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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 160

Commercial. Brisbane Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 8

Wincheombe, Carson, Ltd., received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—"First Brisbane wool sales of New Year opened to-day. Good selection…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. (Continued from previous page)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

2. The roof should be sufficiently high to admit of the sty being cleaned easily. 3. The walls should be smooth (on…

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Wheat Transport. Heavy Railway Loadings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 8

The New South Wales railways, since the beginning of un unexpectedly early season, have brought more wheat to the seaboard to date…

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Trucks Run Away Sheep and Figs Killed

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 8

Breaking away from a stock and freight train at Mount Lofty, South Australia, at 1.30 yesterday morning, 21 trucks and a guard's van dashed wildly…

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The Wool Outlook. Artificial Silk

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 9th January:—Before the war the world grew the equivalent of 10,151,491 bales of wool…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 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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Wheat Production. American Proposals. Washington, Jan. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

What is considered here to be a step towards belter information in regard to international wheat production along the lines suggested at the…

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TOP-DRESSING Its Effect on the Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 6

With the object of determining whether top-dressed pasture affects the quality of wool, the Department of Agriculture recently instituted…

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Dairying. Cereals for Winter Feed. On Inland Dairy Farms

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 6

Farmers engaged in dairying in western districts often find it necessary to supplement the natural grasses with fodder crops that can either be grazed…

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Sale of Hunter River Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

W. N. Dann, of West Maitland reports having sold for Mr. Kari Reynolds properties at Luskintyre consisting of a dairy farm of 130 acs…

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The Butter Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 7

The butter manufactured by Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy CO., Ltd., for November totalled 82 tons 651bs, a decrease of 12 tons for…

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Aberdeen Angus Department's Cattle Purchases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 7

According to the headmaster of the Department of Agriculture mr. C. G. Crant) the consignment of 21 Aberdeen Angus cattle purchased from the…

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Runaway Trucks. Sheep and Pigs Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 8

During shunting operations at Mt. Lolly (S.A.), a guard's van and 21 trunks broke away, and dashed down the line at a speed of 80 to 90 miles…

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Embargo on Butter. Suggested Retaliation on America

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 1

The Murwillumbah branch of the Primary Producers Union, at its annual meeting, resolved to urge that the Federal Government be…

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Rayon Fabrics. Effect on Wool Market

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

There has been much talk in Australian pastoral circles recently as to the extent to which rayon may affect the wool market. This…

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Abnormal Yield Estimate of 55 Bushels of Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 7

Interesting details of the rich producing power of the Gilmore Valley, which lies a few miles south of Tumut, are given by Mr. A W. Davis…

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London Wool Sales a Big List. London, Jan. 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

For the London wool sales 98;000 bales are listed, of which 60,000 are Australian, 15,500 New Zealand, and 13,500 held over from last sales…

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Wool Sales. Spirited Bidding at New Castle. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 8

The third of the series of wool sales conducted by the New England, North and north-west producers' Company was held this…

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(To the Editor). Farmers' Appalling Difficulties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

Sir,—Under the above heading an article appeared in a recent issue of the "Sydney Morning Herald" from the pen of a New York writer…

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False Tax Return Farmer Fined £225

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

Robert II. Calpert, farmer, of Campania (Tas.) was fined £225, and ordered to pay the tax as well, for making false income tax returns…

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