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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 160

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 5

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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Wheat Price. Prospect of Increase. Washington, June 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

The Canadian acreage sown to wheat this year is officially estimated at 24,305,300 acres, being a 1 percent, increase over last year. The…

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Sheep Statistics Total of 106,115,100. Highest Since 1891

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

After having fallen off very considerably in the periods of drought that visited Australia in 1902 and in several following years, the number…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 5

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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New England Wool Sales at Newcastle. Meeting at Inverell

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 11

The School of Arts Hall, Inverelf. was crowded when 250 wool growers from all over New England and North-west, assembled to discuss the…

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The Governor. Supports Wool Campaign. Message to the People

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 11

The State Governor, who is one of the strongest supporters of the "Use More Wool" campaign, has issued the following statement to the people…

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Wool Sales. Brisk Demand for Slipes. London, July 12

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

At the wool sales, 0025 bales were offered, of which 651 were Victorian, 469 New South Wales, 216 Queensland, 148 West Australian, and 4850…

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Trade Review More Cheerful Outlook Wool Situation. LONDON, July 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 12

Business on the Stock Exchange is still restricted, and the account just concluded is said to be the smallest of the year. There are signs…

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Wheat Rattle. Excitement at Chicago. Spring Outlook Uncaged. Chicago. July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 4

B[?]lls and [?]ear [?] throughout the seasion at the chicago wheat pit. T[?]mentdosu ex[?]ement preval[?]ed concerning world-wide weather reports…

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Australian Dairy Council. Minister's Decision "No Useful Purpose Served."

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

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, announced his decision to sever all official connection with the Australian Dairy Council, and…

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Dairy Factory Return

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 5

During the month of June, the De[?]man Dairy Company manufactured 55,000lbs of choicest and 386lbs of second grade butter. This…

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Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 8

Fairly light supplies were forwar[?]ed a Alexandria, but there was seare[?]ty of really choice lines of any commodity except lacerne hay. This moved…

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The New Farm Implement

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

We were shown to-day by Messrs. E. P. Capper find Sons, Ltd., the latest arrangement used in New Zealand of a tripod spring steel rigid…

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Farmers Losses

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

The industrial trouble of the just few months has meant a big loss to farmers and market gardiners in this district, A principal in one of the…

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Branxton Dairy. Company

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

The annual general meeting of too shareholders of Branxton Dairy Company, Limited, will be held in the Branxton School of Arts, on…

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Dairy Exports. New Zealand Record

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 4

Eleven months' figures for the current New Zealand dairy season show a record export of 152,594 tons an increase of 13,361 tons over the…

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Helping Farmers in Fallowing Operations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) has approved of assistance again being provided by the Rural industries branch to necessitous…

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Farm Produce Act. Calves for City Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

The Murwillumbah branch of the P.P.U. has decided to ask the district council to protest against the application of the Farm Produce…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Cheaper, Cattle Unaltered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 8

Pitt Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: Sheep, 35,000 penned, a medium quality yarding of all descriptions, a full attendance of buyers, and the…

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Butter Industry. Production Steadily Declining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 6

Prescott, Ltd. report that an increase in arrivals in Sydney last week was brought about by irregular trucking arrangements owing to…

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