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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 160

Wheat Market. Steady in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

The Sydney wheat market was steady on Thursday on cable reports of good inquiry for Australian whom oversea. Buvers' limits for growers'…

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Improving the Beef Industry. Aberdeen Angus Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. Grant, Herd Master of the Agricultural Department, has recently returned from Canada, where he has selected and purchased for the State…

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London Wool London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 5

At to-day's, London wool sales 10,787 bales were offered, of which 7314 were Australian and 1488 New Zealand. There was a splendid…

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Butter factories. Hunter Amalgamation Move. Meeting of Committee

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 1

The Hunter district butter, factories are on the move to amalgamate, for which their aim is greater control. The meeting of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

These notes are issued avery week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Values Continue Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,777 bales, and the sales, I…

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Sent for Trial. Alleged Cattle Stealing. at Wattagan Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 7

Before Mr. D. W. Reld, P.M., at the Wollombi Police Court, Richard Benjamin Harris was charged with having at Wattagan Creek, between…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Wollombi Teamster Committed for Trial Case Arouses Tremendous Interest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 1

Wollombi Police Court was taxed to its uttermost capacity yesterday, when Richard Benjamin Harris, a well-known teamster, of Wollombi…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

Business was rather dull at Alexandria, and generally forage sold late rates. No vegetable sales were effected, and in the grain section…

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Dairying. Herd Testing. Its Objects and Application

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

Two herd-testing schemes are at present operating in N.S. Wales—the first is a scheme under which purebred stud cattle are tested so that…

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Wool Demand General Values Firm

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op., writes:— On the 17th instant we offered a catalogue of 8578 bales, representative…

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Successful Poultry Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 6

Under above handing the Shall Co. of Australia, Ltd., has just published a practical treatise on Poultry Farming and Egg Production. The booklet…

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Marketing Act Dairymen Want It Amended. Votes for All Dairy Workers

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

Several amendments to the Marketing Act were suggested at the district conference of the Upper North Coast branch of the Agricultural Bureau, that…

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Pastoral. Graziers' Annual Conference Four Days Allotted. Most Important Pastoral Fixture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 2

The annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales will be held at the wool room, Eoyal Exchange, Pitt-street Sydney, on…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—At our sale we offered an attractive catalogue of 5808 bales, drawn principally from the Southern…

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Butter for Canada and U. S. A.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

In a previous issue comment was made on the volume of consignments being made to Canada by the co-operative movement here and from…

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Wool Demand General Values Firm

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:—On the 17th inst. we offered a catalogue of 8578 bales, representative of…

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Wool Demand General. Values Firm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

The secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. writes:— On the 17th. inst. we offered a catalouge of 8,578 bales, representative of…

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Wool Sales. Average Lines Firm in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,791 bales, and the…

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Wool Sales London Values Maintained. Bradford Nervous. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

At the wool sales, 9075 bales were offered, of which 6504 were Australian, and 2089 New Zealand. Th[?]r was a good selection of…

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