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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 160

Butter Milk for Beauty. Receipt From Paramount Player

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 7

Summer months are most trying on a woman's complexion, according to Nancy Carroll, the young player who has just completed work…

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Wool Sales. Keen Competition in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge. street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,588 bales, and the…

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"Jimmy" Cullen Abo. Shot at 9; Raised by Whites Cattle and Horse Shooters, Nor'-west (No. 1)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 6

Dave Cowan, who lives between Weston and Kurri (just on the border of both towns), returns to the charge, after telling a representative…

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Sensational Crash. Farmer's Head Cut Off

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 7

A Mot haeroplane which, with another machine of similar type, left Richmond aerodrome about 10.30 yesterday morning, crashed on…

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Visit of British Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Towards the end of the year a party of British farmers will be visiting Australia, aud it is probable the Maitland district will be included in their…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 6

Heavy supplies of forage were on hand at Alexandria and prices for all lines were easier. Best lucerne and wheaten chaff, however, were…

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America and Australia a Slap for Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

The stringent protection which America gives to its farming community is again strikingly instanced in its attitude towards the…

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Lower Hunter Farmers Meet in Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

A conference of Lower Hunter farmers was held at Raymond Terrace last Wednesday. The secretary, Mr. M. O'Grady, delivered a…

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Aeroplane Crashes. on Farm at Windsor. Man's Head Cut Off. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

A Moth aeroplane, which, with, another type, left Richmond aerodrome about 10.30 this morning, crashed on a farm outside Windsor half an hour…

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Dirty Dairy. Fines Imposed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Shocking conditions were revealed in a case in which three charges under the Health Act were made against Jack Stewart Easter, a dairyman, of…

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Commercial. Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

On the hoof at Homebush last Monday, good to prime beef made 35/ to 42/ per 1OOlbs, good to prime year-ling beef 43/ to 48/. Sales made by…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., reports:— We offered a catalogue of 5071 bales on Monday. The selection included…

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Butter Production Effect of Rain

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

The splendid rains in the northern river districts are bound to have an early, though not an immediate effect on the production of butter. About…

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Beef Industry Aberdeen Angus Cattle From Canada

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. Grant, Herd Master of the Agriculture Department, recently returned from Canada, where he has selected ami purchased for the State…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Values Continue Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday 21 the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,637 Irales, and the sales,…

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Amalgamation of Butter Factories Hunter River District. Nine Factories Favour Merger

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

The movement for the amalgamation of the butter factories of the Hunter River district progressed another step when the committee met to further the…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

Prices for chaff were somewhat casier all round at Alexandria, the drop averaging about 5/ per ton for top lines, Lucerne hay remained…

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Branxton Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

During the month of December, Branxton Dairy Co., Ltd,, manufactured 39,5461bs of butter. Tills is a decrease of 49,0091hs an compared…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 3

Messrs. Prescott Ltd. report under date 19th January, 1929.— Sydney:—The present butter supply shows an improvement, whilst in other…

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Denman Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 6

Denman Dairy Company during December paid for 71,798lb if choicest and 9307lb of second grade butter, paying 1/4½ and 1/2½…

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