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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Queensland Sugar Crop Prospects

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

"It is yet too early to anticipate what the sugar yield this year is likely to be," says the Director of Sugar Experiments Station…

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Farmer's Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 5

As Mr. J. E. Colbert, retired farmer, of Watchem, (Vic.), was crossing, the railway line in the his car, an engine and van struck the car,…

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Worst for Years. Present Dairying Season

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 14

The position of dairy farmers in tills State was discussed at yesterday's meeting of the council of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association,…

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Butter Delivery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Andrews notifies that he will be resuming his delivery of butter to-morrow (Tuesday)…

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Wheat Crop Figures for Diverina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

The Railway Department states that the wheat returns for Albury district, taking in practically the whole of Riverina, showed that last…

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Wool Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery report:— Interest centred in the opening of the wool market for the New Year, which took place at Brisbane during last…

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Stock Losses. Cattle Die in Trucks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 3

When three cattle waggons loaded with stock arrived at Goulburn on the journey from Hillston to Felmington, two bullocks were found to be dead…

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Lived on Wheat. Drifting in Atlantic. for 29 Days. London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Oleaarvold, which does not carry wireless, has been towed 350 miles to Aberdeen, after drifting helplessly in the…

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Royal Show, 1929. Butter and Wheat Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

Very satisfactory entries have been received for the "Royal" special export butter classes at the forthcoming Royal Show. They are similar to…

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Pastoral. Empire Wool Industry. Important Mission From Britain. Australian Growers Are Interested

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

Dr. J. E. Nichols, of the British Reseahch Asoociation for the Wollen and Worsted Industry, was deputed by the Empire Marketing…

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Wool

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 2

At the wool sales held on says the report of the John Hogan Fat Stock, Wool and Produce Co., the largest attendance of buyers so…

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Butter. Supplies Increasing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

Prescott's Limited report:— Sydney.—Several districts, particularly in the North Coast, have received some nice rains, some parts of the…

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Wheat Section

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

Entries in the various wheat classes are coming in very satisfactorily, and in regard to the two Commonwealth championship classes,…

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Wheat Crop Worth £10,000,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 3

The grain, trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met on Monday and fixed the fair average quality standard for the…

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Valuable Sheep. Died of Poisoning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 3

Between 150 and 200 ram's died from poisoning while a flock of 1000, ranging in value from 7 guineas to 50 guineas, were crossing Longreach,…

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Wheat Crop Queensland's Yield. New South Walks Crop Impeoved. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

The Commonwealth Meteorologist estimates the Queensland wheat crop at 3,000,000 bushels. He added that the yields exceeded…

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Singleton Wool

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

Mrs D. M. Gardiner's' wool clip from Antienne was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney auction last Monday. Continental buyers…

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Cattle Die in Railway Trucks

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 1

Seven cattle which arrived at Goulburn in a railway truck en route to Sydney from Hillston are dead, as a result of exhaustion, due to the…

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Sheep for Russia Safe Arrival with Small Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

The consignment, of 41 dams and 1990 ewes which was shipped by the S.S. Tricolor from Sydney for Novorrossisk, Russia, on November 28…

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