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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 160

Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 3

Bather light supplies were forward at Alexandria, and prices in consequence were steady, Chaff was firm though lucerne chaff was not in so…

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Pastoral Recommendations

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 5

Note that the Premier oil South Australia (Mr Butler) told a State interviewer the other day that his Government was about to introduce legislation…

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Butter Industry. Reckless Cream Grading Dairy Director's Charge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

Reckless cream grading had in a large measure been responsible for a heavy falling-of [?]quality, dairy factory managers were informed at their…

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Synthetic Butter. Menace to Dairying. Marketed in Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 4

Synthetic butter, made from copra, has recently been sold on the Melbourne market, and if dairymen are becoming alarmed at its manufacture. If…

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Wool Position

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report 30th May:—Apathy best describes the attitude of wool buyers at the moments due no doubt in the case of Bradford…

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Butter Competition. Northern Successes in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 8

The results of the butter, bacon, and cheese competitions, held in connection with the annual conference of Dairy Factory Managers and…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Quality Investigation

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 5

When, an officer, from any State is appointed to act in a Federal position, Interstate criticism naturally arises. In the case of the Federal Dairy Officer…

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Treatment of Sheep. Merriwa Station Owner Fined

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 10

At the Burwood Court on Wednesday J. F. Elder, a station owner of Merriwa, was charged with cruelly illtreating animals at Flemington on [?]1st…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 6

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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American Wheat World's Surplus. Washington, June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 8

The United States Department of Agriculture, reviewing the wheat situation, states that although discomforting farmers, it is not hopeless…

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Pastoral Paramount Country Problem. Reduce Costs of Production. for Future Prosperity

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 5

"The whole matter of future prosperity of the pastoral industry and consequently the State, rests on the costs of production, and when we have done…

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Substitutes for Wool. Some of Them Described

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 8

Messrs. Sehute, Bell & Co., Ltd., the well-known city wool brokers, write:—We referred last week to some of the principal competitors with wool, but in A daily early morning scene at the Shell Oil Company's Pyrmont Installation, showing portion of the huge fleet of bulk delivery waggons. Each has a capacity of 1200 gallons, and are used to supply garages and service stations in the city and suburban areas, with the well-known Shell products. It is estimated that during 1928 the Shell Co.'s fleet of motor vehicles covered 10,000,000 miles in Australia…

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Pastoral Problems. Paramount Country Problems Reduce Costs of Production. for Future Prosperity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 5

The whole matter of future prosperity of the pastoral industry and consequently the State, rests on the costs of production, and when we have done…

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Cruelty to Sheep Merriwa Owner Fined. Magistrates Comment. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 8

At the Burwood Court to-day, J. M. Elder, station-owner, at Merriwa was charged with cruelly ill-treating animals at Flemington on May 1…

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Dead in Lonely Hut Putty Dairy Farmer's End. Verdict of Suicide

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 8

As briefly reported in our last issue, the dead body of Joshua Amzi Medhurst was found on Tuesday last, lying on a bed in his hut…

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Agricultural. Prince of Wheat Robbers. The Control of Black Oats

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 6

How to circumvent what was described as "the prince of wheat robber" formed the subject of an address by the Chief Instructor of the…

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N. S. Wales Butter Factories Report to Victorian Factory Managers Opinions Formed From "Reso" Tour

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

The following report on N.S. Wales Butter Factories, was made by Mr Marcus R. Barlow, Architect and Civil Engineer, Melbourne, to Victorian Dairy…

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Dairying. the Year Reviewed. Herd Yields Substantially Increased

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 6

In a review of the dairying conditions for the year ending this month, the Director of Dairying (Mr. L. T. Macinnes) claimed that the…

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A Cheap Rug For Dairy Cows

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 1

The rugging of dairy cows in the winter, by reducing the demand for port of bodily limit from the food they receive, helps appreciably in…

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Veterinary the Farm Horse. Some Points in its Care

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 6

"If an engine is to work efficiently it must be properly cared for, and the horse, which is a sentient engine, no exception to the rule." Taking…

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