Canowindra Junior Farmers. Trip to Muswellbrook
In a letter to Mr. Frank McTackett, that keen worker for junior farmers of the district, Mr. Geoff Evans, onetime hon. secretary of the…
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Farming & the land, 1948
1,484 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 75
Lameness in Cattle
Several reports dealing with marked lameness and loss of condition in cattle have been received recently from the north and…
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Mortality in sheep causes by careless use of cyanide preparation at present sold on the market for rabbit exterminations,…
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With the approach of the anthrax season, stockowners are warned by the Division of Animal Industry of the- Department of…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Dr. Edgar Booth, a member of the Australian Wool Board who returned from London yesterday, said that…
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The district agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) reports that potato digging on the lower Hunter is nearly completed. Weather conditions…
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Mr. F. H. Cullen, of Victoria, has been appointed…
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A group of farmer at Reading, Berkshire, who, having experienced the harvest of 1946, when the combine harvesters brought to their barns loads of grain so wet that much of It was wasted, decided to co-operate In setting up a factory equipped with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley Crops Need Rain Report By Agronomist
Except for irrigation, the position in regard to dairy and vegetable production in the Hunter valley would be, indeed, bad, states the district agronomist (Mr, G. T. Daw son) in his report for December,…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (AAP). —US wool millmen believe that the reasons for the rise in prices of Australian and South African…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — It was announced in Canberra yesterday by the Australian trade representative in Russia that a…
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LONDON, Dec. 30 The New Year will open with dominion wool markets in a strong position and a healthy outlook for demand in all…
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LISMORE, Thurs.—The Government Experiment Farm at Wollongong has been Quarantined after the death of a stud…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Maintains Milk Production Report of Dairy Officer
In a report on seasonal conditions in the Maitland district, the departmental dairy officer (Mr. J. W. G, Smith) states that, despite continued dry conditions, milk production is holding…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The storm which swept the irrigation area on Tuesday has done £30,0.00 damage to the Shepparton apricot…
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Nelson’s Plains is rather short of water and the farmers there, looking for a supply for irrigation, are putting down bores. Numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Dearer at Homebush
Pitt, Son and Badgery’s report. —22,709 sheep and Iambs of trade condition, small proportion of prime. Market 17 to. 2/…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Butter Production
Butter production in New South Wales and Queensland has increased since 1946, but has decl[?]ned in Victoria and South Australia…
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New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report:—All wool selling centres throughout Australia are now in recess until the…
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With the approach of the anthrax season, stockowners are warned by the Division of Animal Industry of the…
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