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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 160

Wool Store Fire Damage Totals £30,000. Firemen Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 6

Damage estimated at £30,000 was done by a fire which guttered one section of the wool store of the Australian Wool and Produce, Ltd.,…

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Junior Farmers. Meeting of Club Council. Organiser's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 2

The first meeting of the Junior Farmers' Club Council was held in Endeavour House Sydney, yesterday. The president (Mr. A. E. Hunt,…

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Dairying. Indigestion 1N Calves. Some' Common Causes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 5

Owing to the artificial manner in which most calves in dairying districts are reared, indigestion and its consequences, general unthriftiness,…

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Dairying. Herd Testing Its Objects and Application

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 6

Two herd-recording schemes are at presant operating in New South Wales—the first in a scheme under which purebred stud cattle are…

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Successful Poultry Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 14

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

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Disastrous Heat. Heavy Losses in Poultry and Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 9

The Hawkesbury district is undergoing a trying period of dry weather. Potato, tomato, and bean crops have failed, and everything points to the…

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The Farmer Pays

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

It has often been pointed out, in the course of economic discussions, that while different sections of the community, that is to say, the…

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Homebush Sales. Prime Cattle Better; Sheep Unchanged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd, report Sheep; 29,080 penned, a plain quality yarding of all descriptions. A full attendance of buyers and competition…

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Butter Factories' Merger

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

The committee, appointed by the northern butter factory, companies to draft a scheme for the purpose of merging the various companies, into an…

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P.d.s. Column. Investigation of Butter Transport

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 4

The Australian Dairy Council— though the value of its work seems to be overlooked in some quarters—does take a keen interest in the various…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Prime Quality Cattle 10/ BETTER. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

Cattle.—2900 yarded. Prime quality was 10/ better, and others unchanged. Bullocks realised from £7 to £17 and cows from £5 to £11. Best…

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"Windarra" Dairy Herd Sale at Vacy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 4

Messrs. Wilson and Kopple report holding the above sale on Thursday last when the whole of the dairy herd, horses, dairy utensils and…

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Plane Tragedy Windsor Farmer Killed. the Inquest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 5

At Richmond Courthouse to-day the District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnstone, opened an inquiry into the death of a former named Alfred Smith, who was…

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Butter Factory Merger

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

The proposed merger of the Hunter River District butter factories, was further discussed at a conference held at West Maitland…

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Butter Factories. Proposed Merger

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

The Hunter district butter factories, which are on the move to amalgamate, their aim being greater control, held another conference at West Maitland…

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P.D.S. Column Investigation of Butter Transport

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 5

The Australian Dairy Council—though the value of its work seems to be ovelooked in some quarters—does take a keen interest in the…

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Wool Sales. General Competition in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,678 bales, and the…

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Wool Textiles. British Safeguarding Duty. Inquiry Opens. London, Feb. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 5

The application for a safeguarding duty for wool textiles opened to-day before the Board of Trade Committee. Mr. Cyril Atkinson, K.C., counsel…

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Pastoral. Graziers and the A.W.U. Conference Probably Will Be Held the "Talk It Over" Attitude

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 3

Compulsory arbitration is the industrial policy of both the Graziers' Association and the A.W.U., and in the opinion of these powerful…

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Pastoral. Graziers and the A.w.u. Conference Probably Will Be Held. the "Talk It Over" Attitude

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 5

Compulsory arbitration is the industrial policy of both the Graziers' Association and the A.W.U., and in the opinion of these powerful organisations it…

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