Cattle Drop 10/- to 15/- at Maitland
Last week’s extreme rates to-day dropped 10/ to 15/ a head for all classes of fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill sale yards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1949
1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 84
Scone Store Cattle Market
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone, report having held a successful store cattle sale in the Scone Municipal saleyards on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The strongest and most animated competition since last season made prices of all merinos,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →D.P.-Plan Brings Farm Labour to U.S.
In solving its farm labour problem by settling displaced persons from Europe, Maryland is setting the pace for other states in America, declares…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Progressive Farmer Team Specialists' Reports Published
The technical reports of the members of the Rural % Bank's progressive farmer team has just been published…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers' Council's 21st BIRTHDAY
Mr. C. R. McKerihan, President of the Rural Bank, cutting the cake at an afternoon tea party given by the bank in Sydney last week, to the State Council of Junior Farmers' Clubs of N.S. Wales, to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the formation of Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Despair of Cultivating Land Excessive Rain, Following Flood, Prevents Working
Because of the continued wet weather, many farmers, especially Dn the Lower Hunter and coastal areas, are beginning to despair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price Blamed for Decline in Dairy Output
Mr. J. T. Reid (CP, Casino) predicted in the Legislative Assembly that, if the dairying industry was not helped, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washing Dairy Utensils
In trashing and sterilising dairy utensils, advises a department pamphlet, the best results are obtained when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not Enough Butter Soon for Local Consumption
Mr. J. T. Reid, (C.P., Casino), predicted in the Legislative Assembly that, if the dairying industry was not helped, in five years' time there would be no butter for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Officer Urges Conservation of Fodder Crops
The district dairy officer (Mr. J. W. O. Smith) urges farmers to use the pastures now growing luxuriantly for hay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day’s Leader: Social Service For Farmers? Conference on Coal Dispute
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (AAP). —Coal owners and union leaders have been summoned to Washington to-morrow for a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →‘Grave Injustice’ to Farmers Exclusion From Social Services
NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — It was “class legislation with a vengeance” and a “grave Injustice” to exclude from social service…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDITORIAL Social Service For Farmers?
THE Newcastle Anglican Synod’s resolution carried yesterday in relation to social service payments to formers who suffered as a result of recent floods will find approval in many quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fat Cattle
Fat shorthorn bullock, under five years, Mrs. N. A. Ball 1, Ken Ball 2; Fat hereford bullock under five years, T. I…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fat Sheep
What the fat sheep section lacked in numbers was offset by the quality of the exhibits. Some were really outstanding, said Mr Roy Day, the judge. In the agricultural pavilion some magnificent specimens…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Illawaras and Friesians Dominated Dairy Cattle
Dairy cattle, this year, thanks to another lush season, were heavily represented. As usual Australian Illawarra Shorthorns topped the exhibits, followed by Frlesians, Ayrshires, Jerseys, and Guernseys. All were in perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool
Almost 100 fleeces were entered in the wool section, and despite recent adverse seasonal influences were of a particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imposing Display of Cattle Beef Cattle HEREFORDS
Bull 2 to 3 years, Fenwick Bros., Dowton Hall Viking. 1 and reserve champion; Bull, 18 months to two years, Fenwick…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Production
Australia's wool production in 1948-49 was about 6 p.c. more than in 1947-48, the rise in greasy offered at auction…
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