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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Book on Dairying a Valuable Work Fund of Information

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 10

Unquestionably the greatest text-book on dairying in Australia is the one entitled "Australian Dairymen's Handbook," complied…

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Dairying to Get the Best From a Herd Intelligent Testing Necessary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

Addressing the recent North Coast conference of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. G. S. S[?]es, manager of Kempsey Butter Factory, drew…

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Homebush Stock Sales Cattle Market Steady. Sheep Unchanged Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 1

Cattle.-2l65 yarded, and the market was steady.Best beef worth 36/- per lOOlbs, good quality 30/-, medium 28/-, and inferior . 25/-. Bullocks…

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District Wool

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 4

An upward tendency was noticeable in values for good wools at last Thursday's Sydney auctions. Winchcombe, Carson's sales included Allan Ball,…

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London Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 4

The New England, North and Northwest Producers' Company Limited, Nowcastle, have received cabled advice from their London agents reporting the…

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Butter Supplies Rain on the Rivers Position Improves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

Prescott, Ltd., report.—The far Northern Rivers, which have for some time experienced very dry weather, have during the last few…

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Wheat Standard Fixed 59½ Lbs. Per Bushel. Quality Below Last Year. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met to-day and fixed the f.a.q. standard of wheat at 59½ lbs. per bushel…

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Collapse of Credit System Help to Farmers Withdrawn. Grave Developments Likely

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 1

Many farmers in New South Wales are facing a crisis. Their credit with country storekeepers ceased on Saturday, and they will…

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Maize Crop Prospects Conditions on the Hunter

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

An extract from the report prepared by the Director of Marketing from statements supplied by field officers of the Department of Agriculture…

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Cattle Section

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

Experts throughout the world are always advising that in the near future there will be a world shortage of beef. Cattle breeders throughout…

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Federal Government to Assist Wheat Farmers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

As a result of a special sitting of Cabinet yesterday, the Federal Government is completing a scheme for the allocation of £5,000,000 to the…

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London Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

The New England, North and Northwest Producers' Co., Ltd., Newcastle, have received cabled advice from their London agents reporting the wool…

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Prices Jump Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,642 bales, and the sales,…

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

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 3

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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Pastoral Industry. "Costs Must Be Reduced." a Slogan for Australia. Country Is Blazing the Track

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

No man can estimate the influence of a slogan. Get your slogan right, make it epitomise the feelings of a great many people, and it acts as a…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Prices Up 7 1/2 to 10 Per Cent

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

A bright feature of the market yesterday was the pronounced improvement in Continental demand, while operations on Bradford and Japanese…

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To Cease? Tax Payments. Molong Farmers' Important Motion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

A large meeting at Molong on Saturday carried a motion:— That failing the carrying out of the request of the Advisory Council…

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Milk Prices Dairymen Protest No Profit Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

Great dissatisfaction continues over the recent change in milk prices, introduced by the Milk Board, and a movement is now on foot to compel the Board to…

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"Not Enough" £5,000,000 for Farmers Desperate Plight Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

The secretary of the Producers, Advisory Council, Mr. C. Abbott, referring to the plight of the farmers to-day, said that even…

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Dairy Produce Section

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

During the past few years, each Show has brought an increase in entries for butter and other dairy factory products. Last year factories…

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