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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 135

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Fob the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 6

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

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Wool Campaign. Meetnig of Australian Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 8

A meeting of the recently constituted Australian, Wool Campaign Committee was held in the Graziers' Association rooms, Sydney, at which…

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Fallowing Essential in the Wheat-geowing Routine

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 6

During the present year, farmers had put every available acre under wheat, and in view of the special circumstances this course was justified, but…

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Pastoral. Residual Value of Super. Phosphate. Top-dressing in the Southwest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 6

A recently-published pamphlet of the Department of Agriculture gives interesting details of comparative grazing trails on top-dressed pastures…

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Consider Pastoral Returns Some Amazing Figures Why Costs Must Be Reduced

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 6

Significant figures showing returns on capital invested in the pastoral Industry were submitted to the Arbitration Court during the…

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Australian Wool Campaign Result of Committee Meeting

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 1

A meeting of the recently constituted Australian Wool Campaign Coniniittee was held on Tuesday morning in the Graziers' Association rooms, at…

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Wool and Its Influence The Price Remedy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The one cause for satisfaction in the wool industry's fortune this season is the sale of the clip within the year…

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Primary Producers' Executive. Prestige of Kangaroo Brand Butter. Standardising Offices Sought

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 3

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

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Wool Hopes. What Lies Ahead? Leaders' Views. (Yesterday 's "Sun")

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 2

The prosperity of our great pastoral industry is so vital to the well-being of Australia that its future prospects are of the greatest importance. What…

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The Wool Industry Employers' Log of Claims, Pasties Fail to Agree

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 5

The claim that all existing awards and practices in the industry be determined and the minimum rates of pay for adults be fixed on an hourly…

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Smaller Wool Cheque. 8½ Millions Less Than Last Year. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 2

There will he decline of about £8,300,000 in the Now South Wales wool cheque for the 1929-30 season, compared with the previous season,…

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From Farm to Screen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 7

Fay Wray, one of the most popular featured actresses on the screen, was born on a wheat farm in Alberta, Canada, and never saw a motion picture…

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Notes of Interest. "Rabbit Farming."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 8

According to the stock inspector in the Bathurst district, "rabbit farm ing" is becoming quite prevalent near the old mining town of Oberon, where…

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For the Man on the Land Denman Farmers. Hear Some Sound Advice—Lecture on Pastures Improvement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 8

In the following report valuable advice is given to farmers in the Upper Hunter concerning the wonderful results achieved by the use of fertilisers. The lecture tells of what has been achieved in New Zealand by the judicious use of fertilisers and a process of rotational growing…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 3

Trade at Alexandra was featureless. In the forage section late rates were maintained for most commodities, but lucorne hay…

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Stick to Farms Mr. O'hearn, M.l.a., at Hinton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 2

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., yesterday spent the day in the Hinton-Morpeth districts, and met several deputations from the farmers of…

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Farm Tragedy. Young Man Convicted of Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 7

Alan Edward Austin, 31, who was charged in the Criminal Court, Perth, with having on June 6, wilfully murdered Walter Schweiger, at McGuire's…

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Dairying. Herd Testing Gulls. How the Industry Is Safeguarded

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 6

Referring to herd testing, a South Coast dairy-farmer recently remarked that it was all very well to find out what cows to cull, but how to got rid…

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Mr. Breakwell Visits Scone "The school farm is a revelation."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 2

The above was the one anil only remark passed by Mr. E. Breakwell, Supervisor of Agriculture of the State, when he visited Scone to-day, and…

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The Unorganised Farmer

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 3

In these days when all those with whom he has to deal are organising to protect their interests and increase their earning power, the primary…

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