Plan to plant trees on Hunter farms
Four Government departments are to hold a conference to consider the question of farm woodlots…
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Farming & the land, 1954
1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 73
Cattle Contest at Maitland Show
Cattle breeders gave fine support to the competition for fat steers on the hoof and on the hook at Maitland Show on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Praise for Junior Farmers Magnificient Displays
"I have had 45 years' experience as an exhibitor and a judge and have been closely associated with district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rise in Upper Hunter wheat sowing likely
A substantial increase in the wheat area at Muswellbrook was expected this year the District…
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FOUR years ago meetings of the P.P.U. and the Pactures Protection Boards, in the Hunter Valley area were characterised by motion after motion seeking some alleviation of dire shortages of farm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Leader More Farm Materials Long Search But Thieves Escaped Male Tea In Staff Room
SYDNEY: Burglam who broke into a city store during the week-end escaped from 100 armed police to-day info an adjoining store. While the police searched Anthony Hordern’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Upper Hunter Wheat Yield
The district agronomist (Mr. F. D. McKenzie) states that final figures from the 1953-54 harvest, show that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Water Supplies Local Engineers Needed
So that farmers could get loans for water supplies more quickly the Cahill Government should empower council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Economic Future For Dairymen
Dairymen who have followed Dairy Grant Demonstrations in New South Wales can now see a new economic future for their holdings. This is revealed in any analysis of the results obtained in…
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MELBOURNE: A 20 per cent drop in Mildura’s dried fruit crop was expected this year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat donated to centre appeal
One prominent local landowner has donated three bags of wheat to be sold for the Singleton and District Youth Centre Appeal. This generous donation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Keen Competition for Lower North Coast Cattle
With an increase in the supply of steers and bullocks, mainly from the Lower North Coast, at Homebush on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fodder for Autumn and Winter Dairy Officer Comments
In his monthly seasonal report, Mr. E. G. McLaren, District Dairy Officer, says severe flooding which occurred during the last week of the month on many dairy farms o[?]nthe Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Value of Dairy Products at Reasonable Level Says P.p.u. Secretary
The value of dairy products is now at a reasonable level and our Union is ever watchful and will make every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers At Cessnock
Junior Farmers would be well represented again at Cessnock Show at the end of this week, the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers annual meeting Interest of parents vital to movement
The President of the Singleton Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee, Mr. P. A. Heuston, told the annual meeting of the Committee on Monday night that the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Losses On North Coast
Reports from the Far. North Coast indicate that about 4000 head of cattle died in the recent floods, said Mr. J. K…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →S Hereford Cattle From Britain
Exports, of Hereford cattle from Britain in the period 1948-1953 totalled 1050, compared with 375 head in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Insulating Wool From Lava
LONDON: A firm at Santa Teresa [?] Riva, 20 miles from Messina Sielly is making industrial industrial wool from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sorting of Sheep on the Moors
Sheep are reared in their thousands in the English Midlands and North Country and on rough moorland and…
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