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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 135

Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 5

Quiet business was transacted, at Alexandria, without quotable variation in values, In the forage section demand was firm, and most…

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The Man on the Land Agricultural the Potato Crop. Important of Field Selection of Seed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 5

It is now generally recognised, writes the special departmental instructor particularly concerned with Vegetables production, that…

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Miscellaneous. Trees on the Farm. Time Now for Planting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 5

Trees' play an important part in the economy of farm and pastoral management, points. out a departmental writer, and it is only by…

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Stock Diseases. Precautions at Shearing. Licks for Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 2

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon (Mr. Max Henry), in his latest report on the health or stock in New South Wales, draws attention to some very…

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Big Wool Cargo. for Japanese Ports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 3

At present at Sydney, loading wool the O.S.K. motor ship Melbourne Maru will be taking what is considered a record cargo of wool for a Japanese…

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Pastoral Rail and Motor Increased Powers for Commissioners Important to Graziers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 3

As a result of legislation now going through the State Parliament those graziers who go on using motor transport in competition with the railways…

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The Cost of Wool. Its Influence on Fabrics

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reports:— Cheaper wool has been available for manufacturers this year. Owing to the constant statements made…

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Ambitious Scheme. Western Australian Farms. Cabinet Decision Awaited

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 8

The fate of one of the most ambitious schemes of land settlement ever formulated in Australia depends on a decision of the Western Australian…

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Dairy Science

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 5

In furtherance of the policy of making available facilities for instruction amongst dairy factory employees, the Director of Dairying has…

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Angora Goats. Farm of 4000 Acres. American's Project

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 4

A 4000-acre goat farm, stocked with 1000 imported Angoras, is the ambitious project of an American skin and fur buyer…

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Pastoral Industry. Claim for Reduced Wages. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 3

When the application of the Graztors' Association for reduced wages in the pastoral industry was resumed in the Arbitration Court to-day. It…

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The Tariff. Cost to Pastoral Industry. Marked Increase. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. J. D. Brigden stated that the tariff was costing the pastoral industry in Australia 15 per cent…

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Wool Sales Keen Competition in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 3

The eighth series of wool sales opened in Brisbane on Tuesday, when the usual large attendance of buyers was [?]mented by the presence of…

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Seeking Variation of Pastoral Award Graziers' Application Part Heard. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 2

Evidence was continued in the Federal Arbitration Court, to-day in the application by the Graziers' Association, of New South Wales for a…

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Dairy Problems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 4

In view of the fact that the question of amalgamation is next week to be re-considered by the shareholders of the Raymond Terrace Dairy Co…

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Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 2

At the Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association Conference last week," the local dairy company secured first prize and D.V. Cup for 10…

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American Wheat. Winter Crop Prospects. New York, June 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 3

The United States Department of Agriculture at Washington has estimated the 1930 winter crop at 532,469,000 bushels, according to the…

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Pastoralists' Award Decline in Wool Values

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 2

In the course of his address in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in connection with the application by the Graziers' Association of New…

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Wool Sales Little Change in Melbourne Values

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 3

Wool sales were continued in Melbourne when three houses—the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Dalgetty and Co., and the…

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Wool Production Increase From Supplementary Feeding. Benefit of "Blood Meals." Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 3

Very promising results have recently been obtained by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in its work on the supplementary…

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