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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 135

Wool Industry Danger of Restricting Sales. London, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 10

Speaking at Huddersfield, the President of the Wool Federation (Mr. Maurice Durrule) suggested the inclusion of Australian, New Zealand…

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Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 3

Oaten chaff was a shade firmer at Alexandria yesterday, but wheaten was decidedly caster, and some difficulty was found in making sales…

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Latest Scratchings. Warwick Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 9

Glenfield Handicap: Eve Paddington. Ingleburn Nursery: Rhonite, Goldfind…

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Big Farm Scheme. West Australian Enterprise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 5

The West Australian Premier (Mr. Collier) announced that the Government, with the conurrence of Senator Daly (President of the Executive…

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P. D. S. Column Australian Dairy Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 1

The Minister for Markets and Migration (the Hon. Parker Maloney) has announced that the Commonwealth Government has decided to retain the Australian Dairy…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 2

Markets:—Butter l/8 per lb. Cheese 9d. City Milk 1/1 per gallon on rail. Suppliers pay:—Butter 1/4½ per lb. less 1d Export Reserve. Milk 10½d gallon…

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Pastoral General Public and Wool Home Truths Here What of the Future?

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 4

More people than ever before in Australia are thinking, and talking wool. In cities and towns you hear it discussed, though the nearest…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 4

The 46th half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bowthorne Butter Factory, Ltd., will be held at the Company's Office, Morpeth, on…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co., Ltd., report 6th February: Sales have been resumed in the local market during the week, and competition has…

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Our Wheat-growing Methods. High Standard Reached in Crop Competitions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 8

A high, standard of wheat-growing practice is reflected by recent crap comptitions. Discussing the results of the contest in the Central Slopes wheat…

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Co-operative Wheat Trading

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 4

The Canadian Wheat Pool offers a very fine example of the success of cooperation when backed by the solid support of producers. During the…

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Wool Production. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 8

Sir.—World wool production during the last seven years has advanced from 8,479,000 bales to 11, 000,000 bales, approximately 30 per…

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"Wool Prices" (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 6

Sir,—World wool production during; the last seven years has advanced from 8,479,000 bales to 11,000,000 bales —approximately 30 per cent…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 3

Wool sales were hold, yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8457 bales, and the sales…

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Wheat Trade Little Doing in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 3

There was practically no wheat offering in parcels in Sydney yesterday, Holders were not pressing. On the other hand millers and shippers…

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Pastoral. Pasture Improvement. Autumn Suitable Sowing Time for Many Grasses

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 8

Tanners interacted in the question of pasture improvement are reminded, that the most suitable time for the sowing of the majority of pasture…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 8

These notes are Issued every week, by direction of the Hon. the Minister Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land not referred to in these notes at the time, a query addressed to the…

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Wool Auctions Healthier Tone, Competition Widening

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 5

The secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports:— On the 6th. February we offered over 7000 bales, representative of a wide…

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The Wheat Position Minister for Agriculture Questioned

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly Mr Wearne questioned the. Minister for Agriculture (Mr Thorby) regarding the wheat position…

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Wool Scheme Approved Decline in Russian Operations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Yorkshire interests have registered their approval of the Melbourne Conference's decision to extend the…

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