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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 136

Wool Auctions. Closing Sales Next Season's Roster

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Coy. reports:— The season's final sales are now in progress, and will continue until May…

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Wool Auctions. Closing Sales. Next Season's Roster

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 8

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., reports:—The season's final sales are now in progress, and will continue until May…

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State-Wide "Wool Week." Popularising a National Industry

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

A "wool week" throughout New South Wales' will be held from May 10 to May 16. "All goods made, from Australian wool." will, be the keynote. The idea originated with Mr F. H…

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Lower Hunter Floods. Farms Inundated and Crops Ruined

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 6

Heavy rain on the watershed of the Hunter on Wednesday was responsible for a rapid rise in the river at night. It reached a…

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Electricity for Farms. Council Gives Way To Coal Company

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

At Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council it was decided to advise the Shire Council, that the former body did not intend to…

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Second Bathurst Conference. Selecting Dairy Representative Muswellbrook and Denman Meetings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 6

The Minister of Agriculture Hon. W. F. Dunn,(M.L.A.) announces that arrangements for the conference of producers and consumers to be held at…

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Farms Scheme Northern Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 7

Tho Queensland Government has been asked to consider whether a special oversea loan could be obtained to finance a scheme for the…

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Fodder Accounts Farmers' Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 3

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M. L. A., has brought before the Rural industries Board the position of farmers paying fodder accounts to the Department,…

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Denman Farmers' Move. Selling Pigs and Calves Locally

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 4

A public meeting of representative dairy fanners and others of Denman passed a resolution pledging themselves to support the local pig and calf…

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Butter Export Week's Gradings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 7

During the week ended April 18 the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney, for export 16,000 boxes of butter, consisting of 15,082 salted…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Advice for the Man on Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 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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Butter Market Competing with Aus. Russian Exports London, April 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 10

Although the consumptive demand for butter remains good, prices continue steadily to decline because importers and retailers alike do not…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 3

These [?]otes 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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Quick Work From Sheep to Sun a Challenge London, April 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 9

"Can Yorkshire wool manufacturers beat the record of a Bradford man, a migrant to America who in 1898 put halt-a-dozen sheep in the…

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Flood at Standstill River Falling Slowly Great Damage to Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 1

Flood waters to the south of Maitland rose during last night and entered a number of Houses, in the lower part of the town. Early in the night the water ran very quickly, into side streets, but after midnight the rise was scarcely perceptible, and for some…

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Dairying Intensive Grassland Management. Subdivision of Paddocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 6

In an article in the current "Agricultural Gazette" on intensive methods or grassland management the Agrostologist of the Department of…

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Farms Flooded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 1

Louth Park, Dagworth and Fishery Creek farmers will again be heavy losers as Fishery Creek overflowed its banks on Thursday, and…

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Profitable Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 12

For the month of March suppliers to the Musfellbrook Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., were paid £5379/1/5 pet. The quantity of butter…

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Dairying Winter Production Cheaply-made Rug for Dairy Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 3

When proper shelter is not provided for stock not only is their resistance to disease reduced, but (as pointed out in these notes last week)…

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Farmers to Meet Bathurst Conference Selecting Delegates

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 8

The conference of producers and consumers, which will open at Bathurst on Friday, May 12, is expected to continue until Friday, March 16…

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