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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 136

Pastoral Lucerne. Cultivation and Top-dressing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 6

Whether lucerne is grown for cutting of for grazing an annual cultivation at least is necessary, the first in the late winter (July or…

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Wheat Prospects WASHINGTON, July 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 1

The Department of Agriculture announced to-day that the present world wheat prospects, and the indication…

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Hoop Pine Use for Butter Boxes Test to Be Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 5

The central executive of the P.P. Union has again been in close touch with the Council for Scientific and industrial Research, through the…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 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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Dairying Milk Insurance. Feeding the Dry Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 6

"Milk insurance? Probably you have not heard it called that, but feeding a dry cow is insurance nothing else. I have often had…

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Cattle Judging Lecture to Junior Farmers

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 July 1931 · page 2

There was a good attendance of junior farmers and others at the residence of Mr B. Lambert, Kirkton, to hear a lecture on cattle judging by Mr…

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Wool Fibres Industrial Research

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1931 · page 6

The Minister for Markets, Mr. Parker Moloney, announces that he had received advice that the Animal Fibres Committee of the…

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Farmer Dies Struck by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1931 · page 2

Mr. Peter Senders (32), farmer, of Jarvisfield Ayr (Q), was struck by a motor car when he was riding his bleyole home early this morning. He…

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News in Brief Dunmore Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1931 · page 4

A meeting of Dunmore farmers will be held in the Large School of Arts to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 7.30. The business is important…

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Kurrajong Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 4

Wattles like shale, and as they get plenty at Kurrajong, the graceful and useful green and black varieties of the widely distributed acacia family…

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Bleaching Our Wool. Important New Process. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 4

Australian wool has been proved to give the best results for a new process of bleaching white materials of all types, ranging from flannels to dainty…

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Wheat Marketing Bill. May Be Shelved. Result of Growers' Ballot. Canberra

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 2

The voting going with the proposal was:—For, 7277; against, 9789; majority against, 2512. When the vote was taken some nine…

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Singleton Dairymen. Won't Join Combine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 4

Singleton milk suppliers unanimously agreed at a meeting that the organisation known as the Country Milk Suppliers' Association, is not of the…

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Sale of Dairy Cows

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 4

On Thursday next, at 1230, Mr. J. Enright, the well-known Maitland auctioneer and cattle salesman (in conjunction with Grainger end…

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Export Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 6

During the week ended July 18, the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney for export 7502 boxes of butter, of which 7145 were…

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London Wool Sales (Australian Press Assn Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 6176 bales were offored. There was a moderate selection of all descriptions, and all sections competed freely at full late…

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Keen Demand London Wool Sales Prices Maintained. London, July 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 1

At the wool sales, 6145 bales were offered, including 1919 New Zealand, 1189 Queensland, 1918. Now South Wales, 750 Victoria, 44 South…

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Potato Culture Meeting of Council Crop Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 6

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Potato Growers' Council was held at the offices of the Primary Producers' Union, in Sydney…

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Milk Suppliers' Defence Union Important Meeting at Maitland Dairymen Discuss Position

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 2

Conditions in the dairying industry were discussed at a meeting of Northern milk suppliers held in the West Maitland Town Hall yesterday. Mr H. G. Ralston, President of the Milk Suppliers' Defence…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 4

Merssrs. prescott Ltd. report under date 18th July, 1931,: —Sydney :—Production continues to steadily fall off and there is every…

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