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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,699 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 135

Trampled by Horse. Farmer Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 8

Suffering from a fractured skull, fractured ribs, and severe abrusions to the face and body, Michael Joseph Glbhons, 30, farmer, of Apanic…

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Junior Farmer Clubs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 6

Mr. E. E. Breakwell, B.Cc., organiser of school agriculture, states that the Junior Farmer Club movement on the North Coast has received a…

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The Pastoral Situation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

From the seasonal point of view Queensland's pastoral areas are safe until the end of December, before which the usual "spring thunderstorms…

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Super Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 1

Do you think that Dr. Serge Voronoff will succeed In breeding a race of super sheep that will revolutionise the wool industry in the world?…

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Brazen Cattle Thief

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 4

In the Inverell Police Court last week, Mr. J. E. MeCulloch, P.M., sentenced Clifford Stanley Mason, on remand, to two years' hard labour on six…

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Pastoral Country Overstocked Serious Position in West Australia. 100,000 Sheep May Have to Be Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 6

Pastoralists in West Australia consider that the low prices for sheep now obtainable at the Midland Junction saleyards necessitate the destruction of…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— Judging by reports shearing is proceeding satisfactorily, and, providing…

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State Wheat Pool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 7

In view of the rejection by the Federal Senate of fhe Wheat Marketing Bill, steps are being taken by the New South Wales and Victorian…

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Had Taken the Wrong Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 4

Mason said, "Good — I must have made a mistake and taken the wrong cattle." Witness then said, "Well you had better put them back…

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Surplus Sheep. Proposed Destruction in West Australia

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 2

West Australian pastoralists consider that the low prices for sheep now obtainable at the Midland Junction saleyards necessitate the…

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Political Letter. Wheat Pool. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

It is reported as almost certain that a compulsory wheat pool will be established as a result of the ballot to be conducted among farmers this month,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 6

These notes are issued every week, by direction of the Hon. the Minister a 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-classer's Tragic End. Supposed Suicide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 4

Harry Harwin, a wool-classer, was found yesterday morning hanging a rope attached to his neck from a rafter in the Brindley Park…

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Newcastle Wool Sales and Port Stephens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 4

The wool interests of the North have been holding a corroboree up at Inverell, and there are signs and tokens that Newcastle's propaganda…

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Good Rains. Wheat Belt Benefits. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

Good rains were recorded over part of the wheat hot yesterday, particularly Southern Riverina, where the falls in some places exceeded…

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Body on a Rope. Wool-calsser's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

The dead body of Harry George Harwin, a young wool classer, as found on Thursday morning having by a rope to a rafter at Brindly park…

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Better Service to Dairy Farmers New Appointments of Inspectors

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

"More officials, more inspection and overlapping!" The farmer's tone indicated his impatience with officialdom…

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N.Z. Butter. Won Canadian Elections. Conservative Dumping Campaign, Vancourver, Aug. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

The Liberal election manager is in vestigating the reports that New Zealand butter was used in farming sections to influence the vote in…

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Popular Science Series Voronoff and the Sheep. Gland Grafting Experiments Conclude this Year

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 6

The subject of gland grafting has excited a good deal of interest during the last few years, and the claims made by Dr. Serge Voronoff have had a very…

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Wheat Cargoes Advance Prices Maintained. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 6

Wheat cargoes advanced 1/ to 1/6 per quarter to-day, owing to strong American advices. Wednesday's increased prices were…

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