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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 135

Butter Blending and Grading

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 6

Under the heading "The Scandal of Butter Blending," a news bulletin of the Department of Markets of the Commonwealth informs us that…

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Cruelty to Sheep Drover Convicted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

Thomas Budd, a drover, was charged at the Burwood Police Court on Monday with having cruelly ill-treated a number of sheep…

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Newcastle As a Wool Selling Centre

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

From time to time there has been a studied attempt on the part of opponents to the establishment of wool sales at Newcastle to bolster up their…

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Wool Sales. Keen Competition in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 8

The 22nd series of the Sydney wool sales was begun on Tuesday. An average selection, totalling 10,919 bales were offered at auction, and…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

Trade was dull at Alexandria, and demand in all sections was poor. Forage realised late rates, with the exception of eaten chaff which was a…

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Dairy Company's Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 5

Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., reports that the butter market for May was 177/4 per owt., cheese averaged 11½d per lb…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 3

Sydney:—The heavy flood on the Hunter, Manning and Hastings Rivers will curtail supplies and the output from these districts will be seriously checked until the…

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Commercial. Wool Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd, report: We opened the week's sales by submitting a catalogue of 5,277 bales. The offering was made up mainly of…

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Butter Trade. Examinations for Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 3

During the week ended June 21 the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney for export 961 boxes of butter, comprising 811 salted and…

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Wool Sales. Values Maintained in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9475 bales, and the sales…

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Seed for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 5

Many representations were made to Mr. O'Hearn to-day in connection with the question of supplying seed to farmers free of interest…

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Dairy Standard. Move for Unity. P.p.u. Executive's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 6

The executive of the Primary Producers' Union yesterday decided to press for the appointment of a Commonwealth standardising officer for…

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Flood Damage in the Maitland District. Work of Restoration. Assistance to Farmers. Ministers' Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 8

The State Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Stevens, and the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H. C. V. Thorby, were shown the principal damage caused by the floods in the Municipalities of East Maitland and Morpeth, and in Tarro Shire on…

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P. D. S. Column Dairy Conference

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 4

The Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Waes completed a very successful conference. Just before its close a matter of some…

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Lemon Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 8

3 lemons, 3 eggs, lib. sugar, 1 teaspoon butter. Mix the juice and the grated rind of the lemons. Beat all the…

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Butter Stabilisation Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 5

Mr. Jones (Ind.) usked, in the House of Representatives, if there was any justification for the suggestion that the Government intended abolishing the…

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Pastoral Some Amazing Figures Why Costs Must Be Reduced Consider Pastoral Returns

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 7

Significant figures showing returns on capital invested' in tine pastoral industry were submitted to the Arbitration Count during the recent…

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Great Britain's Butter Imports

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

The British Ministry of Agriculture states that the arrivals of butter during the first three months of this year were slightly larger than in the same…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report 26th June: Our closing sale of the season on Tuesday last, when we offered 4438 bales, was characterised by unabated…

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Sheep Jetting. Septic Conditions Prevented

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 9

Vacdip, a preparation that will afford great relief to sheep is being jused extensively for jetting. This wellknown sheep clip is one of the quality…

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