Victoria’s Wheat Harvest
MELBOURNE, Mon. — Wheat growers from the Malles and Wimmera wheat growing areas that this year’s crop will…
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Farming & the land, 1950
1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 92
Recovering Sheep Losses
Severe droughts in Australia: caused heavy losses to sheep hut, if the favourable seasons of the past few years continue, the…
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MELBOURNE, Tues. — Australia’s wheat harvest this year will be nearly as good as the record 1915-16 wartime crop, experts forecast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Finer Quality in Wool
A trend toward finer quality wool of merino and crossbred types has been shorn in the current season’s clip, says the weekly wool letter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prices Firm Slightly At Cattle Sales
Competition was brisk and prices were slightly firmer for fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day—the first sale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited 22nd December, 1949
We submitted a catalogue of 7,566 bales on Wednesday, 21st instant, the selection being largely of an attractive nature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Hurt, Twisted Foot
John Holderberg, 47, farm labourer, was ploughing on Mr. J. Logan’s property, Oakhsmpton-road, Maitland, yesterday afternoon when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Dairymen Seek Milk Price Rise
MELBOURNE, Wed. — Melbourne housewives will pay Day 6½ a plat retail for milk In February— an Increase of Id. a pint—If…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep and Cattle Cheaper
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report [?] 42,947 sheep penned of mixed [?] The market [?] cheaper. [?] to…
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SINGLETON. Thursday.— Ninety relatives and friends of Mr. William J. Knight, of Glennie’s Creek, attended a dinner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cross-pollination in Maize Crops Hybrid Method Gives More Control
Maize is a cross-pollinated crop, and every seed on an ear may have had a different mate pollen parent, according to officers of the Agriculture Department’s New England Experiment Farm, Glen Innes…
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Mr. H. B. Smith of Allynbrook, has one of the most promising crops of grapes yet produced on his “Wheelsbout” property…
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The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said that he was very much annoyed by irresponsible newspaper statements regarding what…
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Wool consumption per head of population probably has not varied to any marked degree compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Future of Dairying in the Upper Hunter Junior Farmers' Prize-Winning Essays
Winners of the essays submitted in connection with the Junior Farmers' field day held reccently at Muswellbrook were lan Ellis, of Baerami…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Influx Of Imported Stud Beef Cattle Female Importation Exceeds Male
That there would be a big influx of imported stud beef cattle into Australia during 1950 was predicted this week by Mr. A. J. Tanner, manager of the stud stock department of Dalgety and Co. Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Letter Box (To the Editor) Wool-Marketing Plan
Mr. Bishop's letter in your issue of 20th December, if it were not so tragic, may well be termed pathetic. I don't propose to go into the merits or demerits of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DAIRYING. Milk Strainer. Cannot Eliminate Bacteria
The milk strainer certainly has some value in removing extraneous material from milk, but some farmers rely too much altogether on this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Field Days in Feb
Field days in connection with the Commonwealth daily grant scheme will be held in February on properties at Branxt[?] and…
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