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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 160

Butter Prices. Supplies Decrease Consumption Increases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 16

Present and Co., Ltd., report:— Sydney: With colder weather conditions consumption shows a steady improvement and supplies are…

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Wheat Harvest Final State Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 1

The final returns of the wheat harvest in New South Wales for 1928-29 have been received by the Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites)…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 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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Wool Sales. Amended Figures. London, May 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 12

Amended figured regarding the wool sales state that it is estimated about 40,000 bales were sold to the home trade. The quantity hold over…

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Opening Up Wheat Lands. New West Australian Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 13

The Amery (W.A.) northward railway, 70 miles long, and serving over 800,000 acres of wheat and sheep land, was opened by the Minister for…

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P.d.s. Column. Increasing Dairy Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 4

In some States, Victoria and New South Wales particularly. Directors of Butter Factories and other prominent dairymen have become…

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Relief for Farmers Queensland Government Congratulated. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 7

The metropolitan branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association carried a motion heartily congratulating the Queensland Government…

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Dairying. to Regulate Production. Rotation in the Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 5

The desirability of "evening up" production throughout the year, and now it might be accomplished was discussed by Mr. E. H. Ellmer, at a…

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Run Over by Train Farm Worker Shockingly Mutiklated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 9

John Brew a farm worker was run over and killed by a goods train at a level crossing at Merredin W.A. the body being shockingly mutliated…

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Dairying. Feeding of Dairy Cows. Providing a Balanced Ration

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 13

The food of the cow must be ready-made and composed of such materials and in such proportions as will maintain body temperature…

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Homebush Sales. Cattle and Prime Sheep Dearer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited's report:— Twenty-five hundred cattle yarded, the bulk was medium to useful quality…

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The Wool Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

Inquiry for wool privately has been very limited in Sydney this week. That fact is to a great extent due to the off-season period and the desire…

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Demand for Jerseys. Big, Exports Prom Channel Isles. Cattle Clothed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 6

The following article from St. Helier, Jersey, channel Islands, appeared in a recent issue of the "Over-seas Daily Mail":…

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Dollar Wheat. Another Chicago Slump. Lowestfor 15 Years. Chicago, May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 5

For the first time in 15 years quotations of a dollar for wheat for May delivery were registered on the heard of trade…

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Bengalla Farm at £13 Per Acre

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 1

On Friday last Messrs. Higgens, Parkinson & Co., Denman, offered at auction the "Maroubra" farm, comprising 223 acres 34 perches, and…

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Denman. Dairying Affected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 6

During April, the Denman Dairy Company manufactured 106,894lbs of choicest, and 5711lbs of second grade butter. This amount as…

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P.D.S. Column Increasing Dairy Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 6

In some States Victoria and New South Wales particularly, Directors of Butler Factories and other prominent dairymen have became…

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Higher U.s.a. Tariff on Dairy Products

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 6

The President of the United States made increase of the duty on dairy produce an election issue, and if this is brought into effect, of which…

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Over the Sliprails Amalgamation of Butter Factories

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 4

At the annual conference of the Victorian Dairy Factory Managers' Association, a plea for the amalgamation of butter factories was put forward by…

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