Wheat For England
The British ship, Homer City (7028 tons) arrives in Newcastle yesterday to load shout 9000 tons of wheat for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 86
Amendment to Act Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act
The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA, said recently that the Cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep In Experiment To Control Fire Weed Noxious weeds inspector for the Lower Hunter Shire Council (Mr. T, C. Atkinson) announced to-day that he it using sheep in-an experiment to find ways of controlling fire weed in the shire area
He was being assisted Ind the experiment by the district agronomist (Mr. F. D. Mackenzie)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prime Cattle Firm At Homebush
Winchcombe, Carson’s report 38,611 sheen [?] Prime firm, plain and medium dull, best suckers to 20d per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Stocks For Export
NEW YORK: The Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa has reported that the wheat stockpile available for export and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Money To Dairy Farmers
The September cheque paid out by the Gloucester Dairy Co. was £71,878. This is an increase on the August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scone Store Cattle
Scone Associated Agents report having sold 714 head of cattle at their special cattle sale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle prices ruled firm
All prime descriptions of cattle met with good competition at Homebush yesterday and values ruled very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scone Store Cattle Market
Scone Associated Agents report having sold 714 head of cattle at their special cattle sale held in Scone on Tuesday last. The cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increasing Use of Wool
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The latest statistics available clearly indicate that the world consumption of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The week in wool
With the first quarter of the selling season completed the Australian wool cheque at £55 million is already £11 million more than that of the first quarter of last season; and at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prime sheep and lambs 5/- dearer
Keen competition was experienced on all descriptions and the market for prime sheep and lambs was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Quality Must Be Improved
ADELAIDE: Australia was In danger of losing its overseas wheat markets If the 1.a.q. system of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beef cattle competition caters for small herd
A beef cattle breeders competition promoted by the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales and the Rural Bank will have a special appeal to the owners of small herds on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stud beef cattle bring good prices at Tamworth
The strong demand for good quality beef cattle again prevailed when Dalgety's held their annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Growers' President Says: "Stop Playing with Bags of Bran Use Planes and Troops Against 'Hoppers"
A spirited attack on the "bags of bran" approach to grasshopper control was made in Sydney by the President of the Wheatgrowers' Union, Mr. Claude Renshaw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers' Film Night at Millfield
A very appreciative audience at Millfield Hall last Thursday saw the screening of a number of films on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Demonstration by British Farm Equipment, Ltd. Sponsored by Flint's Farm Supplies
Flint's Farm Supplies, Scone, distributors for the well-known Ferguson tractors, farm machinery and Vanguard cars and utilities, are holding a monster field demonstration of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council
Mr. Sedgwick's (Producer Representative on the Milk Board), sweeping victory over his opponent, Mr. J. S. Haig…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Improved Farming Methods Maintain Production Of Milk
Sweeping alterations which have completely changed the outlook of a small farm near Singleton will guide local farmers in a drive? for greater production…
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