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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 149

The Better Farming Train. Second Northern Tour Commences 18th. April. Muswellbrook on April 23

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby) announces that arrangements arc now in hand for the second northern tour of the "Better…

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Farm Produce Agents Act. Injunction Against State

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

Argument was concluded in the Court in the High Court in the application for an order absolute for right of prohibition, and claiming relief from the…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 4

A fair supply of most lines at Alexandria met with an average inquiry. Prices in the main were steady, but no sales were transacted in oaten hav…

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Canadian Dairy Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

Canada being a possible regular customer for butter during Australia's flush period, the dairy production position in that country is…

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Dairying. Important in Calf-rearing. Eight Essential points

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

The essential features of calf-rearing may be summarised as follows:— 1. Always handle calves quietly and patiently, and so develop in the animal…

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Pastoral. Sheep Classing. Further, Hints for the Shall Flock Owner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 7

Reference was made in these notes last week to the operation of sheep classing and it importance to the owner of even the smallest flock, It…

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Pastoral Publicity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

Sir Graham referred to overseas suggestions for special publicity on behalf of wool and meat. He commented on the remarkable fact that…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

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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Butter Market. Prescott's Review

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

The weekly report of Prescott's, Ltd., on the butter market points out that although arrivals in Sydney last week showed an increase over…

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Wool Looks Good

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

Perhaps the brightest spot in the pastoral industry to-day, outside the season, is the wool market. Wool continues to sell really well, and as Sir…

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Lifeless Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

There was no change in the Sydney wheat position yesterday, the market being practicaly lifeless. Buyers' limits for growers' bagged lots…

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Pastoral Graziers' Conference. Problems of the Hour

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

The big pastoral event of the week is the annual conference of the Graziers' Association. 100 delegates have been discussing over 130…

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Butter Trade. Imports From Dominion, Mr. Pratten's Plea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

In an interview at Wellington (N.Z.), Mr. H. E. Pratten, Commonwealth Minister for Trade and Customs, dealt with the subjects of butter,…

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Pastoral Industry Graziers' Association Conference President's Address. President's Address. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

In his presidential address to the Graziers' Association conference, Sir G. Waddell said that though the seasonal…

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Wool Sales London Market Firm, London, March 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

At the wool sales 13.198 bales were offered of which 5307 were australian there was a good selection of merinos and a medium…

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N.Z. Butter. Sir James Parr in Defence. London, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

Sir James Parr, speaking at a dinner tendered him by the Institute of Hygeine, denied that the recent New Zealand food preservations…

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Agricultural. Sowing of Lucerne. Use of the Wheat Drill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

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

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Comebacks Dearer Close'of London' Wool Sales London, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

The wool sales have closed. Of 128,705 bales catalogued, it is estimated that there were sold to the home trade about 63,990 bales, to the…

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Graziers' Conference. Wool Market Quotes. New System Adopted Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

At the Graziers' conference to-day Mr. K. P. Wright of tamworth declared the present system of quoting the rise and fall in the wool…

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Trade Review Huge Transaction Britain. Strong Wool Position. LONDON. March 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 13

The Stock Exchange has just completed the settlement of what is generally accepted as one of the largest, it not the largest, account in its…

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