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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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Wool Market South Africa a Competitor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

"South Africa is determined to get on the world's wool market," said Mr. W. K. moffat, a Sydney builder who returned on the Euripides from…

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Aberdeen Cattle on Way to Australia. Vancouver. Dec. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 5

Twenty head of registered Aberd[?] Angus cattle from Glencarnock farm, operated near Brandon by Lieutenant-Governor McGregor, of…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

Messrs. Prescott, Ltd. report under date 28th December, 1929. Sydney:—Some rain has fallen on the Central Northern Rivers but only isolated…

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Sheep on the Coast

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Many people think that sheep can be profitable worked on the coast. Mr. L. S. Holmes, of Oakendale, Glen Oak, has despatched the first load of wool…

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Paterson Scheme. Fixing Butter Levy and Bounty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

The Australian Stabilisation Committee is to meet in Melbourne on Monday next to fix the levy and export bounty on butter under the…

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Anthrax. the Ravensworth Outbreak. Heavy Mortality in Sheep. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

An outbreak of anthrax occurred at Oaklands, the Ravensworth property of O.D.E. Fielding-Jones, grazier. About 500 sheep were dead in one…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1
Also in The Scone Advocate

Tlio Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Coy. writes:— For five seasons in succession (up to last year) the Sydney clearances…

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Nobody's Sheep a Strange Defence

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

That the sheep he had killed belonged to no one was the defence of Edgar Walter (69) grazier, of Mt. Werong, when charged at Oberon Police Court…

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Anthrax Outbreak at Ravensworth. Heavy Loss of Sheep

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

An outbreak of anthrax on Mr O. D. E. Fielding-Jones's property, "Oaklands," Ravensworth, has caused heavy losses. Of 1500,…

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Anthrax. the Ravensworth Outbreak. Heavy Mortality in Sheep. Singleton

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

An outbreak of anthrax occurred at Oaklands, the Ravensworth property of O. D. E. Fielding-Jones, grazier. About 500 sheep were dead in one…

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Butter Spoiled. and Mutton Putrid. Refrigerating Machinery Breaks Day. London, Jan. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

No less than 1100 cases of butter were damaged through the stoppage of the refrigerating machinery of the steamer Canadian Britisher from…

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Feeding of Dairy Cows Importance of Providing a Balanced Ration

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

Improper feeding, of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. It is not contended that the heavy…

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Sheep Mortality Negative Tests for Anthrax

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

In regard to the heavy mortality in sheep at Oaklands the Ravensworth property of Mr. W. E. Fielding Jones which has been reported as being…

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Butter Production. Record Output Expected. Departmental Officers. Reports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

New South Wales should have a record butter output for the season the latest rains having come at an opportune time when production was…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · 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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Dairying. the Food Value of Silage As Compared with Grass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

Farmers frequently ask if silage is equal in feeding value for green grass comments a departmental [?]publication and it must be said at once that…

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Homebush Stock Sales Cattle Firm, Sheep Unaltered Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

Cattle.—2500 yarded, and the market was firm. Bullocks realised from £8 to £20 and cows from £6 to £14. Best beef worth 54/ per lOOlbs, good…

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Export Bounty on Butter No Alteration Tor 193O. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

The Australian Stabilisation Committee, sitting in Melbourne today, decided that the export bounty on butter for 1930 should…

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Mr. O'Hearn Amongst Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., is having a few days' rest, and is staying with friends in the lower Hunter. He is thoroughly organising the farming…

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