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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 151

On the Land. Dairying. Hoven in Cows. Feed Succulent Foods with Caution

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 3

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

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Farming Implements. Influence of the Tariff. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 12

Sir,—Letters bearing initials, not a signature, arc constantly, appearing in the important country papers, deploring the fact that Australia is becoming a…

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Denman P.p.u. Fighting Prickly Pear. Dairy Bulls Registration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 3

At a meeting of the Denman branch of the Primary Producers', Union, Mr. H. Smith (president) occupied the chair…

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Better Farming Train Rural Bank. Lecture by Mr. D. T. O'Sullivan

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

The Commissioners of the Rural Bank have deemed this an appropriate occasion to send a representative to the North Coast districts…

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Centralisation Condemmed Dr. Earle Page, Pleads the Farmer's Cause. Address at Country Party Conference

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

"Excessive centralisation, with the consequent waste in the production and marketing of our goods, seriously handicaps Australia in world…

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Pastoral Wool Matters Replies to Resolutions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 3

Replies have been received from the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers by the Graziers' Association to certain resolutions carried by the Association's…

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Pastoral Insurance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 3

Members of the Executive of the Graziers' Association met representatives of the Underwriters' Association and made representations with a view…

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Surplus Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 3

One, of our loading meat exporters states that in his opinion the export market will be able to absorb all of the States' surplus fat sheep. Mainly, of…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Bowthorne Butter Factory, Limited, will be held in the School of Arts,…

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Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

Grainger and Falkiner,Ltd., Singleton, advertise elsewhere in this issue that they will be yarding 1600 beautiful quality cattle in the Shire yards…

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Agricultural. Flag Smut. Wheat Grower's Worse Enemy

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

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

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Diseases of Sheep Principally Those of Diet Etic Origin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

In no class of live stock are preventive measures against disease more necessary than in the case of sheep, for the sheep does not show…

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Chicago Wheat. Frenzied Operation's. New York, May 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 13

Grain prices at Chieago have fluctuated wildly for several days, and excitement continues unabated. The bullish market is alleged to be due…

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Sheep Stealing Charge. Glen Innes Grazier Acquitted Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which William George Gilboy, a well-known grazier, was charged at the quarter sessions…

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Empire Wool. and Arcos Raid. London, May 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 13

The "Economist" says: The raid has suspended Russian wool purchases here, but seems to have increased them in Australia. The…

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Live Stock. Contagious Pleuro-pneu-monia. Restrictions Placed on Infected Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

In order to make known throughout the country districts the restrictions that are placed on cattle which become affected with contaglous…

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Miscellaneous. Winter Schools for Farmers, 1927

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 28th June…

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Dairying Outlook. Conditions in the Hunter Valley

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

Dry conditions are recorded in the Hunter River Valley by Mr. H. S. Chapman, senior dairy instructor. These, he states, have been…

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A Good One. Central Queensland Cotton Crop. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

The cotton crop in Central Queensland this season will be a very good one. Already one million and a half lbs…

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Junior Farmers' Club Activity on the Macleay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 9

Evidence of the progressive spirit of farmers in the Kempsey district is to be found in the keen interest displayed in the junior farmers' club…

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