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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Aberdeen Butter Factory Returns

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 1

The Aberdeen butter factory manufactured 319,2561bs. of butter for July, and the cheque paid to suppliers amounted to £6075/1/3. Farmers were…

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Dogs Kill 20 Sheep

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

Two dogs, declared by the Sydney police to be Alsatians, attacked and killed 20 sheep which were resting in a paddock at Homebush last night…

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Letters to Editor Wool for Morpeth (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 2

Sir,—I was delighted to see by your issue of Saturday last that our member for Maitland, Mr. W . F. O'Hearn, proposes to see if…

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Wool Sales at Newcastle. Redction of Warehousing Charges by Nenco

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 6

Good news for northern woolgrowets is contained in an announcement by The New. England, North and North West Producers' Company Limited,…

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Jury Fails to Agree Alleged Cattle Stealing Case Remanded. Bail Reduced. (Singleton "Argus" Report.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

At 11.20 p.m. on Wednesday the jury liad failed to reach an agreement in the case in which Albert Edward Homery was charged with…

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Hay Supplies For Sydney Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

Mr W. E. O'Hearn, M.L.A., stated to-day that he has bee busy at the Week-end in connection with the proposal to have lucerne hay supplied…

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Butter Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 3

Aberdeen butter factory manufactured 119,256lb, of butter for the month of July, and suppliers were paid £6075/1/8, Suppliers received 1/0½ per…

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Aberdeen Butter Factory Returns

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 2

The Aberdeen, butter factory manufactured 119,256. paid of butter for July, and the cheque paid to suppliors amounted to £6075/1/3. Farmers were…

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A Warning Sheep Tar Brands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 3

"Odd consignments of sheep have recently been noticed with rather indistinct tar brands, and the police authorities have directed attention…

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Record Butter Exports N. S. Wales 21,000 Boxes Ahead of Last Year. Queensland Tops the List

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 2

The favourable season experienced this season in most dairying districts of the Commonwealth is reflected in the exceptionally heavy…

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 1

Messrs. Prescott Ltd., report under date 15th August, 1931:— Sydney:—Weather favourable to production is being experienced in most of…

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Better Prices For Our Wool Merchants' Belief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 6

Sir James Murdoch, big city merchant, is convinced that in the near future, there will be a considerable increase in wool…

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Merits of Wool Clothing Material Lasting Powers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 2

Of the £100,000,000 which in round figures is spent by Australia annually on clothes, only about £3,000,000 is spent on wool…

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Alsatian Dogs Danger to Sheep Question in House Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Carter asked the Chief Secretary whether he had seen a report in yesterday's papers that women and a…

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Not a Profiteer Farmer's Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 2

Generally speaking, the farmer's lot is not a very paying one these days (writes a Gatton correspondent to the "Toowoomba Chronicle")…

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Pastoral. Virtues of Wool Its Claims As a Clothing Material

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 6

Of the £100,000,000 which in round figures is spent by Australia annually on clothes, only about £3,000,000 is spent on wool. If this portion could be…

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Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 5

Dairymen in the district will read with interest the following copy of a letter received by the Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., from the Hon. W. T…

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Butter Box Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

It is not generally known that the limited box charge made to all purchasers of butter in this State represents no less than £60,000 per annum to the…

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London Butter Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

The feature of the week has been the firming of the London market. In other words, the depression caused by the dislocation of Continental finances,…

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Grafton Dairy Co. Bonuses for Butter and Bacon

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 3

The directors of the, Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company Limited, report that the operations of the company for the half-year ended June 30 last have…

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