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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 81 of 149

Dairying. Feeding of Dairy Cows. Concentrates Necessary for Maximum Milk Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 4

Success in dairy farming involves regular and plentiful feeding. In addition to pasture, fodder crops (maize, sorghum, saccallno, Sudan…

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Farm Book-keeping. Importance of a System of Accounts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 7

Book-keeping is it task not very much to the relish of the average farmer, but some system of accounts is necessary if farming is to be…

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Modern Farming Science and Man on Land. Sir John Russell's Lecture

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 6

The first of a scries of three lectures was delivered on Wednesday night in Sydney by Sir John Russell on behalf of the Sydney University Extension…

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Millet Crop. Sales by Private Treaty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 8

The failure of the millet auction sales at Morpoth has placed the Tamworth growers in a serious position…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Sale of Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Idstein reports having sold an agricultural and dairy farm, 53ac lr 34¾ per., at Brisbanefields, Morpeth, for the estate of the late…

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Butter Quality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 6
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The proper suiting of butter is an important factor in ultimate Quality, and at the recent Factory Managers' Conference. Mr. Laffan Senior…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Cattle Slaughtering Inspector

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

Sergeant Reed, of Weston, was appointed by Kearsley Shire Council last night as inspector under the Cattle Slaughtering Act, for that…

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Wheat Market. Quiet and Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 3

There was very little movement ,in wheat in Sydney on Monday, and values over the week-end were unchanged, buyers' limits for growers'…

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Wool Market in London. London, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

At the wool sales, 10,149 bales were offered, of which 2795 were Australian, and 3280 New Zealand, There was a medium offering of…

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Commonwealth Wool Clip Worth Over £60,000,000

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

The receipts of wool at the stores in the Commonwealth for the past season totalled 2,446,780 bales. The figures show a decline of 2½ per cent…

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"Milk Would Rise" Dairy Farmers Views Rural Award

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

Dairy farmers at Raymond Terrace contend that if the rural workers are to be brought under the award sought by the A.W.U. milk will…

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PINKETTES Laxative Perfection Keep You Well. Farmer Killed in South Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 3

Late in Sunday night five visitors to Yorketown were returning to their home at Port Victoria, S.A., when the car crashed into a tree…

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Boys' Training Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

We on the form are making slow, but sure, progress, Cur progress, in fact, is too slow. This is because our friends are too few in number…

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Scientific Farming the Chemist's Role. Address by Sir John Russell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 8

Will the chemist, in his quest of synthetic products, out many of the agriculturist's wares from the world's markets? Will he able to…

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Overseas Farmers' Federations

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 6

The tour of various States of Australia made by Mr. A. E. Gough, general manager of the Overseas Farmers' Co-operative federations…

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Overseas Farmers' Federation

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 1

The tour of various States of Australia made by Mr A. E. Gough, General Manager of the Overseas Farmers' Corporative Federations Ltd., London,…

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Wheat Market. London Cargoes Decline. London, July 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 7

Wheat cargoes declined 6d to 1/, Liverpool futures are quoted; July 9/8 3-8, October 10/1 3-8, December 10/2…

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Science in Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 6

Mr. W. O'Hearn, M.L.A., at the request of the Maitland Agricultural Association, has communicated with the Minister of Agriculture, Mr…

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Homebush Sales. Cattle Weaker; Sheep Unaltered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report; Cattle, 3400 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. The market was weaker at opening sales. Good…

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