Beef Population May Be at Peak Cattle Increased Since the War
The beef cattle population of Australia has been expanding steadily since the war, but may now have reached the peak of the "cattle cycle."…
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Farming & the land, 1954
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Cattle In N.T. Face Drought Two Big Areas May Be Affected: Waterholes Dry on Many Stations
Two of the Northern Territory's biggest cattle areas face another severe drought. The areas are the Barkley Tableland and Victoria River district, which carry 60 per cent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Water Leaving Farms
Flood water from the Paterson River has receded from most of the farms in the Largs area and has left a trail of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recommendation on dairy procedure
Milk produced in the Hunter Valley can be favourably compared with the finest milk produced anywhere in the world, where the herds are healthy and dairymen take essential…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooded crops rot in heat
With floodwaters receding from farms in the Morpeth area, vegetable crops are putrefying under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Week in the Store Cattle Market
With ideal conditions for winter fattening now pertaining throughout the northern half of the State, inquiry for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Show Rain Affects Farm Exhibits
Floods in the North had affected some entries in the produce sections, judges said at Newcastle Show on Wednesday. Junior Farmers exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers' Club Formed in Bulahdelah
A representative meeting of dairy farmers at Bulahdelah has decided to form a Junior Farmers' Club in that district. Election of officers for the new club will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Sale
At a stock sale at Gloucester one pen of Herefords made up to £52/3/, and a draft of. 32 bullocks averaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Dearer At Maitland
A yarding of 1200 fat cattle at Maitland to-day the quality being quite good Bullocks and steers were very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hailstorm Causes Heavy Damage To Crops In Woodville Area
Crops left standing after last week‘s floods were stripped in the hoi! storm which struck Woodville about noon on Saturday morning. Although most parts of the district experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control Of Chinese Farm Production
HONG KONG: The New China Communist newsagency yesterday published provisional measures for Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chemicals May Double Farm Output In 20 Years
"Agricultural advances in the year 1953 suggest that farm productivity can be at least doubled in the next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH, 1954 Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Muswellbrook Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee was held last night. Mr. F. McTackett (president) presided. Mr. G. H. Bennett, who did…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Farms Available
Part of The Basin estate, comprising 1830 acres, lying about nine miles east of Muswellbrook, will be split into three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Slightly Easier
Dalgetys report:—Although extreme values of last week's sales were not maintained at Homebush on Monday the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Die From Heat
About five fat cattle died from the effects of the hot weather at the cattle sale at the Gloucester shire yards on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Case of Butter From "Wollongbar"
When the North Coast company's passenger ship "Wollongbar" was torpedoed off Port Macquarie during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drop in Dairy Production
CANBERRA: Australian dairy production except for cheese for the six months to last December…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scheme For Tree Planting On Farms
Four Government departments are to hold a conference to consider the question of farm woodlots In the Hunter Valley…
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