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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 89 of 149

Farm Tragedy Analysis of Poison

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

An inquest was opened at Adelaide concerning the death of Mrs. Harold Tanner and her three children a Capictha, West Coast…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Sale of Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Idstein reports having sold for Mr. C. W. Thrift, at Woodville, his dairy and agricultural farm of 45 acres and dairy herd…

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Wounded Man Crawled Three Miles to Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 4

After lying seriously wounded in his hut since Thursday. Andrew Pittinari, a charcoal burner, of the Upper Campaspe (Vic.), on the fringe…

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Pastoral Industry. Wool Marketing. Zone System Defined. Expected to Benefit the Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

As recently announced in this column, the "zone system" of selling wool in the Sydney market will be tried out during the coming season…

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Ten Commandments Butter-Fat Version

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 4

The Cow Bell, Edmonton, Alberta, gives the following ten commandments for the guidance of dairy farmers:—…

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On Farm and Station. Pastoral. Control of Grasshoppers. Prepare now for the Spring Campaign

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 4

Lt has often been said that grasshopper control is essentially a community problem, but community effort is only the multiplication of individual…

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Fat Stock Market Thursday's Flemington Sales. Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

2,700 head yarded, aggregating 5,178 for the week, the bulk ranging from medium quality with a fair percentage of prime, of which we…

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Dogs Attack Sheep. Gilmore Grazier's Heavy Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 6

Mr. Allan Wilson, grazier, of Gilmore, suffered an exceptionally heavy loss sheep, which had been placed on the Mount Horeb reserve,…

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Wheat Market. Chicago Options. Chicago, August 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

American wheat options were to-day quoted on change as follows:— September 115 cents, December 120 cents, March 123½ cents per bushel…

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Drawbacks of Good Season. Sheep Losses. Exceed Drought's Toll

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

Sheepmen in the Upper Hunter arc experiencing heavy losses amongst their flocks in consequence of worm infection due to the wet seasons. Mr…

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£300 Worth Sheep Killed Native Dogs the Cause.. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

A message from Adelong states that a mob of 600 full-woolled merino wethers, on route to Gilmore from Erongilly, wore savagely attacked and almost…

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Wheat Handling. Mr. Judd Back From Canada. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

Mr, C. Judd, who, as Australia's representative, attended the recent big wheat pool conference at Regina, Canada, returned to Sydney to-day…

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Dairy Industry. the Marketing Act. "Ail States Must Combine." Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

That the directors of only two Co-operative Sussex Street firms, the Producers' Distributing Society and Norco, Ltd.,…

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Dairy Factory Dinner

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

At the N.A.A. pavilion on Saturday afternoon the shareholders and suppliers of the Singleton Central Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., gathered…

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Oversea Marketing. Discussed by Butter Producers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 7

Oversea marketing was discussed at length, at the conference of representatives of co-operative butter factories, convened by the Producers…

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Wheat Market. Oversea Quotations. London, August 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 4

Wheat cargoes have declined 3d to 1/. Liverpool futures are quoted:—October 9/4 1-8, December" 9/6, March 9/8 1-8 per cental…

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Marketing Act. Butter Factories Agree. Campaign to Be Conducted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 5

Amidst great enthusiasm the "all in" conference of co-operative dairy factories to-day declared itself in favour of the…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 2

Very slow conditions prevailed at Alexandria, but prices showed little variation in any section. Oaten chaff was weaker, although an occasional…

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Annual Conference. Farmers and Settlers' Conference. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 5

Opening the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. D. H. Drummond, Minister for Education, said the large…

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Record Harvest Millions From Wool and Sheep

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 4

This year's wool clip and wheat harvest, in New South Wales should total in value from £43,000,000 to £45,000,000. And the aggregate wealth from…

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