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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Charge of Sheep Stealing Grazier Acquitted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 1

George Allen Byron, a grazier, was charged at Moree Quarter Sessions with having sold 43 sheep, the property of the New Zealand and Australian…

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Little Doing. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

The Sydney wheat market was lifeless yesterday, with an abs[?] of [?]ying interest. Limits for growers' bagged lots were on the basis of 5/3…

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Australian Butter. New Zealand Imports a Menace

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 11

A very serious view was taken at a meeting of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne of the importation into Australia of…

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P.d.s. Column All-australian Butter Price

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 3

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melburne last week received the report of the subcommittee, which had been…

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P.d.s. Column. All-australian Butter Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne last week received the report of the subcommittee, which had been…

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Wool Auctions Very Favourable Selling Conditions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 7

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative. Co., writes:— At our sale of the 31st January we offered a catalogue comprising 3879…

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Wheat Harvest Lowest for Nine Years. Estimate of 27,111,000 Bushels

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 5

The wheat harvest of 27,111,000 bushels, which was the subject of a preliminary estimate by the Government Statistician issued yesterday, is…

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Dairy Produce. Control Board Meets

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 5

A meeting in Melbourne of the Dairy Produce Control Board was attended by representatives of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria,…

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Dairy Research Asta[?]shment of Federal Institution

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 8

The establishment of a Dairy Research Institute in Australia is foreshadowed by a proposal that portion of the annual expenditure of…

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Dry Farming 72,000 Aches Allotted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) said that it had been decided to make available for settlement 72,000 acres of land at Tabbita, 30…

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Better Farming Train to Take Road Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 7

Arrangement have been made by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) for further tours of the Better Farming Train, which last…

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Australian Fruit Crop Worth £17,500,000 ANNUALLY Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 8

According to Mr J. M. Ward, superintendent of horticulture of the Victorian Department of Agriculture, the Australian fruit crop is worth…

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Butter Production. Now at Its Peak

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 3

Butter production in New South Wales is keeping up well, and appears to be at its peak. According to the weekly report of…

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Killed on Farm. Caught' in Scarifier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 6

Wilfred Ellerslie Fietcher (20), met with a frightful death while working a combined scarifier and seed drill, drawn by a tractor, at…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

Messrs. Higgens, Parkinson and Co. advise that their next cattle sale will take place on the 21st. inst., and not on the 14th., as originally advertised…

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Armidale Store Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

D. W. Oliver, auctioneer, will hold a store cattle sale at Anmidale on Monday, 20th. inst. See advt…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:-On the 2nd inst, our sale concluded the series, and we experienced the full strength of the buying power…

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Downward Tendency. the Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

Reflecting the easier tendency of the oversea wheat position, the local market was weaker over the week end, and on Monday buyers' limits…

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P.D.S. Column All-australian Butter Price

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne last week received the report of the Sub-Committee, which had…

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Larger Use of Wool. Healthy Cause of Values

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— An expression current some four years ago that the grower who sells wool late sells best, has again proved true this…

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