Fat Cattle Rates Up In Poor Yarding
The worst yarding of fat cattle seen at Maitland sale yards for years sent prices up £1 per head to-day. Prime heavy bollocks were…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Crop Losses From Early Frosts Favourable Season For Improved Pastures
In his report on conditions in the Hunter valley and central coast during May, the district agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) states that further useful rain was recorded in the district although some severe frosts were experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Workers on Strike
ROME, May 30. — Italy faces threats of further stoppages as the strike of two million farm workers enters its 12th day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School For Dairy Factory Workers
A school of instruction for males employed in dairy produce factories and in th various phases of the milk and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Live Stock Review Store Cattle and Sheep
The market is still good for store cattle, although there is evidence that a surplus exists of certain types of cattle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonders From Wool
Australia is the world's principal supplier of wool, and wool is Australia's most valuable primary product. During the current…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Wheat Committee Meeting
The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced that the State Wheat Committee, recently constituted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3000 Acres Under Wheat in Upper Hunter
About 3000 acres of the 1949-50 wheat had been planted in the Upper Hunter, the District Agronomist (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Yarding of Fat Cattle at Maitland Sales, Scarcity of Bullocks Sent Values Up Considerably
Heavy bullocks were noticeably missing at Campbell’s Hill saleyards yesterday, and die few medium weights available were in strong demand. The yarding of fat cattle was the poorest for some years and values rose 20/ per head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Motors Is Dairymen's Nightmare Police to Be Asked to Take More Serious View
Members of Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council claimed this week that the present rampant theft of electric motors was proving a real nightmare…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farms for Soldier Settlement
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction, Mr. J. J. Dedman, has agreed the Inclusion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Feeding Concentrates To Dairy Cattle
The District Dairy Officer, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, reports that good winter conditions have been experienced since the last dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales Firm
SYDNEY: Prices again were firm at the Sydney wool, sales yesterday. Comeback and crossbred shared the buoyancy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia May Have to Import Butter Increased Population and Decreased Production
Australia in a few years would have to import batter from New Zealand, said Mr. C. Sheeny, general manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton Grown Fleece Beats Famous Stud First Exhibit in History at Sydney Sheep Show
From a tiny flock of 400 merinos ranging Over but 320 acres, Rosevale-Greenlands property won a first, a second and a third prize at the Sydney Sheep Show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daring Gang Operating In Hunter Valley Thieves Hit District Farmers
Despite police action, an organised and daring gang specialising in the theft of farm electric motors continues to take a heavy toll from farmers throughout the Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Only Half Sleeping
"Farmers, at present, are only half sleeping, for at every rustie of the breeze they are out of their beds to see that someone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Industry Incentive Payments Scheme
Australia's butter production was threatened by the drift of young people to well-paid city jobs, with shorter working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loan of Wheat to France
PARIS, June 2.—Italy and Holland have loaned France 98,080 tons of wheat to keep France’s reserve stocks from falling too…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Remains Firm In Sydney
SYDNEY: All descriptions of wool yesterday sold at recently improved levels in Sydney. Competition was general and very…
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