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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 160

Pastoral Graziers' Annual Conference. Comprehensive Agenda Paper

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

Approximately one hundred and fifty resolutions will be discussed by one hundred delegates at the twelfth annual conference of the Graziers'…

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Sydney Show Hereford Cattle. Successes by Fenwick Bros

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 6

The following awards were gained by Fenwick Bros. for Herefords at Sydney show:— Bull, 4 yrs old and over, Myall…

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How to Wash Dairy Utensils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

Boiling water is absolutely necessary in dairy work to ensure cleanliness, and as it is easy enough to secure a supply, there should be no…

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Diseased Cattle Alleged Trucking to Sydney. Minister Questioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 11

Mr. Carter (C.P.) asked the Minister for Agriculture whether his attention had been drawn to a statement made by the newly-appointed…

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Sheep Stealing Whole Flocks Disappears in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 7

Reports of systematic sheep stealing from Ashburton County, N.Z., last week have been fully confirmed by experiences of South Canterbury…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 5
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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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Dairying. a Dairy Farm Competition. Points From the Judge's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 5

In inaugurating a dairy farm competition the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was responsible for something in the nature…

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Agricultural. Superphosphate for Wheat. the Question of Carry-over Value

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 16

Discussing the results of last season's fertiliser trials with wheat on farmers' experiment plots, the senor agricultural instructor in the Parkes…

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Agricultural. New Objectives in Wheat-breeding. the Factor of Disease-resistance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 5

Farreri achieved such wonderful success in wheat-breeding in Australia, particularly with his variety Federation, which is still grown largely…

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Wool Sales. Close of London Series. Heavy Withdrawals of Scoureds. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 12

The woolsales have closed. Generally the tone of the opening day was upheld and values showed little change throughout for merinos, the…

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Dairy Industry Denman Factory Meeting. Amalgamation Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 1

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Denman Dairy Co., Ltd., was held at the Parish Hall, Denman. Mr. H. H…

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Cessnock Boys. Twenty for Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 8

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., has received from Mr. C. Bellemore, manager of the State Labour Exchanges, a letter in reply to his representations…

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Lochinvar. Boom in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 8

Milk lorries are carrying capacity loads of cream and milk to the factories. This is pleasing news after the bad time farmers had during the…

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Tariff on Wheat French Proposal. London, March 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 8

A report from Paris says that "La Temps, in a semi-official statement, sharply criticises projected efforts to increase the tariff of wheat from 35…

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Pure Bred Cows Testing for Butter Fat Results to Date

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 6

In his report to the council of the New South Wales United Pure Bred Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association, the State Dairy Expert. (Mr. L…

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"Wattle Farm."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 8

A very large attendance was present at Stewart Mack's big canvas theatre on Saturday evening, when after an absence of about a year, this…

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Four Killed. Crop of Motor Accidents. Many Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 6

Knocked, down by a motor Car as he was approaching the entrance to Wallsend Racecourse on Monday, Joseph Prior, 61, of Margaret-street,…

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World's Wheat. Control of Price. Washington, April 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

Professor J. W. Brinton, of the University of Nebraska, has offered the Senate Agricultural Committee a plan for the control of world wheat…

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The Singleton Argus. WEDNESDAY, 3rd APRIL, 1929. LOCAL & General News Dr. Bowman will resume practice on April 4th. Singleton Butter

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 2

It was gratifying to note that at the Royal Show the Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Company, Limited, secured first prizes in the unsalted and…

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