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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 135

Record Prices Hawkesbury River Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 4

Record prices for the Hawkesbury district were obtained for two historic farms, for over 100 years the property of the Fitzgerald family, which…

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Farm-made Lime-sulphur an Opportunity for Economy

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 4

The advantage of making for themselves the lime-sulphur solution used for spraying is pointed out to members in one of the circulars issued from…

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The Upper Hunter Again. PROPERTY, 8000 Acres; Stock, 900 CATTLE, 9000 SHEEP

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 5

Having sung the great possibilities of the Upper Hunter, claiming for it the distinction of being one of the garden districts of the State, figures…

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Canadian Butter Imports

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

Though there has developed a more favourable view towards the trade agreement with Australia amongst those engaged in the…

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Singleton Special Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd. report having conducted a special sale of store cattle on Friday last, 21st inst., when about" 1000 head were yarded,…

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Butter Factory Managers' Associations

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

The Annual Conference of the New South, Wales Co-operative Butter Factory Managers and Secretaries Association will be held in…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

An average selection totalling 8,963 bales was offered at the Sydney wool sales on Monday. Of this number 7,849 bales were sold at auction and an…

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Wool Sales. Late Rates Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Woll Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8963 hales, and the…

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Pastoral Industry. Graziers' Annual Conference Record Business Paper. Wool Is the Big Subject! (Written specially for "The Muswellbrook Chronicle" by D. J. Gilligan, Editor "Country Life.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

Over one hundred delegates will face a record business paper when the annual conferencc of the Graziers' Association opens in Sydney on April 7…

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Reduced Bank Rate. Effect on Wool Market. Optimism at Bradford. London, March 21st

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 1

The Bradford representative of the Australian Press Association says:— It is believed that the reduction of the Bank of England rate to 3½ per cent,…

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Grim Drought a Station Manager's Experiences. Tales of the Queensland Outback. 20,000 Sheep of One Mob Die Overnight

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

What do we of the closely settled parts know of the grim fight waged in the recurring droughts in the Queensland outback ?…

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Commercial. Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

Conditions continued generally quiet at Alexandria yesterday, Buyers were few and cautious, prices showing a decline from those of…

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Call to the Farmers of Australia

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

Almost pathetic are the pleas now made for the country to come to the rescue and produce more. Never before has it been apparent to…

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The Farm Vegetable Patch Values of Different Animal Manures

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 1

Of animal manures, each has its particular utility but availability is a big consideration, and use must be made of whatever kind is handy…

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Pokolbin Farmer Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Mr. G. Ekert, the well known wine grower and farmer of Pokolbin, met with a serious accident while coming in to the Cessnock…

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Wool Sales. Continental Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-st., when the quantity catalogues totalled 8548 bales, and the sales…

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The Wheat Pool Practical Scheme Proposed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 4

A conference took place between the Prime Minister (Mr, J.H. Scullin) and the Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank (Sir Robert Gibson) on Monday…

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Wheat Pool. Conflicting Statements. Mr. Latham's Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 5

In the House of Representatives the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Latham) moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the financial…

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Blended Butter Bill in Commons. Consumers Misled. London, March 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 5

Mr. Oswald Lewis's Blended Butter Bill passed its first reading in the House of Commons. The principal provision is the…

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Australian Butter Exhibition in London. Great Improvement in Quality. London, March 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 5

Mr. Fenton, Australian Minister for Customs, in a speech at an exhibition of Australian butter at Tooley street, hoped the time would…

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