More Sheep at Flemington
SYDNEY: Sheep penned at Flemington saleyards in 1[?]54 totalled 2,78[?],488, which was 239,664 more than in 195[?]…
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Farming & the land, 1955
370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 19
Wool Prices Down In London
LONDON: As expected both merinos and crossbreds brought lower than previous London rates when the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sharper Competition At Wool Sales
Dalgety's report: Increased support from Japan tended to sharpen competition for better styled merino…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Wool Held In Stores
Wool unsold in Australian stores when the first half of the 1954-55 selling season ended December 31 totalled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 11th January, 1955 Wool Report
The first wool auctions of the second half of the 1954/ 55 season took place in Sydney on Monday, January…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Zealand Sends Protest to the U.s. on Butter Disposal
WASHINGTON: Sir Leslie Knox Munro, the New Zealand Ambassador, delivered a protest to the U.S. Secretary at State (Mr. John Foster Dulles) against the U.S. decision to dispose of 10 million pounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pioneer Of Dairy Industry Death of Mrs. Margaret Smith
Believed to have been the first woman to conduct a dairy in the Muswellbrook district, Mrs. Margaret Smith died at her home at Wallsend at the age of 86…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dearer Market For Best Cattle
About £50 fat cattle yarded at Campbell’s Bin to-day and prices for good quality cattle were at least £1 higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most Wheat Exports Up
OTTAWA: All major grain growing countries, except Canada, showed increased wheat exports in the first four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noted Stud Cattle Man Hands Over His Baton
After many years of invaluable service to the Stud Stock-Breeding industries of Australia, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Sprays Lucerne Crops at Baerami Creek
For the second time in the history of the area lucerne seed cropswere sprayed from an aeroplane at Baerami Greek on Sunday last. About 200 acres in the area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Season’s Top Wool Price At Newcastle
NEWCASTLE: Five bales of superfine merino wool were sold for 190[?]d lb., the Newcastle season’s top price, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Research Needed on Farm Machinery
Australia needed an Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Mr. H. R. Richardson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lice in Sheep
ARMIDALE: William O’Brien Watson, an Armidale grazier, was fired £6 at the Armidale Court for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Wool Sales
The season's fifth series of Newcastle wool sales opened on Tuesday following upon the gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Unlikely To Buy Surplus Butter
CANBERRA: A London message yesterday said the British Government did no intend to extend or renew [?]ences…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This Week in Wool Wool Consumption Still Strong
Wincombe, Carson Ltd., report: While wool values at the opening auctions of the New Year showed some…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Cattle Trade Developing in N.Q.
North Queensland cattlemen have set out to develop new overseas markets for Australian beef. Dalgety's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terylene Now Competing with Wool
LONDON: Output from a push-button factory at Wilton, in Yorkshire, will soon increase Britain’s exports of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Water Supplies
At the December meeting of the Hunter Valley Trust, Mr. J. S. Haig (Scone) moved as follows:—…
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