Concrete Paths for Dairy Cows
Muddy conditions around cow yards are responsible for the production of much impure milk and loss of time in washing udders,…
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Farming & the land, 1950
1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 92
Victoria’s Dairying
Dairying is progressing rapidly in Victoria. Last year the number of dairy cows reached an all-time record, and so did their production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deadline for Farm Cooling Milk Suppliers Must Be Ready by August 31
Equipment for farm cooling of all milk sent to the Milk Board must be installed and in operation by August 31, said the State President of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, Mr. J. B. Carlton, of Dungog, recently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers’ Flood Relief Meeting
All primary producer organisations, show associations, and progress associations in Maitland district are urged to send…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silage Inadequate for Sheep
Triais carried out-by the Department of Agriculture at departmental experiment farms have shown that while silage can maintain life in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Sold to Egypt
Australia has sold approximately 71 million bushels of wheat to Egypt at a price that Will return 18/ a bushel bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warning to Stock Owners on Movement of Diseased Cattle
In his report to the Gloucester Pastures Protection Board on Thursday last, the Stock Inspector, Mr. V. P. Freeman, issued a warning to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying Convention Urged
A State convention of producing, manufacturing, distributing and governmental Interests in the dairying industry should be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Dairy Exports Rise
The year 1949 brought a remark the increase in the export of Dutch dairy products, according to figures recently received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle and Sheep Prices Unchanged
One thousand head of cattle were yarded at Maitland saleyards to-day. Included were several consignments of prime…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Unaltered At Homebush
Pitt Son and Badgery’s report. —1924 cattle yarded. Bullocks, and steers were well supplied In a good trade quality yarding,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Fodder for Flooded Dairy Farmers
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) has acknowledged additional gifts of fodder for dairy farmers in the flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eggs Can Protect Cattle And Aid Fight Against Fowl Tick Fever
Eradication of the riderpest, the cattle disease which kills some two million farm animals in various countries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Livestock Review Prices for Store Sheep Increasing
Higher wool prices are expected at the opening Sydney sales on August 28. This expectation is having a marked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farm Competition. District Winners
Winners in the Hunter area in the 1950 dairy farm competition conducted by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture under the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmer's Success. Queensland Paper's Comment Cliff. Blake's Great Record
The photo of Clifford Blake, Denman's Junior Farmer, who won the "Queensland Country Life" young judges' competition for judging a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board Will Prosecute Regulation 62 Against "Rabbit Farmers" Who Will Not Obey
Further action will be taken against a number of landowners in the Denman-Singleton area listed in the Pastures Protection Board's "Black Book." In the case of four property-owners, prosecuted and fined more than once for failing to suppress rabbits, it was decided, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New District Dairy Officer
Mr. E. G. McLaren, daily officer from Lismore, arrives at Maitland to-day to take over as district, dairy officer during the absence of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Loch Runs Smart Six at Rosehill Khedive Makes Good Time at Warwick Farm
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In a six furlongs gallop on the course proper at Rosehill to-day, Rod Loch finished on even terms with Coronation Gift, covering the distance in 1.19. On the course proper at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Guilty Of Cattle Stealing
SINGLETON, Wed.—Reginald Robert Beetson, of Putty, was found not guilty by a jury at Singleton sessions on two…
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