The Future of Wool
That the 1950-51 Australian wool clip will realise about £700-million is the estimate of Mr. J. F. Guthrie, pastoral adviser to…
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Farming & the land, 1951
1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 87
316d at Newcastle Wool Sales
When the wool sales were resumed at Newcastle yesterday, the highest price was 316d a lb. which was obtained for the top…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Improvement in Scottish Farming
The only grouse a Scottish farmer has these days is the one he shoots on the moors. Pre-war stock and crop production has been reached, and in some instances has been overtaken. Today there are 228,000 more beef cattle in Scotland than there were in 1941, and the unconfirmed figure of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tomalla Potato Growers Ask Shire for Assistance Crops Lost Through Bad Roads
BECAUSE OF THE BAD STATE OF THE ROAD ON TOMALLA, SOME GROWERS HAD LOST THEIR CROPS. This had occurred when transport carrying the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers, Project
The enthusiastic support given to the Junior Farmers' Project Competition which was held for the first time last year,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World of Farming Seed Shortage May Follow South "Cash-in" on High Prices
HIGH PRICES are making South Coast growers neglect seed production, and the Bega…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Cattle Champions
Awards of championships In the dairy cattle section on the first day of Maitland Show yesterday were as under:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Firm at Homebush
Winchcombe, Carson’s report: 17,870 sheep penned, with prime suckers scarce. The market was very strong. Best swes to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conflict of Views On Paying For Milk On Butter Fat Basis MUSWELLBROOK
Conflicting views on the question whether milk supplies should be paid on a butter fat basis were expressed of the annual meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Produces Union at Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Production In U.S. Higher (Australian Associated Press) WASHINGTON
Wool production in the United States last year was 252,535,000lb, the Department of Agriculture reported yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer Suggests Raising Road
A Louth Park farmer, Mr. 3. W. Lane, suggested, to Lower Hunter Shire Council that It raise the road between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Wool
Winchcombe Carson report securing 325d a lb. for five bales of AAA Sup. wool at their Newcastle sales on Wednesday—a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited
We submitted a catalogue of 5,610 bales on Wednesday, 21st February. The selection was largely drawn from the New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers and Graziers' Co.-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 22nd FEBRUARY, 1951. Wool Report
We submitted a catalogue of 610 bales on Wednesday, 21st February. The selection was largely drawn from the New England, Yass, Mudgee and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Not In Danger From Synthetics DETROIT
One of the largest men’s clothing manufacturers in the United States yesterday urged the industry not to desert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mainland Show Singleton A.i.s. and Friesian Cattle Successes
SINGLETON cattle breeders met with outstanding success at the 91st Maitland Show the judging section of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Junior Farmers. Maitland Success
At the Maitland Show on Wednesday, Paul Knott, of the Muswellbrook Junior Farmers' Club, won the cattle judging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Autumn Crops of Potatoes
The repeated potato shortages in New South Wales over the past few years have sti[?]ulated great interest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conservation's Aid on U.S. Farms
Soil and water conservation are major problems in the United States as in Australia, and there as here progress is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Graham to Bring in Cattle Compensation Legislation
The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said he would introduce a Bill into the next session of Parliament for the payment…
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