Touring Junior Farmers
A party of 28 Junior Farmers from the mid-west visited Muswellbrook during the week. The young men came from districts between…
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Farming & the land, 1949
1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 84
World Authority's Advice on Sound Dairying
Cows must be milked at least twice a day. With onoe-a-day milking, production was less than half that from two milkings…
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A rush or applicants for land in the 90-mile desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From Desert to Good Farmland
A rush of applicants for land in the 90 Miles Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful golf experiments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman Attacks Dairymen
Aid. J. Brittliffe, at Singleton Municipal Council meeting last night, said: “It was an absolute disgrace that dairymen would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peeps Into the Past Singleton, 50, 25 & 15 Years Ago 50 Years Ago (From issues of "Argus" for period ended January 21, 1899). New Machine for Farm
Experts claim that owing to unscientific sowing, farmers have put a lot more wheat into the ground than necessary. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council's New Approach On T.B.-Free Milk Unwilling Dairymen Describes as Disgrace Council Might Ask Milk Board to Take Over Distribution
A new angle of approach is to be made by Singleton Municipal Council to obtain a T.B.-free milk supply for the residents of the town. Opinion and advice of the New South Wales Milk Board is to be sought, and, if there is no other alternative, council might ask that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat and Stoke Cattle Sale
Attention is drawn to the advt. in this issue of a special fat and store cattle sale which will be held at Armidale Saleyards on Friday, 28th…
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A meeting of the Dungog Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council will be held in the Globe Cafe next Thursday morning, 27th January, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Ban on Sale of Sweet Cream
On the 17th January the General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council accompanied by Mr. R. Youll, Chairman of Directors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers Make Tourw[?]us Education By Travel
It has been said that travel is a val[?] farm of education The twenty-eight Control West junior formers, interviewed at [?] hearly agree with this proposition, and were anxi[?] their experience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Dearer At Maitland
Last week’s firm market jumped 15/ a head for a yarding of 950 fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day. The quality was the best for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Price Raises Land Values
A farm of 98 acres, four miles from Lismore, has been sold at auction for £9506—£97 an acre. This is believed to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thieves Truck Sheep In Hundreds
Graziers in the Roma (Q.) district say that thieves, using a three-ton truck, have stolen hundreds of sheep from their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Power in Dairy
CANBERRA, Monday.— Tarcutta residents were astonished on Saturday night when the mystery “flying plate” milking machine,…
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There was a large attendance at the clearing-out sale of stock and plant conducted by Mr. J. Enright for Mr. N. J. Sparke, at…
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New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Finance Co. Ltd. (Sydney) report:—The sheep population of Australia rose from ninety six million in 1946…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. —At Cessnock court to-day, before Mr F. Wood. S.M., Alphonsus William Cagnev was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane Wool Sales Rise in Sheep Population N.Z.L. & M.A. Co. Pty
Ltd. report 20th January: If the industrial position will allow, on Monday, 24th inst., wool sales will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remanded On Cattle Stealing Charges
Alphonsus William Cagney, [?] inbourer, was remanded untill February 15 when he appeared at the Cessnock Court this morning on two charges of…
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