Record Prices for Wool at Sydney "Amazing Opening Sale"
Wool prices rose on Monday 40 to 50 per cent, above the level at which the market closed in June for the…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Strange Bird Seen on Markwell Farm
Writing from Markwell, Mrs. Percy Newell describes a strange bird her husband found asleep on his farm with its head under its wing…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The conference of Junior Farmers’ Clubs of New South Wales decided to raise the age limit of members…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Wool sales scheduled to be held in Newcastle from September 5 to September 7 have been cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty Million Gallons of Milk Hunter Valley Dairy Company’s Good Year
The 1200 dairy suppliers to the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Company Ltd. produced just under 20,000,000 gallons of milk in the year ended June 30, it was stated in a review of the year’s operations presented to the annual meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: Dairy Company’s Year Luxembourg Doubles Army
LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 31. — The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which has an army of about 1000, is doubling its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shares Worth £30,000 Will Be Distributed Dairy Company Showed Profit of £35,814 For Year
The Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. will pay a 5 per cent dividend on the year’s operations—absorbing £5710—and will give members the balance of the net profits, £30,104, in the from of shares…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Discuss Floods in Valley Move For A Company Plan For An Insurance Fund
Suppliers to Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. yesterday instructed the directors to investigate some scheme of insurance against losses through floods, fires and droughts. It was recommended that the company itself formulate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Company’s Year
THE 1200 suppliers to the factories of the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Coy. Ltd. produced just under 20,000,000 gallons of milk last year. Of this huge total 12,000,000 gallons went to the Milk Board—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Higher Freight On Wool, Wheat
SYDNEY, Friday.—Because of good seasons wool and wheat freight charges will be substantially higher when general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat, Wool Higher Rail, Freights Forecast. Sydney
Because of good seasons, wool and wheat charges- will be substantially higher when general increases in railway fares and freights are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Australian News Wool and Wheat Charges to Be Higher
Because of the good seasons, wool and wheat freight charges will be substantially higher when the general increases in railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited, report 28th August, 1950:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →15 Years Ago Pastoral Letter
A pastoral letter from the Bishop of Newcastle was read at All Saints' church. The letter said that on September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Reserve Price
CANBERRA, Friday. — Delegates from New Zealand, South Africa and Australia will confer in Melbourne next Monday on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe Carson report strong general competition at their Sydney wool sales yesterday, chiefly from the Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Fodders In Still Needed
SYDNEY, Friday.— Although the North Coast floods were receding, many dairy farmers were still in urgent need of fodder,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Prices at Merriwa Stock Sale. "Wendouree" Cattle
A very attractive pen of shorthorn steers, yarded by L. A. Whitelaw, made the record price of £37/ 10/-. These steers showed plenty of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decrease in Wheat Sowings Effect Of Rains
Total area sown to wheat in New South Wales will probably be 3,400,000 acres, as compared with. 4,206,000 acres in 1949—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Insurance Fund. Dairy Co. Chairman's Suggestion
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co. on Wednesday, Mr. J. D. Richardson (chairman) said it may not be too…
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