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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

2,439 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 122

Butter Marketing Farm to Retailer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 5

The marketing of butter in Australia and oversea was discussed by the Co-operative Butter and Cheese Factories' Conforance, which sat at…

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PASTORAL Laying Down Pastures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 6

The attention of those contemplating laying dome permanent pastures during the coming autumn, particularly in coastal and tableland…

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Farm Home Wool for Mattresses How to Prepare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 6

Wool is not used commercially in Australia for the filling of mattresses, mainly because of its cost as compared with kapok,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Advice for the Man on Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1932 · 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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Cleared Well London Wool Sales London, Jan, 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 1

At the wool sales 10,631 bales were offered, including 892 New South Wales, 543 Queensland, 186 Victoria, 701 West Australia, 220…

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DAIRYING Future Development

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 6

Big improvements have been made in the dairying industry in the last 10 yearn, but they have been mainly on the manufacturing and marketing…

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Pastoral Award. Wages Fixed—scale of Deductions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

The rates of wages under the pastoral award for the twelve months beginning March 1 next have been adjusted according to…

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Sheep Shearing Machinery. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Sir.—The newly-elected member for Macquarie has just given an example of the danger to country interests of electing a United Australia Party…

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Pastoral Award. Bates and Wages Adjusted Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

The rates of wages under the pastoral award for the 12 months beginning 1st March next, have been adjusted according to the Commonwealth…

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Butter Factory for Merriwa. No Action Taken

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

No definite action was taken at a public meeting held at Merriwa on Saturday last for the purpose of discussing the advisability of establishing…

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The Butter Factory. Seeks New Water Supply

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

The management of the butter factory has decided to discontinue the use of the town water supply for butter washing purposes, and has put…

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Some Wool Figures Trend of Trade

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

To date this season 712,722 bales of Wool have been sold on the Sydney 'market (says the "Herald"). The estimated offerings for the full selling…

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Cattle Thefts Grafton Arrests at Gun Point Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 8

The story of the sensational arrest at revolver point of alleged cattle stealers, at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, in the…

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Newcastle Wool Sales. Greasy Merino to 15d

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 2

Nenco (Newcastle) reports: We submitted a catalogue of 2787 bales, drawn from the North and North-West and New England, the latter district…

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New Record Season's Wool Prices Keen Bidding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Competition was exceptionally keen at the wool sales in Sydney on Monday, and up to 32d per lb. was paid for fleece from…

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Does It Pay to Top-dress Dairy Pastures. Proof in Figures. How Farmers Can Increase Their Income by at Least 25 Per Cent. the Yield of Cows Can Be Doubled

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 6

Go ahead with pasture improvement and let the price of butter take care of itself! That is the "Farmer and Settler's"…

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32d Paid for Wool. Season Record Is Broken Twice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 5

Week's closing rates for good descriplions, including skirtings, when 10,248 bales were offered yesterday afternoon, and the season's record was…

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North Coast Derailment. Portion of Fruit Train Leaves Rails. Butter and Meat Cars Off Line

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 2

There was considerable dislocation of the railway service on Thursday morning last, owing to the derailment of two bogey refrigerating vans…

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Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 7

The Sydney wheat position was slightly firmer yesterday on the steamer tone of oversea options and improved Continental inquiry. Bulk…

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Missing Cattle Police Make Two Arrests

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

The story of the sensational arrest at revolver point of alleged cattle stealers, at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, in the wildest forest…

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