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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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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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Denman. Dairy Factory Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 8

The half—yearly meeting, of shareholders of the Denman Dairy Co., Ltd., was held at the Memorial Hall. Mr, H. H. White, chairman of…

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Dairying. for Clean Milk Machines Must Be Bacteriologically Clean

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

Many dairy—farmers are convinced that only by careful hand—mailking can the cleanest milk be obtained and that the use of a machine results…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 9

An average supply of forage at Alexandria met with a fair demand. Prices on the whole were steady, but a consignment of prime, caten chaff…

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Nullamanna. Agricultural Bureau. Visit to Glen Inn Us Experiment Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

Acting on an invitation from the manager (Mr. Sparkes) of the Glen Innes Experiment Farm, six car loads of members of the local branch, set out…

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Dairying. Important in Calk Rearing. Eight Essential Points

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

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

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P.d.s. Column. Farmers' Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 8

A party of farmers left Melbourne this month with the object of studying agricultural conditions and problems, and will visit Great Britain,…

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Denman Dairy Co

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

During the last month the Demnan Dairy Company manufactured. 128,240Ib choicest and 15,453Ib second grade butter, compared with a total of 204,139Ib…

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Wheat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

Figures available for this season give the estimated wheat production of Australia as 108,350,000 bushels, and for N.S. Wales 27,111,000 bushels, as…

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The Butter Trade. Imports From New Zealand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 3

The statement made by Mr. Pratten (Australian Minister for Customs) that whatever profit was being made out of New Zealand trade in butter with…

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The Better Farming Train. Second Northern Tour Commences 18th APRIL

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

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

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P.d.s. Column Farmers' Tour

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

A party of farmers left Melbourne this month with the object ofstudying agricultural conditions and problems, are will visit Great Britain, France,…

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Better Farming Train at Singleton April 26

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

The Better Farming Train, which visited Maitland last year, will be at Singleton on Thursday, April 26, and at Branxton the following day…

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Great Fire Damage at Karachi Cotton and Wheat Stocks Destroyed. CALCUTTA, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

A great fire, which broke out among the cotton and wheat stocks accumulated in the railway yard at Karachi, wrought…

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Denman. Better Farming Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

The secretary of the Denman branch of the Primary Producers' Union has received notification from the Department of Agriculture that…

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Pastoral. Wool Marketing. Graziers in Conference

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 5
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Naturally the marketing of wool and meat came in for much discussion at the annual conference of the Graziers' Association. Time was when our…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Easier: Cattle Unaltered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.-Sheep: 34,200 peaned, a fair quality yarding. The usual buyers were in attendance, and competition…

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Pastoral. the Sheep Louse. How to Recognise the Pest

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 6

It is surprising how many sheep farmers are unable to recognise the common sheep louse, and the many erroneous ideas that exist in regard to…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of Shareholders of the Bowthorne Butter Factory, Ltd., was held in the company's office at Morpeth…

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