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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 160

Homebush Stock Sales Cattle Unchanged. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

Cattle.—3200 yarded, and the market was unchanged. Best beef worth 46/- per 100lbs, second 40/-, and inferior 37/-. Bullocks realised from £8 to…

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Pastoral Industry. Australian Sheep Numbers. Will Record Be Broken? Adverse Factors Present

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 4

According to the latest official figures Australia's sheep population is, in round numbers, 106 million. This is the highest since 1891. If the normal…

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Dairy Cattle for the West

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 4

Large numbers of dairy helfers are being purchased on the North Coast the buyers it is believed operating on behalf of the West Australia…

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Cattle Quarantine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

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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World's Champion Cattle Thief Dies

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

Our own operators in this State are very small beer compared with Jack Hanrahan, who passed out on a Northern Territory cattle station the…

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Easier Tone. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 3

The wheat market in Sydney was decidely easier on Monday. having reached to the dull position oversea at the week-end when buyers…

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Must Advertise. Our Wool Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 4

"I think no better scheme has ever been conceived in the interests of the wool industry than the proposal to extend the market for wool and woollen…

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Pleuro Again Queensland Blamed. Infected Cattle. Tamworth, Wed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

Another outbreak of pleuro among cattle on the holding of Mr. H. Hill, at Bowling Alley Point, has resulted in 390 cattle, belonging to several…

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Muswellbrook Rural School. Farm Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

Considerable progress has been made at the school farm lately. A large, area has been put into cultivation and variety trials with wheat, oats and…

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Junior Farmers. New Movement Initiated. Local Advisory Committee Appointed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

The imperative need for stopping the drift to the city has called into being many schemes by which it has been hoped to make country life more…

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M. R. Dairy Company Lowest Output for Years & Still Declining

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

For the month of June suppliers were paid 1/5½ for choicest butter, and 1/4½ for second class, with a turnover of £22,253/18/-. The…

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No Use For Australian Dairy Council. Relations Severed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 4

The State has severed all official relations with the Australian Dairy Council. The bomb was exploded yesterday…

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Wheat Farmers Consolidation of Debts. Important Conference. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 7

An important conferences will be held in Sydney to-morrow with banking representatives to arrange for the conscolidation of wheat farmers'…

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Wheat Farmers Consolidation of Debts. an Important Conference. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 2

An important conference will be held in Sydney to-morrow with hanking representatives to arrange for a consolidation of wheat…

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Must Live Within Income Shock for Farmers. Ministerial Pronouncement

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 2

The question as to whether farmers should participate in the luxuries of this wtorld was summarily settled by the Minister. for…

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Commercial. Homebush Sales. Sheep Unaltered: Cattle Dearer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.—Cattle: 3100 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. Prime were unaltered. Good to prime beef made…

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Fined for Imitating Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 2

For having sold margarine coloured in imitation of b[?]tter contrary to Section 227 of the Health Act, 1915, J. C. Halpin Manufacturer, was fined £5/1/ and costs…

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Wheat Market. Bran Advances 15/ Per Ton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 3

The wheat market in Sydney yesterday was quiet, and in some respects the tone was a shade easier on the quiet sentiment oversea. She…

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Wool Sales. the London Series. Slump in Merinos. London, July 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 8

The wool sales closed this afternoon, and of the 101,146 bales catalogued it is estimated that 31,000 bales were sold to the home trade,…

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Men on the Land Need of Business Training. Molong Farmer's Views. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 5

Addressing the Agricultural Bureau Conference at the Hawkesbury College, Mr. J. O'Donnell, of Molong, in a…

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