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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 149

Branxton Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 6

The butter manufactured by Branxton Dairy Company, Limited, during April was 61,212lb, as compared with 51,224lb for the same month…

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Dairying at Branxton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 2

The amount of butter manufactured at the Branxton Dairy Co., Ltd., factory for the month ended 30th April was 61,2121b5, as compared with 51,224…

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The Sheep Fly

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 5

In many districts the sheep fly has been particularly bad this year. The luscious season and the warm weather following on the mid-summer rains…

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Pastoral Industry. Noxious Weeds. Question of Control

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 5

Noxious weeds have flourished exceedingly this season, and because of this fact, together with the change in the Local Government franchise, the…

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Pastoral Industry. Federal Organisation. Australian Interests to Meet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 8

June will be a very important month pastorally. Conferences of Australian interests will be held in Sydney and premiers throughout the Commonwealth…

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Wheat Harvest New South Wales Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 6

The final returns of the wheat harvest in New South Wales for the Season 1927-28, received by the Government, Statistician, Mr. T. Waites,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 8

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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Agricultural. Rotation. As Necessitated by Wheat Growing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 8

"The practice of growing wheat continuously or even alternatively with bare fallow is exhausting on the humus content. To maintain the soil at…

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Butter Values. Stabilisation Scheme Higher Import Duty. Regulating Interstate Markets. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 4

At a meeting of the members of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee held in Melbourne to-day serious consideration was given to the position…

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Muswellbrook Dairy Coy's. Output

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

The pay to suppliers to the Muswollbrook Dairy Company last month was £4944. The price paid, was 1/2 1/…

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Denman's Dairy Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

The Dennian Dairy Co., Ltd., mmanufactured during the month, of April 123,822 lbs. of choicest butter and 9352 lbs. of second grade butter. This…

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Smaller Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

Everyone knows that the prosperity of the country is entirely dependent on increased returns to the primary producers, but few pause to think…

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Share Farmer and Tractor Has to Pay P.N.'s, But Gets £600 DAMAGES

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

For six days, Mr. Justice Davidson and a jury of four were engaged at the Dubbo court in deciding a dispute over the purchase by a…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 6

Trade was slow and the turnover small at Alexandria. No auctions were concluded in the forage section, but prices by private treaty showed…

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Dairying. Five Functions of Food. Why Dairy Cows Must be Fed Liberally

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 8

Improper feeding of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is evidenced if the butter production of New South Wales in…

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Miscellaneous. Farm Forestry. Principles of Tree Planting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 8

The best time for tree planting is when the plant is at its resting period, and when moist, cool conditions prevail. Generally speaking, May to…

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Australian Butter Conference Discussion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 8

Defects found recently in Australian butter in London were discussed by the Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy Exports (Mr. P. J. Carroll)…

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Butter Position Big Storage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 6

At a meeting of the Paterson stabilisation committee in Sydney last week consideration was given to the position which will arise on June 15, when the…

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