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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 151

Pastoral Bawra Distribution. £8,000,000 in November

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 5

Woolgrowers throughout Australia will be interested in the announcement of Sir John Higgins that a first liquidation distribution on account of…

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Pastoral. Lamb Marking. Castration, Ear-marking, and Tailing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

The wort of lamb-marking—car-marking and tailing and castrating in the case of male lambs—is under average conditions generally carried out…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Wheat Market. Advance of One Penny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Millers and shippers in Sydney have increased their buying limits to growers by another 1d per bushel. For wheat at near stations 5/ is being…

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Butter Industry Importance to Australia. Neep for Co-ordination

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 9

The annual conference of the Australasian Butter and Cheese Factories' Managers and Secretaries' Association was opened at the Royal Agricultural…

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Butter Industry. Importance to Australian Need for Co-ordination. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

The annual conference of the Australasian Butter and Choose Factories' Managers and Secretaries' Association was opened at the Royal Agricultural…

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Yielded to Temptation Dairy Farmers' Lapse. Theft of a Cheque

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 8

At the Muswellbrook Police Court, on Tuesday, William Stuart Munro (27) was charged with having, on 19th. April last at Dartbrook steal a cheque for…

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Boys Training Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

The opening of St. George's [?] Farm for Boys on the Oakhampton-road will be performed by Mr. Ellis Capper on Wednesday…

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Farm Machinery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

Messrs. E. P. Capper and Sons, had a wonderful exhibit of farm machinery. Mr. O. J. Grivell was in charge and was kept busy…

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Lantern Lecture. Improving the Dairy Stock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

Mr. C. G. F. Grant delivered a very interesting lantern lecture on the improvement of the dairy herd. The chief feature of his address…

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Better Farming Train More of the Lectures. Co-operation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

Mr. G. G. Neill, who is on the train representing the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, lectured on the benefits which may be secured…

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Dairying. Hoven in Cows. Feed Succulent Foods with Caution

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Bloat, or hoven, is due to succulent foods eaten under certain conditions which cause the formation of large quantities of gas in the rumen or…

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Pastoral Our Surplus Sheep. Problem of Disposal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

If another big lambing comes this year the problem of profitably disposing of our surplus sheep will be still more pressing. As evidence of the feeling…

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Pastoral Research

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

Stockowners will note with interest that the Prime Minister, (Mr Bruce) interviewed in Sydney a few days ago, again stressed the importance of…

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Butter Export. a Substantial Decrease Feeding of Dairy Stock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 7

Reviewing the dairy industry for the season 192627 at the annual conference of the Australian Butter and Cheese Factories Managers and…

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Agricultural. on the Wheat Farm. Maintaining the Humus Context

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 7

The question as to whether it is best to plough in the straw left after harvesting or burn it is sometimes settled by the farmer deciding that…

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Australian Butter and Cheese Championships

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 8

Melbourne, Wednesday.—The Australian butter championship resulted as follows:— Box of 56lb, of butter, salted,…

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Second Charge Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 11

A. C. Jones, who was recently convicted at Youn, of stealing 46 sheep from Wadenhoe Station, of which he was manager, but was…

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Big Project. Transporting 10,000 Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 8

To shift 10,000 sheep 300 miles over drought-stricken country is the gigantic project which is being undertaken by Mr. Sel. Green, the well-known…

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Agricultural. Flag Smut. Wheat Grower's Worse Enemy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 8

Flag smut is still considered to bo the most serious disease throughout the wheat belt. It was responsible for a loss of approximaely 2,000,000…

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