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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 135

Cattle for Japan. a Trial Shipment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 3

A Japanese cattle buyer is at Darwin arranging for a trial shipment of 600 head to Japan. It is stated that if the trial shipment is…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 3

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Ltd. report having conducted a special sale of store cattle at the Shire yards on Friday last; 25th inst. There were…

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Dairy Science School Session at Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 3

A Dairy Science School was opened at Wingham at the week-end at the Memorial Town Hall. The officials connected with the…

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Export Butter. Steps to Improve Quality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 6

The Minister for Markets (Mr Parker Moloney) has stated that for some time he had been satisfied that the best way to endeavor to remove all…

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Northern Wheat. Increased Area Sown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 6

In the shires of Barraba, Cockburn, Peel, Mandowa, Tamarang, Nundle and Warrah, which are comprised in the northern district, Mr. M. H…

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Pastoral Notes "Facts Do Not Vanish." Shearing Kate and the Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 3

Mr. D. J. Gilligan Editor of the "Country Life," writes:— Those shearers who are dissatisfied with the new shearing rate are…

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Pastoral Industry. "Facts Do Not Vanish." Shearing Rate and the Industry. Matter of Economics

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 6

Those shearers who are dissatisfied with the new shearing rate are blinding themselves to the hard, cold economic facts. In 1924-25 the value of the…

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Wool Industry. London Complaint. Commonwealth Government Attacked. London, July 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 4

At a meeting of the Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, Ltd., the Chairman, Mr. Andrew Williamson, said the wool industry was…

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Sorghums. Plans for Improvement. Experiment Farm Trials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 2

The varieties of fodder sorghum chiefly grown in New South Wales are taken as the standard varieties on which it is hoped to effect…

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P.D.S. Column Dairy Produce Control Board

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 6

Last week the annual meeting of the Dairy Produce Control Board was held in Sydney, Mr. T. F. Plunkett (Queensland) was…

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New Zealand Dairying Progress

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 6

A statement recently prepared by Mr. E. J. Fawcett, Economic Adviser to the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, shows the splendid advancement the dairying…

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Manuring of Tomatoes Production of Profitable Crops

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 5

Growers of earliest tomato crops (apart from glasshouse production) will in most cases now have their plants well on the way, and may ba…

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Sales of Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 8

Any change in values for cattle [?] Homebush on Monday was in owners' favour. Good to prime beef sold from 40/ to 45/ per 100 lbs, good to prime…

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Wool Auctions. New Series in September

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 7

Pitt Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report:— The active selling season, having concluded—the recent Brisbane…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 8

Trade was featureless at Alexandria. Buyers were few and hesitant. Demand for most lines was poor. In the forage section, choice incerne…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 4

Messrs. Prescott Ltd. report under date 26th July, 1930, regarding the butter market:— Sydney:—The mild weather in the…

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Outbreak of Pleuro Pneumonia in Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 6

The Inspector of Stock, Maitland (Mr. D. MacPherson) in forms us that an outbreak of pleuro pneumonia has occurred in dairy stock near…

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Wool Sales at NEWCASTLE

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 4

Graziers of the north west are complaining that Newcastle has not yet been established as a wool selling centre. Mr. Buttenshaw, the Acting Premier…

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P. D. S. Column Dairy Produce Control Board

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 4

Last week the annual meeting of the Dairy Produce Control Board was hold in Sydney. Mx. T. F. Plunkett (Queens-land), was unanimously elected chairman…

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The 1929-30 Wheat Crop. Extracts From Government Statistician's Figures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 6

The returns of the Government Statistician with respect to the New South Wales wheat harvest for the season 1929-30, the details of which…

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