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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,711 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 136

Cropley Shield. Won By Taree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 5

Fifty-four players representing nine clubs took part in the annual competition for the Cropley Shield on the Taree golf links. The weather…

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The School Farm. a District Asset

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 1

The Scone District Rural School experimental farm, which comprises an area of over three acres on the southern portion of the old Recreation Reserve…

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Pastoral Maintenance Ration for Sheep. Triads at Trangie

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

No problem is of more vital interest to pastoralists than that of how to maintain their flocks most economically during the periodically…

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World Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 2

The Italian Institute of Agriculture anticipates that the world's production of wheat in 1931 will be less…

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Dairying De-horning Dairy Cattle Treatment of the Calf

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

Only in the case of high-class animals that are likely to be used for show purpose is delivering inadvisable. There is every agreement in its…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 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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Heavy Cattle Weaker at Homebush Sheep Unaltered Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.—Cattle: 2300 yarded, the bulk useful to good quality. Heavy descriptions were cheaper, others…

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World Wheat

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 2

The Italian Institute of Agriculture anticipates that the world's production of wheat in 1931 will he less than the normal…

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Stock Sales Fat Cattle Firm Pigs Dearet Fat Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 5

About 900 fat cattle were yarded, being a moderate supply. The yarding comprised all descriptions, including a good class…

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Slight Decline Butter Production Bacon Dearer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 6

Notwithstanding that butter in soiling freely on the local market at 8d a lb. cheaper than at this time last year, 11,383…

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Homebush Stock Sales Cattle Market Lower. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 1

Cattle.-2300 yarded, and the market was 10/- lower. Bullocks realised from ?5 to ?11 and cows from ?4 to £9. Best beef worth 30/- per 1001bs,…

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Noise of a Dairy Talking Film Taken. Novel Evidence

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 3

To save the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine the ordeal of sitting up late in a suburban back yard, to hear the noise of a dairy, the plaintiff in an…

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New Zealand Dairy Factories

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 4

At 31st March last the following factories were operating in New Zealand: —147 butter, 270 cheese, 59 dual plants. The number of suppliers to…

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Dairy Produce Board

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 4

This week in Sydney, the annual meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board is being held, and representatives of dairying interests in…

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Dehorning of Dairy Cattle. Treatment of the Calf

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 4

Horns of dairy cattle serve no useful purpose and are a source of much danger and annoyance. Only in the case of highclass animals that are…

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Cattle a Pig Sale

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 3

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The London Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 2

The series of wool sales just ended suffered a strange and unprecedented experience (says a London cable of Saturday last). In all the circumstances…

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Dungog Co.op. Butter Factory. Board Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 2

At the meeting of the Board of the Dungog Go-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., on 20th inst., there were present: Messrs. R. W. Alison…

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Wool Freights £160,000 in Rebates

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 2

Under contracts entered into with Australian shippers twelve months ago, overseas shipowners will, on July 31, make rebates of 1/9 a bale on greasy…

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Farm Machinery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 2

Mr. Walter Smith, of Bendolba, agent for H. V. McKay-Massey Harris Pty., Ltd., has an announcement of importance to men on the land, in…

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