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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Dairying Heavy Production. Optimistic Imports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 8

Dairying conditions in practically all districts, but the Far South Coast are excellent. Production has increased rapidly, and in some centres…

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Pastoral

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

(Written for "The Muswellbrook. Chronicle" by D. J. Gilligan Editor "Country Life.")…

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Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

The Secretary,. Fanners and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes 23/12/27:— Apart from private selling of passed-in lots, business in the wool. market…

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Drought Losses Pastoral Committee's Enquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Allen, secretary, seated yesterday that the Federal Committee to inquire into the pastoral industry more especially to minimise drought…

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Cheerful Wool Outlook. Wool and Wages

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 28th December:— Though transactions in wool privately have been quiet since the…

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Hunter' Valley Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

Some notable figures were secured for Hunter Valley wools at Wednesday's Sydney auctions. Winchcombe. Carson's sales…

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Pastoral Live Stock Statistics. a New System

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

It has been explained in these columns that between the Government Statistician's estimate of our live stock numbers and the estimate…

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Pastoral. Weaning Lambs. Small Paddocks and Good Feed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

A large percentage of the smaller flock owners, especially those running crossbred sheep, market the lambs direct from the mothers, but there…

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Stud Cattle Sales of Jersey Mead Stock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

Following the recent visit of a party to Mr. H. H. Capper's Jersey stud at Jersey Mead Hinton, the sale has been completed of five…

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Wool Market. a Buoyant Tone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,101 bales, and the sales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · 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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Quiet and Steady London Butter Market. London, January 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

The butter market is quiet and steady Choicest New Zealand sold at 160/ to 162/ owt, exceptionally choice 164/; Australian 158/ to 160/…

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Six Millions. Queensland'd Sheep Losses. State Will Soon Recuperate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. W. A. Russell, M.L.A., Queensland, referring to the statement by Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., regarding the drought losses in Queensland…

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Wheat Cargoes. Slow Inquiry in London. London, Jan. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

Wheat cargoes were steady, but inquiry was slow. Parcels were steady. Liverpool futures were quoted: March 10/4 3-8, May and July 10/3…

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Farmers by Correspondence. Is It Practicable?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

Yes! or at least that is the contention of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, and some of the reasons advanced are…

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On Farm and Station. the Orchard. the Fruit Fly. Control With Foliage Poison Spray

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

That early peaches do not suffer appreciably from attacks by the fruit fly is the considered opinion of the Government Entomologist. It is the…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

Late rates were maintained in the forage section of the Alexandria market. With the exception of lucerne chaff, which cased slightly…

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FARMERS and Graziers' Co-op. G. I. and A. Co., Ltd

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

The purchase by the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain. Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd. of the huge premises at the Circular Quay,…

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Farming By Correspondence Is It Practicable?

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

Yes! Or at least that is the contention of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, and some of the reasons advanced are worth…

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Sheep and Wool. Activity in West Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 14

As evidence of the growth of tew sheep and wool industry in West Australia, an official report points to the, fact that during the past month…

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