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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

2,439 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 122

Wheat Prices Should Soon Rise a Good Omen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 8

Wheat farmer throughout the world, watching the present increase in the price of wheat, can lock forward to high…

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Mulberry Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

Warm ½ lb. butter in a saucepan Add 1 cup mulberries, which have been rubbed through a sieve. Add [?] lb. castor sugar. When these have…

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Coffee Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

Three tablespoons icing sugar, 1 heaped tablespoon melted butter, 1 teaspoon coffee essence.. Mix all together…

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Butter Sales £167,089 for Year

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

The report of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., for the year ended December 31 last, will be presented to the annual meeting of…

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Wool Sales Good Competition

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports:— At our sale of the 17th instant we submitted 5311 bales, the selection…

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Wool Sales. Good Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 2

The Farmer and Graziers' Co-operative Coy., reports:— At our sale on the 17th. instant we submitted 5,311 bales, the selection…

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Active Market Wool Values Firmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,129 bales, and the sales,…

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PASTORAL. Sowing of Clovers and Lucerne. Some Seasonable Hints

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

In a pamphlet on closers and lucerne in pastures the Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture emphasises the value of leguminous plants…

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Internal Parasites in Sheep. Importance of Early Treatment

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

"From reports received from, the District Veterinary Officers for the North, South and West," states the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the…

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Corriedale Stud Sheep For Japan. Consignment From "Cullingral"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

For the fourteenth year in succession, a consignment of Corriedale stud.sheep, has been dispatched to Japan by Mr. Thos. B. Macfarlane, of "Cullingral"…

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Exchange and Wool. The Future of Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— At this time last year Australian wool markets were in process of recovering from the slump in prices experienced…

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Wheat Silos Newcastle Terminal Money Shortage Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

At the meeting of the Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce this morning, a leter was read from the Goonoo Goonoo Read branch of…

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Sheep Shearing Machinery. Reply to Mr Huie (To The Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

Sir,—With a surprising ignorance of the laws of mass production, Mr. A. G. Huie attacks Mr. Lawson, M.P., on the subject of sheep shearing machinery…

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District Development Influence of Electricity. Irrigation the Salvation of Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 1

"District development will be revolutionised in the next five years as a result of the availability of electric current for power purposes on the farm," The foregoing prophecy was uttered…

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DAIRYING. Dust in the Dairy Yard. a Source of Cream Contamination

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 10

Dust and mud due to neglect to give, proper attention to the surface of the dairy yard are not only a nuisance, but a menace to cream quality on…

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Denman Section Denman Farmers. Affected by Transport Act. Protest From Singleton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

At a public meeting held at Singleton it was stated that the provisions of the Transport Act were weighing heavily against…

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For the Man on the Land Merriwa's Dairying Denman Manager's Advice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

Writing to Mr. N. Quigley, secretary of the Merriwa Butter Co. Ltd., Mr. C. M. Mills, manager of the Denman factory, comments on press reports of…

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Miller's Forest Dairymen Meet That Milk Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

One of the largest meetings of dairymen held in Miller's Forest took place on Monday night, when the Federated Milk Producers called…

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Dairying Dust in the Dairy Yard. a Source of Cream Contamination

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 1

Dust and mud due to neglect to give proper attention to the surface of the dairy yard are not only a nuisance, but a menace to cream quality on account…

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