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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 160

Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report:—Not much encouragement can be gleaned from the current London sales as the series progresses. It must be…

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Wool and Other Fibres. Quietness Not Confined to Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reports:—Despite the absence of very spirited competition at the current London wool sales, no reason exists for…

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Pastoral. Consider Country Interests Lightening the Primary Producers' Load

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 6

As a result of the State surplus of £580,000, the men on the land are confidently looking forward to a reduction in State taxation. That there will be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Foe the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

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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Pastoral. More Milk Pee Acre. From a System of Pasture Rotation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

A system of rotation and intensive pasture improvement by which the milk production of a herd was increased to five times as much per…

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Pastoral More Milk Per Acre. From a System of Pasture Rotation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

A system of rotation and intensive pasture improvement by which the milk production of a herd was increased to five times as much per…

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Pastoral. Reduce State Taxation Consider Country Interests Lightening the Primary Producers' Load

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

As a result of the State Surplus of £580,000 the men on the land are confidently looking forward to a reduction in State taxation. That there…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes The following notes have been. issued by the Department of Agriculture:— Pastoral More Milk Per Acre. From a System of Pasture Rotation

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

A system of rotation and intensive pasture improvement by which the milk production of a herd was increased to five times, as much per acre is…

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Dairy Industry. Co-operative Marketing. New Zealand Participating

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

An important development in co-operative dairy produce marketing, involving a union of Australian and New Zealand export interests is being…

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Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

The market was slightly firmer at Alexandria yesterday, both eaten and wheaten chaff selling at higher rates, Lucerno chaff, however, was…

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The Dairyman and the Milk Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

The large meeting of producers, and those directly interested in the dairying industry, which was held yesterday afternoon, demonstrated in…

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Struck by Tree. Farmer Critically Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

Charles Dunn, a farmer of Clinton returned soldiers settlement, was admitted to hospital on Thursday in a critical condition as the result of…

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What Are We Coming To? Humorous Hints to Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 10

A reader in a distant part of this State—one who has had considerable experience of government by rules and regulations on a dairy farm—sends…

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The Junior Farmers' Club

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

A pleasing ceremony took place in the Intermediate High School this morning, when the junior farmers of the school were addressed by the…

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Cattle Quarantine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 6

By a recent proclamation in the "Government Gazette" the Casino-Port Macquarie quarantine line was established. No cattle may now be…

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Pastoral Industry. Abolition of Federal Arbitration

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 7

From 1886, when the Australian Workers' Union was founded, until the establishment of the Federal Arbitration Court in 1905, there was…

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Canadian Wheat Crops Affected by Drought. Winnipeg, July 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 13

The Western Canada wheat crop is only 65 per cent of normal, due to ex[?]ive drought in all three provinces, according to the Crown…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 9

Report of the Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Ltd., for the month of June, 1929: Butter manufactured: 28 tons 1 cwt.; milk treated, 92,739…

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Wool and Its Substitutes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 6

During recent months a groat deal has been said aud written concerning the moat modern product of Industrial research—artificial wool…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 6

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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