Farms on Share Basis If 40-Hr. Week Approved
At a recent Dungog meeting of the M.Z.D.C. the working hours on a dairy farm were discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1952
1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 84
U.S. Trip For Dungog District Junior Farmer State Council Interested
The State Council of the Junior Farmer Clubs has announced that it is interested in sending a Junior Farmer from this district to the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Board Meets Tillegra Farmers Final Decision on Dam Known in Six Months
Acting Chairman of the Hunter District Water Board (Mr. R. Kilpatrick), accompanied by Board members and officers, last Wednesday visited the proposed Tillegra Dam site, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Grant Progress. Demonstrations Now Total 121
"At the present time there are 121 demonstrations of improved farming practices being carried out under the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter-fat Racket Alleged
SYDNEY: The Progressive Housewives’ Association will ask the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Factory Had Small Loss
QUIRINDI: This Qui[?] Co-operative Daily Society Ltd. at the list annual meeting re[?] that a loss of £12/1/7…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weevils in Wheat Found by X-ray
NEW YORK: The Westinghouse Electric Corporation announced a new method of detecting the destructive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wastage in Dairy Cattle
“Sterility is the cause of what is probably the greatest wastage of stock in the dairy Industry,” said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Buyers for the Continent United Kingdom and Japan bid freely at the Sunday wool auction yesterday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Shot Dead By Constable
ADELAIDE: James William Turner. 37, a farmer of Mount Compass, was shot dead while he was attacking two traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dehorning Dairy Cattle. Good Progress at Taree
"Increasing numbers of dairy farmers in the Taree district are having their herds dehorned as they realise the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.S.W. Wheat Popular In Queensland
A total of 44.77 per cent of Queensland’s wheatgrowing areas during the 1951-52 sowing season was sown to varieties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle compensation Act Explained (Stock Inspector Denman-Singleton District)
The Cattle Compensation Act, which came into force on September 1, has been principally designed to encourage the eradication of disease in cattle and so eventually lead to more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade Understated Demand For Wool Boom in Synthetic Fibres
Having bought 250,000 bales of wool in Australia since the opening of the season three weeks ago, the world wool trade has now awakened to the realisation that it has underestimated the demand, and probably…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bandon Grove Junior Farmers Stage Outstanding Show
Bandon Grove Junior Farmer's Club was favoured with delightful Spring weather for its Annual Show last Saturday, when a large crowd was present. Secretary (Mr. C. Finucane) said that entries totalled 302 which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Supplies Easier. More Wire and Galvanised Iron
It is expected that plain and barbed wire will be sold "over the counter" by Christmas, that outstanding wire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Free Information for Farmers
The following are a few of the publications obtainable free on application to the Department of Agriculture,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →M.Z.D.C. Wants Aid For Flooded Farmers Proposals Worthy of Consideration
The Executive Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has decided to renew requests to the Federal and State Governments for a more practical way to relieve…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scholarships Sought For Young Dairymen Incentive To Keep Them In Milk Industry
Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council last flight decided to ask the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Company to finance one or more scholarships to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Called Family Roll
LONDON: Suffolk form worker, Albert Watson, offered Job In the Armidale district New South Wales, dumped…
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