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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 151

Cattle in Trucks. Cruelty Charge Fails. Six Down. Bathurst

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

A charge against Frank Benks, a member of a leading firm of land auctoineers, of having caused animals to be conveyed in such a manner as to…

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Cattle in Trucks. Cruelty Charge Fails. Six Down. Bathuest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 9

A charge against Frank Benks, a member of a leading firm of land auctoineers, of having caused animals to be conveyed in such a manner as to…

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Radio for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 7
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

It is reported by cable from Paris that the French Ministry of Agriculture has decided to equip schools and halls in out-lying districts with…

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Cane Cutters. Strike at Cairns. Farmers Doing the Crushing. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

Certain cane gangs at South John stone cut yesterday and this cane was taken to the mill where the farmers are preparing to crush…

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Dairymen on the Mat Busted Lids. Cases Fail

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

Dairymen from all over Dungog district to the number of about 30 were cited to appear before Dungog Court on Wednesday, before Mr…

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Australian Butter Championship

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 1

In the Australian butter championship competition, held in connection with the conference of Queensland butter and cheese factory managers, the…

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Beef Cattle Prospects

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 4

General opinion is that fat cattle will be very scarce in New South Wales throughout the winter and early spring months. Big drafts of Queensland…

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Pastoral Fodder and Drought. Rail Freights

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 4

"That this Association again urge the Railway Commissioners to carry any fodder certified as being for storage for assurance against drought at…

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Australian Butter. Sales in London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

To the end of May, 34,000 tons of butter were exported from Australia. Of this 65 per cent, was choicest and 18 per cent first quality. The average…

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P.d.s. Column Siberian Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

The Siberian butter season has opened. Arrivals are increasing each week, and importers claim a definite improvement this season in the quality…

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P.d.s. Column. Siberian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 7

The Siberian butter season has opened. Arrivals are Increasing each week, and importers claim a definite Improvement this season in the…

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Duty on Butter Criticism of Australian Agitation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 16

Mr. A. D. McLeod (New Zealand) Minister for Trade and Industry, referring to the Australian dairy farmers' agitation for a duty of 6d…

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P.d.s. Column. London Butter Position

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 7

A section of the Sydney Press has for some time been featuring the fact that a number of firms associated with the butter trade of Great…

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London Markets. Butter and Cheese. London, June 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 12

The butter market is dull and easier, and buyers having apparently filled their requirements before the holidays. new Zealand and…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. the Amalgamation Question. an Unconstitutional . Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 6

An extraordinary general meeting of sharcholders of the Bowthorut Butter Factory, Limited, was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth,…

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Loss of Eight Millions Sheep Mortality in Central Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 2

Mr. F Niall, a loading pastoralist, estimates that the central Queensland pastoralists have lost £8,000,000 in sheep during the last eighteen…

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Pastoral. Maize Storage and Weevils. Does Husked or Unhusked Maize Keep Best?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 7

The early maize crop develops weevils so badly that every means of minimising the damage should be taken advantage of. Such maize is…

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A Fine Display. Queensland Dairy Show. Losses Through Drought

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 1

In opening the exhibition of butter and cheese produce at the Hamilton (Q.), cold stores, which was held under the auspices of the Queensland…

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Dairy Industry. Deputation to Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 9

Several matters affecting the dairying industry were discussed by representatives of the Co-operative Gutter Factory Managers'…

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