Planting New Potato Crop
District growers are busy planting the autumn potato crop which, as usual, will not be very extensive. Soil conditions are…
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Farming & the land, 1949
1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 84
World Wheat Pool
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (AAP).— Argentina has joined Russia in telling the world wheat conference that it is willing to enter an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.M. Launches New Savings Campaign Crisis Likely If Wool And Wheat Prices Collapse
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Fears that a decline in oversea prices of wool and wheat may throw the Australian economy into chaos are believed to be behind the ant inflation drive which the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley,…
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A yarding of 950 cattle, of improved quality, brought slightly easier prices at Campbell’s Hill sale yards to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council. Business at Executive Meeting
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 26th January…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain, Insurance & Agency Company Limited. 26th January, 1949
We submitted a catalougle of 9219 bales on Tuesday, 25th instant, drawn largely from the Tablelands, with an appreciable…
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The President said there was a new product on the market, called "Dairy Whip," It was hard to tell the difference by taste from sweet cream. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Monthly Report
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 26th…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report 42,246 sheep and lambs penned. Prime sheep and lambs were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World Record For Wool
The world record price of 210d. a lb was paid for wool at Launceston yesterday. The price was paid for one bale of superfine…
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SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Feb. 3.—The heavy loss of sheep during the winter storms was a very severe blow to the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastures Respond Quickly to Rain Agricultural And Dairy Outlook Bright
The good general rain recorded through the entire district during January has transformed the agricultural and pastoral situation, says the district agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) in his report on conditions in the Hunter valley…
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Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Improved volume of buying on United States account, in addition to strong purchasing by Great Britain…
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The Australian High Commissioner, Mr. H. R. Gollan, told a Press conference to-day that Australia would send India all…
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New record high prices for Maitland wool were reached at yesterday’s wool sales. At Newcastle auctions 195d. a lb. was paid tor…
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Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: An excellent market prevailed at our Newcastle sale on Wednesday, with values fully…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →195d. Paid For Wool at Newcastle
Seven bales of greasy merino wool sold at the mainland record high price of 195d. a Ib. at Newcastle yesterday…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—American United Press says that the Russian offer to the International wheat conference to supply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heliotrope – New Poison Plant Sheep Grazing Should Be Prevented
Severe outbreaks of one form of so-called toxaemic jaundice occurring in sheep in New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →210d, a Lb. for Wool World Record The world record price of 210d a lb. was paid for wool at Launceston on
The price was paid for one bale of superfine merino from the Valleyfield clip of .R. R. Taylor…
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