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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 135

Flood Relief Help for the Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 2

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A. visited Raymond Terrace, Miller's Forest, Morpeth, Swan Roach, Nelson's Plains and Eagleton at the last week…

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International Dairy Congress

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 6

All countries are invited to participate in a Congress to be held at Copenhagen, Denmark, under the auspices of the International Dairy…

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New Pastoral Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 4

In our comments last week upon the Federal Budget, proposals, referring to the imposition of the "sales tax" as the most startling…

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Wool Classing. Interesting Lecture. Mistakes to Be Avoided

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 2

At the Golden Fleece Exhibition at Muswellbrook, Mr. J. M. Coleman, of the Agricultural Department, delivered an interesting and…

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Wool Sales Prices Maintained. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 2

At the wool sales there was a limited supply of merinos, a splendid offering of slips, and a good supply of greasy scoured crossbreds…

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Finding a Market for Wheat A Serious Problem 1,000,000 Tons Must Be Sold

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 1

A serious problem confronts the wheat-producing States of Australia. To maintain the normal yearly carry-over of 12,000,000 bushels, 1,000,000 tons of wheat must be sold abroad before November 1. This huge quantity, roughly…

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Dunmore Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 4

A meeting of Dunmore farmers will be held in the Large School of Arts on Friday evening next, July 18, at 3 o'clock, when arrangements to…

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The Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 4

The fine weather of the past ton days has been greatly appreciated by farmers of the district, particularly those who escaped the flood or only…

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The Singleton Argus WEDNESDAY, 16th JULY, 1930. Local and General News Monthly Report of Dairy Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 2

Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., reports: The butter market for June was 182/- cwt. Cheese 11½d to 1/- per lb, and City milk 1/15…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 1

Messrs. Present Ltd, report under date 12th July, 1930, us follows:—Sydney:—Production is showing a steady decline, but unfortunately the local…

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Wheat Crop. the Varieties Sown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 2

The Government Statistician (Mr. Walias) has issued a statement showing the area cropped for grain and hay, with specified varieties of wheat…

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Prices Unchanged. London Wool Sales. London, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day, 7473 were offered, including 638 from New South Wales, 1058 Queensland, 180 Victorian, 407 Tasmanian,…

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Dairy Inspector Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 6

Mr. R. R. A. Faunce, dairy inspector in the Maitland District has been transferred to Newcastle, where he will act an inspector of stook on the…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 3

Consignments of most produce were light at Alexandria, but demand was poor, and agents round all lines difficult of disposal. In the forage…

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Denman. Dairy Factory Return

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 5

The Denman Dairy Company during June Manufactured 45,026lbs of choicest and 2407lbs of second-grade butter, a decrease of 13,903…

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The Raymond Terrace Dairy Co

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 1

FACTORY REPORT FOR JUNE Markets:—Butter 1/7½ per lb. Cheese 11½d per lb. Sydney milk 1/L per gallon on rail Sydney…

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World's Biggest. Wheat Farm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

A feature of the evening was the screening of several most instructive films. Of these, one strikingly depicted the extraordinary work being done…

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Cricket and Butter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 4

Something in the way of a valuable and unsolicited testimonial to Australian primary produce—and to Australian butter in particular—is…

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Record Butter Price

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 8

The Soviets are evidently making a hash of governing Russia, where almost every commodity is prohibitively high in price. Even at Moscow, which less…

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Wool Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 6

Special interest on the part of woolgrowers' attaches to the reports Mr. W. P. Devereux, overseas representative of the Australian Wool…

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