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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Values Holding

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

The Secretary of The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— On 20th March we offered a catalogue of 3979 bales, a miscellaneous…

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PASTORAL Graziers' Annual Conference Comprehensive Agenda Paper

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 8

Ninety or more delegates will discuss over 130 resolutions at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Graziers' Association…

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Choice Dungog Cattle Top Homebush Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

The Dungog district has long been justly famed for the excellence of its fat cattle, which are always sure of keen competition among buyers in the…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Committed to Singleton Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

At the Denman Police Court, before Mr. E. A. May, P.M., Thomas Andrews and Wilfred Smoothy were charged with that on February 20th,…

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Worms in Sheep. Another Reminder About Drenching

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

Some farmers only use drenches when they see evidences of worm infestation, but experience has shown that if drenching is done at certain…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 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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Denman News. Alleged Cattle Stealing Man Committed for Trial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Before Mr. A. E. May, at the Denman Police Court, Thomas Andrews and Wilfred Smoothy were charged with having on 20th…

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Prices Firm. London Wool Sales. London, March 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

At the wool sales 11,411 bales were offered, of which 6704 were Australian. There war a fairly good selection of merinos and a small offering…

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Agricultural. Sowing of Lucerne. Use of the Wheat Drill

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

Farmers generally prefer to broadcast lucerne seed where the area is small, but sowing through the grass seed attachment of the wheat drill is a…

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'Possum Farming

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 12
Also in The Scone Advocate

Will Cowra have a possum farm? It will probably be the first centre in the State to start an industry which at the present time is engaging the…

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Local and General Bullahdelah Co-op. Dairy Company

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

The fourth half-yearly meeting of the above Company is announced to be held on Thursday, March 29th, at 2 o'clock. Particulars are…

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To Maintain Fertility Orchard Green Manuring or Cover Cropping

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

The continued cultivation of any soil has the effect in time of depleting the organic matter—by aerating and warming the soil, conserving its…

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Dairying. for Clean Milk. Machines must be Bacteriologically Clean

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

Many dairy farmers are convinced that only by careful hand-milking can the cleanest milk be obtained, and that the use of a machine results in a…

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Pastoral Politics

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 3

For years the political policy of the Graziers' Association has been, and is, "mutual co-operation" between the Country Party and the Nationalist…

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Pastoral. Sheep Classing. an Important Operation with Even the Smallest Flocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 8

Sheep classing-the operation of grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, with the object of gradually raising…

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District Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report Sales at our Homebush auction on Thursday included a line of 20 bullocks from Mr. T. L. Higgins…

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Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

On Wednesday last this season's wool sales concluded in Sydney, and the trade will now be faced with a much longer interval than usual before the…

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Wool Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 7

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report:-We submitted at auction on Wednesday last, 4417 bales, the bulk of which we quitted under the…

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Wool Values Holding

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— On 20th March we offered a catalogue of 3979 bales, a miscellaneous…

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