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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 160

Man on the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Advice. Notes by Experts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 5

These notes are issued by the Department of Agriculture, under direction of the Minister, and based on experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to…

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Man on the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Advice, Notes by Experts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 11

These notes are issued by the Department of Agriculture, under direction of the Minister, and based on experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant, to…

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Agricultural. Wheat-growing Competitions. Factors in Increased Yields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 5

Frequent and Judicious working of the fallows, coupled with liberal use of graded sced and superphosphate, are the factors largely contributing…

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Royal Easter Show. Record Entries for Horses and Beef Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 11

Very gratifying entries have been received in the horse section at the Royal Sydney Show, including the stud classes, saddle and harness…

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Keener Tone London Wool Sales. London, March 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 12

At the wool sales 10,400 bales were offered, of which 8734 were Australian and 5746 New Zealand. There was a medium selection of…

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Wool Sales London Fog Causes Postponement London, March 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 2

The wool sales have been postponed owing to a heavy fog. At Bradford no new business was reported Quotations were very firm…

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Fashion Changes Effect on Wool Industry. Single v Double Warp. LONDON, March 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 2

At the Wool Safeguarding Inquiry, Mr.. Comyns Carr. K.C., concluding the opponents case, pointed out that it was difficult to make credible…

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Worldwide Protests. American Tariff Rates. Protecting Farmers. Montreal. March 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 8

A Washington message states that the volume and intensity of the protests from foreign nations, concerning the…

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Dairying. Water for Dairy Cows. the Importance of a Pure Supply

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 11

Clean fresh running water is best for dairy cows and next to it comes good spring or well water pumped into troughs. Water contained in…

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Farm Work. for Unemployed Youth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 9

To explain the Government's proposal to absorb the unemployed youths on farms, Mr. C. R. George of the Department of Labour and…

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Street Stalls for Barnardo Farm Homes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 3

A representative gathering was present in the Shire Council Chambers to make arrangements for the holding of street stalls in aid of the…

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Singleton Letter. Junior Farmers Club

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 3

The president (Mr. J. Moss) occupied the chair at a meeting of the advisory committee of the Singleton branch of the Junior Farmers Club…

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Farm Workers. Youths Respond Well

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 7

The Minister for Labour and industry (Mr. Farrar) stated that the response to his of forts to secure pit boys and youths for rural work was…

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Export Butter Market

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 1

London prices up to middle of February, largely because of the lessened production in the Northern Hemisphere, were sustained at higher levels than…

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Butter Market. Supplies Well Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 3

Weather conditions are favourable to production, and supplies are being maintained at recant, levels. The reduction of March 11 to 196/…

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Wool Values on Lower Basis

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— On the 13th March we offered 7590 bales, which included many attractive…

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N. Z. Butter Shipments

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

The excellent season which has prevailed throughout New Zealand dairying centres is shown by the following figures:—…

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Wool Sales. Values Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, whos the quantity catalogued totalled 11,262 bales, and the sales,…

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Wool Values. on Lower Basis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op-Co., writes:—On the 13th March we offered 7590 bales, which included many attractive…

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Wool Sales Prices Maintained in London. London, March 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 5

At the wool sales 9214 bales were offered, of which 4310 were Australian and 4504 New Zealand. There Was a medium-sized offering of…

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