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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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Purebreds. Butter Fat Tests. Reults for May

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 7

A Jersey, a Guernsey, and an Illawarra share the honours in the list of registered purebred cows whose tests of milk and butter fat…

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Lochend Farms. Water Rises in Eastern End of Town. Residents Leave Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 5

The water at Lochend continued to rise during the night, and this morning was approaching the level of the 1913 flood…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Ltd. Factory Report for May

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 3

Markets:— Butter 1/7 per lb, with a rise of ½d at the close of the month. Cheese 11½d per lb. Sydney milk 1/1 per gallon on rail Sydney…

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Dairying. Pure Milk. Examination of Cattle Disease

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

Of the dairy cattle diseases gazetted under the Pure Pood Act, only three (tuberculosis, actinomycosis, and cancer) also affect human beings, and…

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Local Sheep. Again Top the Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

Local sheep again topped the market at Flemington on Monday. Top price (26/4) was obtained for wethers forwarded by Mr. J. Telfer, "Grallion"…

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Pastoral Conditions in North Australia Many Insuperable Difficulties

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

According to the report of the North Australia Commission for the year 1929, tabled in tho House of Representatives on Friday, the State of…

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British Butter Imports. One-third From' Australia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 4

The British Board of Trade returns show that imports of butter to the United Kingdom from all sources for the year 1929 totalled…

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Cattle-Hungry. Effect of Rains in Queensland

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 7

How the rains of the week-end, following recent downpours in the west, have raised the hopes of western graziers for a good season is proved by…

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Pure Milk Examination of Cattle for Disease

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 4

Of the dairy cattle diseases gazetted under the Pure Food Act, only three (tuberculosis, actinomycosis, and cancer) also affect human beings, and as to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

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

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Lochend Farmers. "Not Going Back."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

"I am not going back there again," said a farmer from Lochend yesterday. afternoon after he had seen to what extent his farm had been flooded…

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Intermediate Orange Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

Owing to the irregular setting of, main crop oranges in coastal localities, it may be found during the next month or two that fruit is setting as a result…

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The Orchard. the Citrus Crop. Seasonable Notes for Growers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

In order that buyers might be attracted and the best returns' realised from citrus fruits (most varieties of which will "now. be maturing), proper…

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P.d.s. Column Dairy Conference

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

The Dairy Factory and Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales completed a very successful conference…

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The Singleton Argus FRIDAY, 20th JUNE, 1930. Local and General News Dairy Company's Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., states that the butter market for May was 177/4 cwt. Cheese averaged 11½d per lb, and city milk 1/1…

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P.d.s. Column. Dairy Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 6

The Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales completed a very successful conference…

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Sugar Crop. Yield in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

It is estimated that the sugarcane crop for the coming season will be 3,500,000 tons, about the same as last year, said the Director of the Sugar…

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Cattle Down High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 4

The cattle from the Maitland saleyards travelling to the Newcastle abattoirs to-day had to proceed by way of High-street, owing to the…

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Wool Season's Final Sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers' and Graziers' Co-operative Coy., reports on the sales held on the 17th June:— We offered 6200 bales from the New…

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The Governor Inspects State's Wool Clips

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 1

His Excellency, Sir Phillip Game, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., State Governor, paid an informal visit to the wool stores of the Farmers and Graziers'…

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