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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 160

Butter Supplies. Steadily Palling Off

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 16

Prencott's, Ltd., in their weekly report state that butter supplies in New South Wales are steadily falling off, the decline being spread…

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Stud Sheep. Export to South Africa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 11

The subject of the export of stud sheep and the proposal to have an embargo placed on same, was again before council at the Newcastle…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

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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Available Wool for London Sales. London, April 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 2

There is available for the wool sales on April 30. 130,000 bales of which new arrivals are: Australian 18,000 bales, New Zealand 45,000, Capes 2,000,…

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Reso Train. the Maitland Visit. Victorian Dairy Farmers on Tour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

The visitors were greatly impressed with the fertility of the Maitland district, after being driven through the farming districts. The chairman of the train, Mr. John Rankin, who…

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Agricultural. Pure Seed. Its Importance to the Wheat Grower

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5

Addressing farmers at a recent gathering at West Wyalong on the value of sowing only the very best seed wheat of a recommended…

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Miscellaneous. List of Registered Farm Produce Agents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 6

Farmers and others interested are advised that a list giving names and addresses of farm produce agents registered with the Department of…

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Dairying. Faults Found in Cream. Defects and Their Remedies

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 6

Some of the defects which are commonly responsible for the inferior grading of cream were the subject of discussion in these notes last…

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Carrying Farm Goods. Cutting Down Costs. Canberra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 16

"One of the most important feature of the Bruce-Page Government's policy speech, and one which is receiving immediate attention, is the…

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Farmer Victimised. "Go-getters" Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 11

An elderly farmer, staying temporarily at the People's Palace preparatory to a visit to England, provided another victim for land "go-getters"…

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Dairy Industry. Amalgamation Question. Conference in Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 2

A further conference between representatives of Northern District butter factories, extending as far north as Tamworth, was Tamworth, was held at Miss…

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Violent Quarrel Italian Share-farmer Shot

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 2

Walking home along a bush road on thr outskirts of Calili, near Bairnsdle (Vic.), two Italian share-farmers fell into a violent quarrel…

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Dairying Industry Development Campaign

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 7

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) announced that the Ministry had decided to begin a campaign to develop the dairying industry…

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Farmer's Death Manslaughter Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 2

At Echunga, (S.A.), detectives arrestold August Leibeit, 44, farmer, on a charge of the manslaughter of Andrew Porteus, 41, farmer and…

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Manilla Sheep Sale

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

At V. J. Byrnes' special sheep sale at Manilla on Tuesday last, just over 20,000 head were sold, which were nearly all taken by buyers from…

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Pastoral Industry. Pastoral Problems. Discussed by Graziers. Noxious Weeds and Animals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

You could not very well have the annual conference of the Graziers' Association and leave the rabbits out. Like the poor, the rabbits are always…

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Butter Manufacture. State Efficiency. Victorian Visitor's Eluogy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

The Reso train, which has been touring the North Coast for the past ten clays, returned to Sydney on Saturday evening. A feature of the tour was the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. [?] Yesterday's Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

Two agents disposed of 10,384 bales when the seventh series of wool sales was continued yesterday. Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., sold first,…

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Wool Sales. Values Firm at Late Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

Wool Sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,291 bales, and the sales in…

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