…
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