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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 136

The "King of Fodders" Western Farmers Grow Lucerne Carrying Capacity Greatly Increased

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

Owing to the low price of wheat and the depressed market for wool, increasing numbers of farmers in the central-west arc turning their…

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Butter Price Increase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

Butter prices were increased on Saturday to 161/2 a cwt. for choicest. The increase is the fifth in three weeks. The price, however, is still…

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Stud Cattle in Pictures

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

"Country Life" had a very fine illustration of some of Mr. Theo. M. Hooke's well-bred Australian beef cattle, which graze at the station at…

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"Pax" Butter. Top Price in London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

Last week The Muswellbrook Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., received cable advice that 616 boxes of "Pax" butter shipped by the "Barrabool" and "Oronsay"…

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Pastoral Industry. Country Leads the Way! "War" on All Costs. Great Meetings Hearten the State

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

Everybody is talking about the country meetings organised through the Producers' Advisory Council and its country allies for the restoration of…

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No Credit Threat to Farmers Lang Caustic Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

Asserting that certain country storekeepers had combined either to embarrass the government or to try and injure the…

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Dunn Curt Snub to Bavin Farmers' Loan Sidney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Bavin asked Mr. Dunn whether he was correctly reported as having said that…

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Dairy Registration

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 6

All milk vendors situated in the Cessnock district, who are not supplying milk through butter factories for transport to the Metropolitan…

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Wool Sales No Material Change

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,624 bales, and the…

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Wool Control Suggested Board MOREE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

Considerable interest has been aroused locally by the suggestion of an accountant for the formation of a board of control to take over the…

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

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 2

At the wool sales 8815 bales were offered, of which 7930 were sold. There was a good offering of greasy merinos from West Australia, also…

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Pistol at Heads Farm Machinery Firms Plight of Man on Land

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr Kilpatrick asked the Premier if the Government proposed, through the Rural Industries Board, to extend credit to necessitous farmers. Mr Lang said he had discussed the…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Messrs. Prescott, Ltd. report under date 24th January, 1931:— Sydney.:—Unfortunately very dry weather continues on the far Northern…

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Wool Sales Fine Merino in Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

Wool salon were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,588 bales, and the sales,…

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INVALID! The Wheat Bill New Measure Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

During the discussion of the Marketing Bill in the Legislative Assembly this morning, the Minister for Agriculture intimated that the Bill…

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LOCHINVAR Agricultural Bureau Poultry Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 8

At a meeting of the Agricultural Bureau, presided over by Mr. R. Baker, it was decided to keen in touch with the serious…

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Co-operative Dairying in New Zealand

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Stoning, who recently reported on dairying in New Zealand, forth P. D. S. says:— When one quotes co-operative…

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Poultry Farmers Alarmed

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

A meeting of 50 poultry farmers held at Warnervale, representing the Wyong and Ourimbah districts, resolved unanimously to express great alarm at the latest…

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Plight of Primary Producers. Tragic Position of Wheat Farmers—Dairy Industry Holds Its Own. an Interesting Review

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

The following paper by Mr. W. P. Dunlop, General Secretary of the Primary Producers' Union was read at the annual meeting of the…

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Port Macquarie Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

More than 100 were present at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Hastings District Dairy Company, to discuss the…

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