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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 136

Dairying Calf-rearing Conditions. Precautions Against Outbreaks of White Scour

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

The conditions under which calves are penned and fed determine very largely the success with which calf-rearing is attended, and they play a…

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Junior Farmers Sydney Show and Hawkesbury College Visited. Interesting Impressions of Delegate

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

Mr R. Standee junr., of the Kirkton branch of the Junior Farmers' Club, who was the delegate from Singleton district at this…

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Fertilisers on the Farm Benefits Explained. Mr C. F. Beh's Experiences

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

Mr C. F. Beh, of Mitchell's Flat, in an address before the Hunter River and Lower North Coast Agricultural Bureau Conference,…

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Farmers and Income Tax Premier Suggests New Method. Pay As Earned

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Col. Bruxner asked the Premier whether' he was aware that a great many farmers, whose incomes annually…

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Cattle Weaker Homebush Sales Sheep Lower Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—Sheep: 32,000 penned, a fair proportion prime sheep and lambs, generally good. The market was a…

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Store Cattle Maitland Yards

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 7

J. Enright reports yarding upwards of 1200 cattle at Campbell's Hill on Tuesday. Steers and young cattle comprised a big proportion of…

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Empire Butter "Buy Election" LONDON, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 1

The Midland District Butter. "Buy-Election" competition resulted:-Empire, butter, 4821; Foreign 72…

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Wheat Price Strong Demand SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

Considerable interest is being manifested in the wheat market, which is showing the strongest upward tendency for some time…

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Wheat Stocks American Supplies WASHINGTON, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 1

The Agricultural Department announced on Friday that wheat stocks in country mills and elevators on April 1 totalled 71,208,000 bushels…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 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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Good Prices London Wool Sales LONDON, April 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 7

To-day at the London wool sales there was a good offering of 9604, Including 933 Queensland, 1235 New South Wales, 1138 Victorian, 1008…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 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 Wheat As Stock Feed How It May Be Used

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 6

Discussing the feeding of wheat to live stock, a question of considerable interest just now, an officer of the Stock Branch of the Department…

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ABANDONED Co-operative Dairying VANCOUVER, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 1

The University of British Columbia notifies the Empire Marketing Board that dairy herds, which were carried on co-operatively for three…

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Dairying Calf-rearing Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 6

The conditions under which calves are penned and fed determine very largely the success with, which calfrearing is attended, and they play a…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., reports: We offered a catalogue of 5491 bales, which comprised mostly autumn shorn wools, and a good deal of crutehings…

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Wheat Firm Steady Demand Flour Dearer Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

Wheat prices remained steady to-day, bulk lots commanding 2/9 1/2 a bushel, ex trucks Sydney. and bags, f.a.q. 2/11. very little…

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Price of Wheat Steady in Local Market Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 2

The price of wheat remains steady in the local market to-day, bulk lots commanding 2/9½ per bushel ex trucks Sydney, and bagged f.a.q. 2/11,very little…

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Butter Production. Record Consumption

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

The Director of Dairying (Mr. L. T. Machines) has furnished the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) with data concerning butter trading accounts…

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Improved Wheat Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 1

Late on Thursday afternoon 2/9 was paid for a parcel of bulk wheat, but on Friday, although the market was apparently firmer, it was quieter than…

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