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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 136

Live Stock. Feeding of Farm Horses. The Value of Maize

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

It is noteworthy, points out the Director of Agriculture in a recent report, that the agricultural situation is reviving interest in horse-breeding…

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Aid for Farmers. Flour, Acquisition. Control of Bread Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

At the conclusion of Monday's Cabinet meeting the Premier (Mr. Lang) announced that the Government would bring down a Flour Acquisition Bill…

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Power Farming Agricultural Engineering As a Profession

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

One indelible impression remains on the mind as the result of an extensive tour throughout the wheat districts of New South Wales, and that is the keen…

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Barnardo Boy Not Paid Farmer Reprimanded

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

When Teddy Kavanagh, aged 18, a Barnardo boy, was charged at Worcestershire (Eng.) Quarter Sessions with stealing £4 from his employer, John…

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Latest in Dairying Super Milk From Merry-go-round

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

Fifty cows are batlied, dried and milked in twelve and a half minutes in an air-conditioned palace on the Walker-Gordon farms at Plainsboro, New…

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Cattle Killed By Lightning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

During the thunderstorm on Saturday night, a valuable Jersey bull calf, the property of Mr. H. H. Capper, was struck dead by lightning…

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Butter Exports For Seven Months

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

The total exports of butter from the Commonwealth to all countries from 1st July, 1930, to February 7, 1931, were 41,732 tons against…

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Pastoral Care of Lambing Ewes the Question of Feeding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 3

The need for devoting special attention to pregnant ewes can scarcely be over-emphasised, aud the sheep-owner should see that not only are…

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Butter Pays Wingham Co-op. Society WINGHAM

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 12

The Wingham Rural Co-operative Society manufactured 207,086 lbs of choicest butter for the month of January, and 23,732 lbs seconds, and paid…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Advice for the Man on Land Notes Written By Experts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 8

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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Pastoral and Agricultural for the Man on LaND Notes Written By Experts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 3

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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Live Stock Feeding of Farm Horses This Value of Maize

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 8

It is noteworthy, points out the Directer of Agriculture in a recent report, that the Agriculture situation is reviving interest in…

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DENMAN Dairy Co.'s Venture Modern Piggery Denman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 12

Faced with the problem of dealing with the butter milk the Denman Dairy Co. has emmarked upon, what is for them…

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Millet Crop Lighter Than Usual State Reports

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 5

At the final meeting of the executive of the Hunter River District Council of the Australian Broom Millet Growers' Association, the…

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Hunter Farmers Question of Relief Minister's Answer Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 4

In the legislative Assembly to-day Mr. O'Hearn asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he was prepared to give the…

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DENMAN Dairy Success DENMAN

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 10

The manager of the Denman Dairy Co., Ltd., has received advice that the awards in connection with the Newcastle Show in the butter…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: This Company brough forward a catalogue of 6798 bales on Thursday, the 26th…

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Dairy Industry Increase in Supplies Rain Helps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 7

Prescott, Ltd., report that pastures in the dairying areas have responded generously to the rain which fell during the early part of February…

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Pastoral. Land Tax Assessments

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 4

The points taken by the Department in reply to the request of the Graziers' Association for reduction in land tax are:—…

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Sheep Stealing From Trucks

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 4

Complaints are from time to time received by the Graziers' Association alleging the theft of sheep from railway vans. As a result of enquiries made…

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