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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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Farmers' Markets Alexandra Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Trade was not very brisk at Alexandria but prices were fairly steady. An extra-choice lot of eaten chaff brought higher rates than those rulling…

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Testing Dairy Herds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

Mr. King, an officer of the Department of Agriculture, is now in the district for the purpose of testing dairy herds from which milk is…

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The Farm Home. Have You Tried These? Some Attractive Prune Recipes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

Prunes can be used in a variety of forms. The following suggestions are taken from a collection of fifty attractive recipes, supplied by Miss A. E…

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Man on the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Advice. Notes by Experts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

These notes are issued by the Department of Agriculture, under direction of the Minister, and based on experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to…

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Tragedy on Farm Aged Couple Found Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

When two men called on business at a farm at Black Dog Creek, Norong, near Rutherglen (Vic.) on Friday, they discovered the bodles of…

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Migration Canadian Farmers' Stand. Vancouver, Jan 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 2

The United Farmers of Alberta, at their annual convention, at Galgary, opposed assisted immigration into Canada, supporting the stand taken…

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The Farm Home. Have You Tried These? Some Attractive Prune Recipes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

Prunes can be used in a variety of forms. The following suggestions are taken from a collection of fifty attractive recipes supplied by Miss A…

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From America. Butter Manufacturer's Visit. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. F. 0. Pessell, butter manufacturer, of Arcadia, Chio, who arrived in Sydney to-day, in continuation of a world tour, said that…

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Wool Slump. Bradford Proposals. Keep Offerings Down. London, Jan. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 8

Owing to the wool slump, there is a growing minority opinion at Bradford that overseas growers and selling brokers should withdraw a large…

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Aged Couple Found Shot Tragedy on Farm

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 3

When two men called on business at a farm at Black Dog Crock, Noreng, near Rutherglen (Vie.) on Friday, they discovered the bodies of Theodore,…

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Sheep Fly

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

The Stockowners' Association of South Australia is urging the Government to subsidise £ for £ a reward of £1000 to be offered by that…

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Pastoral Industry. Still the Wool Problem. What Can Be Done? Many Are Asking

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

"What can be done?" This is the question being asked by many woolgrowers. The position unforately gets no better and anxiety is…

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Railway Freights on Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

Representations have been made by the Graziers' Association to the Railway Commissioners, pointing out that the freight charges on greasy…

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Illegal Grazing of Cattle on State Forests

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

A case of interest to cattle and dairymen was heard at Nabiac on 17th inst. before Mr. Hardwick, P.M., when John Kennedy of…

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Wheat at Nanromine Record Planting Expected. Narromine

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

The rainfall for 24 hours was 340 points, and the sky is still overcast. Falls of over four inches have been recorded along the Macquarie River,…

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Pastoral Graziers on the Job for Better Marketing Meat and Other Matters

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

Matters discussed by the last meeting of the General Council of the Graziers Association are clear indication of the increased and increasing interest…

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Wool Industry. No Interference. Request of Mr. Scullin

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

Representatives of the graziers of the Commonwealth discussed the position of the pastoral industry on Saturday with the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin)…

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Five Times Robbed. Farmers' Co-operative Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

Five times during the past six months branches of the Eudunds (S.A.) Farmers' Co-operative Society have suffered losses through visits…

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The Oat Crop Importance of Good Seed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

As with all crops, observes a departmental publication, the first of the essential points in the sucessful growing of oats is the soio[?]tion of a good…

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Wheat Harvest. New South Wales Stocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 6

An estimate of the State Government Statistician just issued gives the New South Wales wheat harvest for the current season as 35,814,000…

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