Dairying To Net £116,000,000 In 1949
Dairying and farmyard production is expected this year to be worth about £116,000,000, says the Minister for Commerce…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Gloucester Cattle
At Winchcombe Carson’s Homebush auction last Monday T. K. Higgins, Gloucester, secured 11 bullocks £24/18/, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Birth Phenomena Among Cattle
A cow on a farm in Northern Wairoa, New Zealand, gave birth to a heifer calf on September 10, and six weeks later produced a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S.A. Buys Fine Wools Africa Imports German Sheep
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Stronger competition has been experienced from America for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers’ Want Fine Weather
Although less than 2½ months of the year have gone, the rainfall registration at West Maitland Telegraph Office in nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Store And Dairy Cattle Sale
J. Enright, E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd. and H. G. Wolfe report a large attendance of buyers at their special sale at Maitland yards yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Know Their Cattle
Singleton district lads have a discerning eye for good quality cattle when they see them. They proved this last week at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Know Their Cattle
Singleton district lads have a discerning eye for good quality cattle when they see them. Theyproved this last week at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning to Sheep Owners
SINGLETON: Denman-Singleton ton Pastures Protection Board stock Inspector (Mr. [?] Phillips) warned landholders that because…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rotary Acts To Avoid Delay In Departure Eroded Stock Route Dangerous for Cattle Poor Beasts Wouldn't Get Through
The stock route leading from Sandy Creek Road to Muswellbrook is so badly scoured by erosion that cattle in poor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucerne Crops Vigorous
Lucerne crops continue to make vigorous growth, and large quantities of hay have been made in the Hunter Valley since the dry spell broke early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Production Classes
In the type and production classes for Jerseys at Maitland show, the winner, Gresford Claria, produced under official test 770 1bs. of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stud Cattle Purchases
Local buyers of stud stock at the Maitland Show last week were Mr. W. Chesworth to Tomago who purchased a Guernsey bull and Mr. A. G. Sandeman, William…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report 26,860 sheep penned of mixed quality. The market was practically unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Friesians Beat Jerseys in Butter Fat and Milk Test
Friesian Cows entered by W. Cufton of Singleton, beat the Jersey entries of the Australian Missionary College, of Cooranbong, in the milking competitions at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer's Job Is an Easy One
"The farmer does not have to know much Aside from knowing how to milk, stock wheat play obstetrician to a Jersey cow, train a dog, put together a binder, fan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Milk to Dairymen
The Minister for Health (Mr. C. A. Kelly) stated in a letter to the General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council (Mr. L. C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →160d For Merino Wool
MELBOURNE, Friday. — Top price at the final day of the Geelong wool sales was 160d. It was Quality Western District merino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Culling of Aggressive Dairy Cows
Some co[?] are naturally aggressive while others are timid. The aggressive beast [?] menace in the assembly yard and may cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen Threaten Milk Strike
Unless the winter milk price is implemented before March 18, milk zone dairymen will arrange to withhold milk from city supply, the Singleton Milk Zone Dairymen's Council branch secretary (Mr. J. A. Watson) said this afternoon…
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