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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 136

Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

For the month of May the Aberdeen factory turned out a total of 115,639lb., for which suppliers received £5653 3s 11d, on the basis of 11 3/4d nett for…

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Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

The date of the next sale in the local yards has been definitely fixed for Friday, 12th inst., and the yarding of 150 head will constitute a record for…

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Wheat Poll. Are You Enrolled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 7

The poll on the question whether a Wheat Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales shall be constituted under the provisions of the…

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Record Butter Season. £20,000,000 Output. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

Addressing the annual Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Conference at the Showground to-day, Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the…

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For the Man on the Land Demand for Pastoral Products. Volume of Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 6

Though the world level of wool values has of late receded slightly, Australia has marketed a large clip and the limited quantities…

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DAIRYING. Commonsense in Buying. Dairying "Bargains" Not Always Cheap

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 6

"Nothing is cheap unless it is required," pointed out a departmental speaker at a recent gathering of dairy farmers. Unless one had…

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Poultry Farmers Finance Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 8

As the result of a conference with poultry farmers regarding their needs, Mr. Riddle, governor of the Commonwealth Bank, has agreed to provide…

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Record the Costs. The Need for Book-keeping in Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

Book-keeping is not a tank which finds much favour with the average farmer, but some method of cost-recording is as important to him as to…

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Commonsense in Buying. Dairying "Bargains" not Always Cheap

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

"Nothing is cheap unless it is required," pointed out a departmental speaker at a recent gathering of dairy farmers. Unless one had an express…

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Lymm Pure Dairy Salt

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 3

The high protective tariff, together with an additional one-third ad valorem increase in the landed cost through the present rate of exchange, has…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Advice for the Man on Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 6

These [?]otes are issued by the Department of Agriculture, under direction of the Minister, and based on experiments of the Department…

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Drought Fears Canadian Wheat Drying Winds Winnipeg, June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 1

The Wheat Pool to-day issued the April-May rain precipitation figures for Canada. Manitoba received 24 per cent of normal. Saskatchewan 23 per…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Dairy Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 3

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Ltd. report, having conducted a special dairy cattle sale on Friday last, 5th inst. There was' a good yarding but the…

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Letter to Editor "Nothing Like Wool" (To the Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 6

Sir,-Italians arriving in Australia frequently bring their most treasured household possessions. One of these is often a mattress, whose interior…

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Wool' Markets Review for the Week London Sales London, June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 6

The Australian Wool-growers' representative (Mr. Devereux) reports that without a desire to be otherwise than hopeful, and to take the…

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DROUGHT U.S.A. Wheat Grasshopper Plague St. Paul (U.s.), June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 1

Widespread drought conditions over Dakota and Montana are reported to-day, threatening the spring wheat crop…

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Farmers Accounts Repuest to Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., and Mr. A. Alberts, manager of Bowthorne Butter Factory, interviewed the Minister of Agriculture (Captain…

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Dairymen Dissatisfied Meeting. at Windsor. 1/1 Per Gallon Urged. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of district dairymen, at-.Windsor, .during the week-end, expressed disapproval of the Minister's attitude, and deplored the…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 4

The New England, North and North-West Producers' Co., Ltd., report 5th June:—There is little doing in the wool trade at the moment, and quite a…

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"Nothing Like Wool"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 6

Italians arriving in Australia frequently bring their most treasured household possessions. One of these is often a mattress, whose interior…

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