Origin of Kelpie Sheep Dogs
At the weekly dinner of Wee Waa Rotary Club the guest speaker was Mr. Barney Heffernan, who gave an address on the origin of the Kelpie sheep dog…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1954
1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 73
Walka Power House Soot Ruins Crops
Residents of Oakhampton, Bolwarra and Lorn, near Maitland, have complained about soot from the Walka…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Left Pigs in Sun; £20 Fine
A farmer of Wongavale, near Lismore, was fined £20 at Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions for cruelty to animals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Receipts
A decline of almost £8,000,000 to £360,600,000 is shown in the Australian wool cheque for the 11 month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Butter Production
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Agriculture Department reported a [?].5 per cent. increase in world butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fat Cattle Values Unchanged
About 1000 head of fat cattle at Maitland yards today, the quality showing a little Improvement on last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Company’s Turnover
Turnover of Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. for the year ended March 31 was £93,000,000, an increase of £15,000,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fluid for Marking of Sheep
The City of Bradford (Yorkshire) By-products Department has evolved a new sheep-marking fluid which is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wild Cotton May Be Fatal To Cattle
Wild cotton book may have killed to head of cattle in the Maitland district, the stock inspector for Maitland Pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall In Overseas Markets Will Affect Australian Dairying
The Hunter Volley dairying industry could face a serious slump in the next few months, farming authorities said to-day. It would probably bring with it a fall in prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
Keen general competition was available from the Continent and Britain with useful support available from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmhand Saves Implement Shed When Blazing Tractor Explodes
The "herculean and courageous effort" of a farmworker who pushed a blazing tractor out of an implement shed and then set about trying to save the building before he collapsed from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Output Sags
Butter production in the ten months ended in April was 19 per cent. less than production in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter May Be Dearer Next Month
CANBERRA: Unofficial reports here claim that butter is likely to rise by 3d per lb next month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Graze on Oat Crop
No other winter crop will provide such a continuity of green feed as oats, but to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nature in Reverse Farmer Gets Wheat Crop in Four Months
Grasshoppers and abnormal seasonal conditions turned the cropping cycle upside down this year for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New sheep marking fluid
The City of Bradford (Yorkshire) By-products Department has evolved a new sheep-marking fluid which is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter may be dearer next months
CANBERRA: Unofficial reports here claim that butter is likely to rise by 3d per Ib next month…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Week in Wool
WITH CONTINENTAL WOOL BUYERS STILL DOGGEDLY PRESSING THEIR BIDS FOR THE FAST DISAPPEARING LOTS OF BETTER-STYLED MERINO FLEECE, PARTICULARLY THOSE…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Winchcombe Carson Wool sales
NEWCASTLE.—Under animated competition from all sections of the trade the wool market ruled fully firm for all…
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