Cattle £1 Dearer At Maitland
Cattle rose another £1 for all classes at the Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day. The yarding of 650 was the lightest for a…
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Farming & the land, 1949
1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 84
A Desert Dairy Farm
“You can always get milk production if you are prepared to pay the price,” states an article in the New Zealand Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wet Soil Delays Vegetable Sowing Farms Out of Production For Many Months
The district agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson), in his report for August, states that the rain last week will be useful for pastures in the upper Hunter area, but will do more harm than good in the lower parts and on the central…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery ot the Closing of Egg Board Branches Blow to Poultry Farmers: Storekeepers Also Suffer
Recent closing down of the Egg Board's depot in Singleton formed part of a decision to withdraw this convenience from other towns in the State. Maitland and Cessnock also suffered as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scholarships for Junior Farmers Three Years at Hawkesbury
The Commissioners of the Rural Bank, at the invitation of the State Council of the Junior Farmers' Clubs, have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merriwa Brisbane Exhibition Stud Cattle Sales.local Breeders Successful
At the Brisbane Exhibition and the stud cattle sales which were held during the Show, the local studs of Wendouree and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council
At a meeting of the management committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, held in Sydney on 24th August, the chairman, Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trail of Flood Damage Crop Stock Losses Heavy
MOREE, Monday.—Many thousands of acres of grazing land is inundated by water in the Pallamallawa and…
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The District Council of the Primary Producers' Union decided to ask the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Co.’s Directors
SINGLETON, Tuesday.—At the 49th annual meeting of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company held at Singleton this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Market Unchanged
SYDNEY: At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 17,284 bales were catalogued. At auction, 16,816 bales, were sold and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tally Of Butter And Coupons
SINGLETON: When Mr. J. A. Watson asked the manager of Singleton Dairy Co. at the meeting yesterday if rumours that coupon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Tragic Losses In Macleay Flood Areas Dairy Herds Seriously Depleted
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—If stock losses front the Macleay River flood were as heavy as reported there would be tragic income losses for farmers there, the general secretary of the Primary Producers’ Union, Mr. L. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →98,000 Fewer Cows Than 1939 Sheep Increasing in N.s.w
There has been little change in the numbers of cattle in N.S.W. during the last three years, and there were still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thousands of Dead Cattle Menace Health of Kempsey Fate of Three Children Not Yet Decided: Parents May Be Drowned
Kempsey health authorities are gravely concerned at the danger of an outbreak of disease from the thousands of cattle carcases strewn over the flooded area. Since Sunday, dead cattle have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog Jerseys for Forbes Farms in Soldier Settlement Scheme
A consignment of 210 Jersey heifers left Dungog last Saturday afternoon for Forbes in five trucks of 30 and one sheep van of 60…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increase in Dairy Production
“Weather conditions since last writing have been varied,” says Mr. J. W. G. Smith, dairy officer. “Warm days followed by heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Year by Singleton Co Op Dairy
SINGLETON. Wed.—Sales of butter, cheese, milk. Ice and merchandise, payments to suppliers and turnover all showed increases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Co’s Building Levies
SINGLETON, Wed.—A motion submitted at the annual meeting by the chairman of the board of directors of Singleton Dairy Co…
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