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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Rural Problems Ministers in Conference. Dairy Export Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 5

The interstate conference of Ministers for Agriculture was opened at Perth on Wednesday, when the following delegates were present:—South…

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Dairy Exports. Suspension in Transit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 8

Members of the Dairy Produce Export Control Board made a suggestion to the Minister for Markets (Mr. Paterson), in regard to the…

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Dairying Bright Winter Prospects

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 1

The reports of district dairy-instructors for the past month show that in almost every dairying district weather conditions were mainly favorable to the…

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Pastoral. Scabby Mouth in Sheep. Results of Departmenatl Investigations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 7

This disease is one that attacks principally lambs and young sheep, but sheep of all ages are susceptible. It is manifested by a scabby condition about…

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The New Wool Clip. Less Sheep for Shearing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 6th June:—Cable reports regarding trading conditions for wool tops in Great Britain…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report 31st May: The final auction sales in the Sydney market for the statistical year will be held in the middle of next…

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Pastoral P. P. Boards. New Heart in the Work

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 2

Delegates to the Pastures Protection Boards Annual Conference met in Sydney under much happier conditions than the previous year…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 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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Pastoral Industry. P. P. Boards New Heart in the Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 12

Delegates to the Pastures Protection Boards Annual Covention met in Sydney under much happier conditions than…

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Fur Farming. Rabbit for Profit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 11

The stock inspector to the Gloucester Pastures Protection Board, Mr. A. E. Moore, in a report to his board states that a perusal of the motions…

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Rural Problems Ministers' Conference. Dairy Expert's Recommendations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 7

The conference, of Ministers, of Agriculture has adopted the following recommendations by a sub-committee of dairy dairy experts…

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Dairying. Silage for Dairy Cows. Some Suitable Rations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 6

The system of feeding silage to be adopted must be decided by the farmer, but once the reserve is opened up a little should be taken off the whole of…

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Wool and Wheat Competition with Australian South African Developments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 9

The coming serious competition of South Africa with Australia in regard to wool and, to a lesser extent, wheat, was mentioned by Mr. H. C…

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Butter Market Decline in Some Quarters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 14

With the exception of the low-lying areas, which have not completely recovered from the effects of the floods, pastures are in first-class order and…

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Water Scheme. for Wheat Province

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 4

The West Australian Government is spending about £265,000 on a water scheme for a wheat province of about 480,000 acres, the centre…

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Pastoral P. P. Boards. New Heart in the Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 3

Delegates to the Pastures Protection Boards' Annual Convention met in Sydney under much happier conditions than the previous year. Last year the…

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Wheat Market. Bran and Pollard Cheaper

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 8

The wheat market on Wednesday reflected to some extent the easier position oversea. Buyers' limits for growers' nagged lots were reduced by…

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Wool Pool Funds. Mr. Justice Arthur's Judgment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 3

Mr. Justice Arthur gave judgment in the case in which wool-growers interested in the wool pool, established during the war, sought to restrain the…

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Wheat Market. London and Chicago Quotations. London, May 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 12

Wheat cargoes have dropped 6d to 9d. Liverpool futures are quoted: July 10/7 3/4, October 10/10 3/4, December 10/10 7-8…

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English Trade Review Securities Firm. Country Buying of Wool. London, June 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 13

Although business on the Stock Exchange has been on a small scale during the past fortnight, as is usually the case during the Whitsuntide…

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