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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 4

Messrs. Prescott Ltd. report under date 20th December, 1930:— Sydney:—Although some welcome rain, has been experienced on the South Coast…

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London Butter and Egg Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

London butter market had quite a spirit of activity during the three business days of this week, and prices firmed a shilling or two all round. One factor contributing…

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Vic. Wheat Bright Outlook Heavy Loadings Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 1

The Manager of the Victorian Wheat-growers' Corporation (Mr. C. Judd) said yesterday that the Victorian Wheat Pool had…

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New Year Roysterers Light Bonfires in City Streets Trade Treaty Price of Butter Minimum Rate Vancouver, Dec. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 1

In three sittings yesterday, the Cabinet made extensive progress in the consideration of items in the tariff…

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Dairymen Need Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 6

Mr. Arthur Griffiths drove a motor lorry through the two remaining miles of brush country which comprises the uncompleted part of the…

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Barrington Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 6

Mr. H, A, Corduroy, of Comboyne,has purchased Mr. E.G. Moore's farm at Barrington and has established a high-class Guernsey stud…

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Dairy Registration

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

A Proclamation in the Government Gazette on Friday last states that no dairyman shall carry on business as a dairyman or milk vendor unless he is authorised…

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Sheep Skin Tax

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

Protests against the sheep skin tax are pouring into the Federal Government. It is estimated that the tax will cost the sheep and wool industry…

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Full Grain Elevators Wheat Farmers Alarmed

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Publication of the statement by the Wheat Commissioner and manager of the Government grain elevators that no further deliveries…

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Wheat Shipment Minister's Hope Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

As the result of negotiations between the Department of Agriculture and several big wheat firms, it is hoped that several…

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Pastoral a Country Lead. Reduction of All Costs. Meetings in the New Year

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

Good progress is being made with "The Restoration of Industry" movement which was launched in Sydney recently under the auspices of the…

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Wheat Trade ii State of Chaos Ship Chartering Stops

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Chaos exists in the wheat export business. Shippers assert that, because of uncertainty regarding their responsibility under the Wheat Advances Act, they are making no attempt to engage new full cargo space, whilst numbers of parcel bookings have been cancelled…

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Wheat Glut. Harvest Problem. Elevators Full. Country Truck Storage Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

Commenting on the serious position which has arisen with regard to the wheat harvest as a result of the terminal elevators being almost full, Mr…

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Year's Rain Meant Profit and Loss to Man on Land Heavy Floods Wheat Damaged, Too Interesting Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

Rain can mean either prosperity or loss to the man on the land. It all depends on how and when, and in what…

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Financial Should Win at Warwick Farm To-morrow Valmond Will Run Well in Maiden Gesto Tipped For January Hcp. Compodonico Over a Mile

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

It is quite safe to say that many racegoers who formerly made the trip to the Liverpool track, will be absentees tomorrow. Attendances are on the down grade and the future of the out of town courses are in jeopardy. The Maiden and…

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Pastoral Sheep Blow-fly. Treatment of Affected Animals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

The requirements in a satisfactory dressing for fly-blown sheep are so various that the devising of such a dressing is still a problem, but the…

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Pastoral Workers No Politicians for Union

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

At the first annual conference of the Pastoral Workers' Industrial Union, an organisation which is not recognidse by the Australian Workers'…

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Butter Prices Change on Monday SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 1

An advance of another [?] a [?] will be made in the price of butter in Sussex Street Monday, when all agents will charge 1/3 per 1b for the…

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Pastoral and Agriculture Advice for the Man on the Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

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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Wool in Britain Six Hundredth Anniversary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

During May next year, Bradford. the great woollen trade city of England, will celebrate the six hundred[?] anniversary of the introduction of…

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