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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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P.d.s. Column. South African Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 4

Reference has previously been made in this column to the visit of al group of 18 South Africans to Australia and New Zealand on an…

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Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 5

Supplies were light at Alexandria yesterday, but the market for produce showed little alteration. A choice line of oaten chaff sold slightly in…

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Dairying. When Pasture Fails. a Remember Regarding Winter Fodders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 5

No artificial food can compete in cheapness with natural gross, but to rely entirely on pasture is to fail in obtaining the principal advantages…

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Singleton Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 3

Firm values were recorded at Thursday's Homobush cattle auctions. Only limited supplies are showing for coming sales. Mr H. M. Bailey,…

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Commercial Singleton, Markets. Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 4

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Ltd. report having conducted a special store cattle sale at the Shire yards on Friday last. About 1200 head were,…

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N. Z. Sheep Stealing Carried Off in Motor Lorries

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 4

Two hundred fat Romney lambs, Which were sccurely paddocked on a farm in the Manawatu district last Wednesday, mysteriously disappeared…

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Mr Fenton Inflow of Capital for Australia. Improving Our Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

Lord Luke, Lord Forster, Lord Stanley, and other distinguished men gave a luncheon party to Mr Fenton, when disucssion centred mainly on the…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing P.m. Gives Defendant Benefit of Doubt

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

At the Denman Police Court on Thursday, before Mr W. Geikie, P.M., A. E. V. Ekert, who was represented by Mr Dunlop (of Messrs. A. B. Shaw…

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Cloud Burst at Orange Fruit Crop Suffers From Hail

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

A cloud burst over Canoblas, a fruitgrowing district, on Thursday, relieved the water shortage at Orange, and hail did considerable damage to the grape…

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Pastoral Industry. Wool and the Future. New Policy of Control. Matter of Increased Consumption

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 6

Reduced offerings in Australian wool auction markets, as arranged by the joint conference of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council and the National…

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Merriwa Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 8

Mr. Alfred M. Jennings's Kruilava clip from Merriwa was among the offerings at Winchcombe. Carson's Sydney auctions last Thursday. The…

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Muswellbrook Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 7

Offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney wool auctions on Thursday included St. Hellers clip from Mr. J. M. Campbell, Muswellbrook. The…

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Co-operative Wheat Trading

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 1

The Canadian Wheat Pool offers a very fine example of the success ot co-operation when bucked by the solid support of producers. During…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 7

An average selection, comprising 9195 bales, was offered at the wool sales on Monday, Of this number 8443 were sold while private sales…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. P.M. Gives Defendant Benefit of Doubt

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 2

At the Denman Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. W. Geikio, P.M., A. E. V. Ekert, who was represented by Mr. Dunlop (of Messrs. A. B. Shaw…

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Wheat Industry Proposed Compulsory Pool. Serious Overlapping. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 5

A message from Canberra states that when the conference of State Ministers of Agriculture and representatives of the wheat…

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Telegraphic News Wheat Industry. Important Conference and Decisions Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 2

Evidence produced by the Crown failed to connect the defendant Mendelson with the conspiracy charge against the eight men associated with…

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Farm Hand Injured. Workers Compensation Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 8

Application was made to the Workers' Compensation Commission, by Richard Joseph Hunter, of Worondi, via Denman, farm hand, for an…

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Sound Footing. the Dairy Industry. View of Director of Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 2

"Dairying has greater possibilities than any other industry," said the director of dairying (Mr. L. T. MacInnes), addressing a large gathering…

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Gored by Bull. Dairyman Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 3

James Guest, 97, a dairyman, was seriously injured when gored by a bull while taking a short cut through a nelghbour's property. Gucat would…

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