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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 149

Rural Problems Ministers' in Conference. Dairying Suggestions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 2

A deputation from the Australian Dairy Council, headed by the chairman of the council (Mr. Rankin) placed before the conference of…

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Dairying. Silage for Dairy Cows. Some Suitable Rations

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

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…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Raymond Terrace Dairy Co, Ltd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 6

The general half-yearly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall…

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Miscellaneous. Farm Forestry. the Operation of Planting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 6

Continuing the discussion in a series of articles now running through the "Agricultural Gazette" of forestry as applied to the needs of the farm…

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Australian Farmers Tour of Britain. Benefits to Be Derived. London, June 4

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

The Prince of Wales received the Australian, Canadian, South African, and New Zealand farmers at St. James Palace…

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Dairy Exports. Suspension in Transit

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 5

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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Homebush Sales. Sheep Firmer: Cattle Unaltered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—Sheep: 34,000 penned, a fair quality yarding, all descriptions being represented. A full attendance…

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Pastoral Increased Powers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 1

It is the contention of the Boards for example that they should have control of noxius weeds. This is a matter that the Minister for…

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Wheat Market. Farmers Not Selling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

The wheat market in Sydney was featureless on Monday. Farmers were not selling, and little disposition was apparent on the part of merchants…

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Butter From New Zealand

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 6
Also in Singleton Argus

Following the mention made in this column last issue concerning butter imports, the need for some protection to secure the Australian…

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Learning the Empire "Settlers" with "A Few Sheep."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 4

Geography has always been a Cinderella among subjects of instruction in school. For a very long time there was supposed to be some mystic value…

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Help for Wool Industry. Federal Action Likely

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

"Prosperity of the primary industries means prosperity for Australia," declares the weekly bulletin of the Federal Country Party Parliamentary…

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Wheat Market. London and Chicago Quotations. London, June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 8

Wheat cargoes are steady, Liverpool futures are quoted; July 10/4¾, October and December 10/9¾. Chicago options are quoted; July…

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Dairy Industry. Minister's Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 5

The conference of Ministers of Agriculture at Perth (W.A.)' has adopted the following recommendations by a sub-committee of dairy experts:—…

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Farm Forestry. The Operation of Planting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 5

Continuing the discussion in a series of articles now running through the "Agricultural Gazette" of forestry as applied to the needs of the farm, an…

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Wise Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 1

The good seasons of the past few years have not deterred many of the Kayuga farmers making provision for dry spells. Our Kayuga correspondent…

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Rural Problems Dairy Expert's Recommendations

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 1

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

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Cruelty to Horse Sores that Were Red Raw Farmer Fined £5

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 4

Cruelty to a horse formed the subject of a charge against George King, farmer, at the Cessnock Police Court this morning…

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Sheep Sales. Effect on Income Tax. Pastoralists' Appeal Upheld

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 7

An important judgment defining when a sale of sheep is to be treated as a realisation of capital, and when it becomes merely a sale of…

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