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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Sheep and Cattle. Brisk Western Business

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

Following the rains, pastoralists are busy restocking their properties and sheep are in great demand (says a Broken Hill message). All stock…

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Cattle Sale at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Messrs Higgens, Parkinson, and Co., will conduct a cattle sale in the Muswellbrook yards to-day, commencing at 2 p.m. The consignment includes 400…

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Sheep on Upper Clarence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

I might mention that we have also been carrying Merino sheep at Gordon Brook Station on the Upper Clarence during the past three years,…

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Local and General Gloucester Cattle Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Douglas Waddell & Co., report that at their store cattle sale at Gloucester on Tuesday last prices were the highest for the season…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. a Denman Case

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., in the Singleton Police Court, on Friday last, Thomas Henry Andrews, aged 21, was charged by warrant with stealing…

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Wool. Demand for All Descriptions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 6

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co.-op. Co., writes:— On the 1st, March we offered a catalogue of 6,057 bales, largely made…

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Wool Growing In Gloucester District T. A. Field Ltd.'s Ventures

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

That sheep will do well on the coastal highlands, and that wool raising is likely to increase considerably in this district, is borne out by…

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Maitland Show Dairy Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

The dairy produce was judged by Mr. G. S. Stoning, treasurer of the Royal Agricultural Society, who stated that the whole section was a…

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Fur Farming. Prospects of Industry. Committee's Inquiries

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

There are indications that some of Australia's costly importations in the form of animal pest may yet be turned to profitable account. Proposals to…

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Wheat Market a Firmer Tone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 3

In sympathy with the all-round firmer tone of the oversea wheat market, Sydney millers' further advanced their general limits for…

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Wool Sales. Rates Firmly Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,069 bales, and the sales,…

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Wheat Options. Chicago Quotations. Vancouver, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

Chicago reports American wheat prices as follows:-March 1369 cents, May 137 1-8, July 135 5-8 cents…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Alleged Cattle Stealing. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the regular sitting of Singleton Police Court. Thomas Henry Andrews, aged 21,…

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Wheat Cargoes. Advance Tn London. London, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

Wheat cargoes firmed 3d to 6d in sympathy with North and South American prices. Liverpool futures are quoted: March 10/1 5-8, May 10/4,…

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Australian Butter Pact. Termination Demanded. Minister Promised Consideration. Vancouver, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

An Ottawa message states that the immediate termination of the Australian Pact was demanded by a delegation of the National Dairy…

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Lover's Crime. Shooting of Woman. Extracts Prom Accused Man's Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 2

Charles Ernest Willis pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court at Perth, to a charge of having, at Corrigin, unlawfully attempted to…

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Queensland Butter Pool

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

With the movement for enactment of State legislation in N. S. Wales and Victoria to provide statutory powers over marketing of butter, it is…

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Export Butter. Commonwealth Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 6

During the week ended March 3 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 11,324 bowl of butter, 9732 boxes being salted…

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Cattle Sale at Armidale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 4

Messrs A. H. M'Arthur and Co. report having conducted a highly successful sale of cattle at the Armidale municipal yards on Monday. The…

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P. D. S. Column. Butter Factory Closes

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 4

Alter 27 years service to the dairymen round Goulburn, the Argyle Central Dairy Factory is to close. For a number of years after the Company started dairying was…

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