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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 88 of 160

Stud Sheep. Protest Against Export

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 14

The Soldier Settlers Conference on Saturday decided to enter a protest against the export of stud sheep from Australia…

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World Wheat Farmers Rush It. Record Supplies Forward. Chicago, August 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 2

The advance of 50 to 55 cents a bushel in wheat prices since June 1, caused United States farmers to market both old and new wheat at a…

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Butter Suppliers Production at Lowest Point

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 16

Prescott and Co., Ltd., report a slight reduction in the week's arrivals at Sydney. All dairying districts are…

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Wool Output. Statistician Explains

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 1

The chairman of the Australian Wool Growers' Council, Sir Graham Waddell, recently stated that the Commonwealth, Statistician's estimate…

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Pastoral for Shade and Shelter. Points When Planting Trees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 6

Shade and shelter as afforded by [?] have very positive economic value in relation to stock, and in country naturally lacking in trees or…

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Pastoral. Control of Bracken Fern. the Value of Pasture Plants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 5

The harmfulness of bracken fern to stock was the subject of recent discussion in those notes, reference being made to the results of…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 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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Wheat Market. Steady and Rising London, August 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 12

Wheat cargoes are steady on change and occasionally 3d to 6d higher, but buyers are content to await official reports as to the…

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Wheat Markets London Cargoes Dull New York, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 7

Chicago wheat quotations are: September, 184 7/8 cents per bushel, December 149, March 1473/4. LONDON, Aug. 9…

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American Wheat Shortage 128 Million Bushels. Washington, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture estimated the winter wheat production for 1920 to be 568,280,000 bushels, compared with 578,000,000 bushels…

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Raw Wool Proposed American Increased Eliminated. Washington. Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 7

The increase of three conts per round, proposed on raw wool, will be ollmluated under an amendment approved by the Republicans of the…

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Use More Wool. Campaign Supported. Senator McLACHLAN'S Views. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 14

Referring to the "Use More Wool Campaign," to-day, Senator. McLachland says it appears that the proposal should have been launched…

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Farmers Jubilant. Fairly General Rain Some Heavy Falls. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 7

Rain has fallen fairly generally throughout the State, and some heavy falls in a number of places will do much to improve…

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Fur Farming Minister Gives Approval

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 8

It is announced that the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) has approved of the conditions governing the keeping of Angora, Chinchilla,…

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Mass Picketing. Protest by Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 1

At the Farmers' and Settlers' Association's conference in Sydney a motion protesting against mass picketing was carried unanimously…

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Lang Legislation Expected Amendments Farmers and Settlers Disappointed. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 6

"In spite of many achievements, I regret to say that we are disappointed if not alarmed, at the fact, that, with a few…

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Farmer Killed. Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 16

Mr. Thomas Mead, 75, a farmer, living at Midlorn, was knocked down by a motor car on Monday evening and family injured. He was returning…

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Wire in Lucerne Bales. Losses of Valuable Dairy Stock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 16

In a letter to the metropolitan press, Mr. A. H. Collett, secretary of the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen's Association draws…

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THE 1929-30 Crop. London, August 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 12

The world's wheat crop in 1929-30 is likely to be insufficient to meet the consumption demand, says an agricultural…

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