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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 136

To Fall Again Price of Butter SYDNEY

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

The New South Wales Stabilisation Committee has decided to reduce the wholesale price of butter by /0½ per lb. The decrease, which…

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FINED £20 Cattle Stealing Butcher's Lapse Kurri Kurri

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

Francis Partington was charged at Kurri Kurri Police Court, with stealing three head of cattle, the properly of Walter Draper, miner…

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Wool Sales Good Competition LONDON, March 24

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

At the wool sales 10,266 bales were offered, of which apr[?]mately 87 [?] per cent were sold. There was a large offering of…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

There soles 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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Dairy Farmers The Arbitration Bill Fears Expressed

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

A deputation from LoutH Park, Dug worth and Aberglasslyn, waited on Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., regarding certain clauses in the Arbitration and…

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Wheat Collapse Chicago Quotations Lowest Since 1695 CHICAGO, March 23

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

Wheat quotations dropped to the lowest level since 1895 to-day, sagging 11 tents a bushel on 1931 crop options, following the announcement…

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Singleton Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 3

Good to prime cattle made late rates at Homebush last Thursday, but values for other classes wore weaker. Good to prime beef sold from 30/- to…

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Homebush Stock Sales Cattle Market Unchanged. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 2

Cattle—2600 yarded, and the market was unchanged. Bullocks realised from £7 to £14, and cows from £5 to £7. Best beef worth 38/ per 100 1bs, good…

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Dairy Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

Not at any time in the it history has our show been so largely represented and competition so good as it was at this show, in the dairy…

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Wheat for Cows. Dairymen can Help Wheat-growers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 6

The present position of wheat-growers is an unenviable and, perhaps, unprecedented one. Millions of bushels of last year's bumper harvest…

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Butter Fat Test

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

Five cows were entered for the cow producing the greatest quantity of commercial butter in 24 hours, these being two milking shorthorns…

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Butter Down Again

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 3

Butter was reduced by ½d. per lb. yesterday. This was the third reduction within a fortnight…

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Beef and Fat Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

With the exceptions of Devons and Black Polls, in the beef section there was practically nothing doing. One Shorthorn and three or four…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co., Ltd., report 26th March: This company submitted its final catalogue prior to the Easter recess on Wednesday, 25th…

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Gloucester Show. 21st Annual Exhibition Good Attendance Record Showing of Dairy Stock and Ring Events

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

The twenty-first annual exhibition of the Gloucester A. H. & P. Association was held on Wednesday and Thursday last…

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Farm Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

Plenty of room on the benches was to be seen, though in general the quality of exhibits was up to previous years. The season has been…

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Trees on the Farm. True Value not Recognised

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 3

It is remarkable that, in a country so richly endowed with such a wealth of tree vegetation, there is such a lack of interest on the part of its…

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£20,000,000 LESS Income from Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 2

The decided reduction in the value of the wool production of New South Wales is disclosed Government…

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Boot Uppers Uses for Wool New Discoveries k LIEGE, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 1

The Wool Industries Research Association's endeavours to find new uses for wool have resulted in two…

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