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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 151

Wheat Conference Welcome to Delegates. Need of Co-operative Marketing. Montreal, May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

A message from Kansas City states that the chairman, Mr. Burnell, in delivering the welcome address at the opening of the International…

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Dairy Science Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produces factory employees; arrangements have been made by the dairy branch…

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Dairying. Better Herds Necessary. the Bull As a Factor

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

Hardly any dairy farmer entertains a doubt about the value of the bull in the improvement of the herd, but not every dairy farmer realises that it is…

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20 Farm Horses Sold for 7/6

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 8

The manner in which motor cars and tractors are supplanting horses, [?] demonstrated at Tamworth recenly at a horse sale…

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PASTORAL. v Foot-rot of Sheep, How to Treat the Condition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 10

Exceptionally wet weather made foot-rot particularly prevalent last autumn. Weather conditions so far this year have been less conducive…

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P.d.s. Column Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 10

In this State and Victoria during the last twelve months, a determined effort has been made to consolidate the outputs of a number of factories…

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Denman. Expert's Visit to Butter Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., decided that Mr. S. E. Jones, one of the principals of their Sydney branch, should make an…

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Pastoral Fat Stock Selling. Weigh Bridge at Homebush

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 8

It was resolved by the annual conference of the Graziers' Association to guarantee for five years £250 a year towards the cost of erecting and…

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Wheat Firm. Advance to Five Shillings Bushel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 8

Wheat continued firm yesterday, and in response to the stronger position oversea buyors' general limits went up in the country to 5/ per…

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Wheat Conference. Control of Markets. Russia's Position. New York, May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 2

Direct control by farmers of the world's grain markets through co-operative selling organisations, with resultant curtailment of speculation,…

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Better Farming Train. North Coast Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 2

Keen interest is being taken by farmers and stook owners on the North Coast in the forthcoming tour of the Better Farming Train, which…

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Farmer Runs Amok. Kills Several People, and Commits Suicide. Capetown, May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 7

A terrible tragedy occurred at Charlestown. in the Eastern Transvaal, to-day, a farmer, named Swart, shooting nine…

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Farmers and Floods. Position in Hunter Valley. (To The Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5

Sir.—Information supplied by the Agricultural Departments and its offices is generally hold to be authentic and reliable. In the…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 6

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Co., Ltd., will be held in the Oddfellows Hall,…

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Dairying. Better Herds Necessary, the Bull As a Factor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 10

Hardly any daily farmer entertains a doubt about the value of the bull in the improvement of the herd, but not every dairy farmer realises that it is…

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The Farm Home. Fruit Preserving. a Free Booklet for the Housewife

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 6

The Department of Agriculture has just issued a nineteen-page booklet on the canning and bottling of fruit. It in no way claims to deal with the…

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The Better Farming Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 4

It takes a pamphlet of sixteen pages, issued by the Government authorities, to give but the briefest summary of the varied contents of…

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Butter Advances. Increased One Penny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 3

The New South Wales Advisory Board on Saturday increased the price of butter to-day by 1d., making the price for bulk 187/ per cwt. A…

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Butter Export. Shipments for April

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 3

During the week ended April 30, 1580 boxes of butter and 14 crates of cheese were exported from the Commonwealth. Consignments from…

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Letter to the Editor. Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of April 30 a letter appears over tho signature of "William J. Robson." In that letter certain statements are made…

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