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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Butter Exports

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

From Ist July, 1931, to 6th February, 1932, Australia exported to all countries 64,587 tons butter, against 41,732 for same period last year. Of…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Dairy Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Ltd, report having conducted a special sale of dairy cattle at the Shire yards on Friday last, 26th inst. The yarding…

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Wheat Bounty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

Payments made under the Wheat Bounty Act, 1931, on wheat of the 1931-32 season at the rate of 4½/ a bushed amounted to £1,001,840…

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Oats for Sheep Hawkeslmry Trials Winter Grazing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

Palatabllity trials with oats for sheep, in comparison with wheat and rye as winter grazing crops, at Hawkesbury…

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BUSHFIRES Many Sheep Destroyed in the West

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 2

Reports from Western districts show that further serious outbreaks of bushfires have taken place there in the week-end, and…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Meeting Difficult Times

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

The fifty-seventh half-yearly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. was held in the Oddfellows Hall, Raymond Terrace,…

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Butter Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., the report showed that 1079½ tons of butter were manufactured during the…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 8

During the week ended February 27 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 17,414 boxes of butter, comprising 12,860…

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More Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 5

Wool exported from Australia from July 1 to January 31, totalled 1,682,181 bales, an increase of 57,960 compared with the corresponding period of last…

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Boys As Cattle Judges. Demonstration and Lecture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

In order to provide for the young people the show committee has revised its schedule for the purpose of attracting added interest from…

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Eagle Hawk Attacks Grown Cattle. Valuable Heifer Blinded

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 6

Mr. E. D. Cox, of Terragon, Murwillumbah, was mystified recently to notice severe scratchings on the back of a cow brought in from one of the…

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The Tariff and the Wool Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 4

Mr. John Storey, senior, vice-President of the Chamber of Manufactures, belabours the effect of possible Russian production upon the world market for…

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Hands Off! Wool Marketing Graziers Meet Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

At the Graziers' Conference to-day a motion was submitted "That a protest be made to the Government…

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Stage Set For Opening of Maitland's Seventy-First Annual Show Bright Prospects for Success Great Show of Cattle Promised Produce Section a Big Feature

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

The Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, in its long and successful career, has staged many striking exhibitions demonstrating the amazing fertility of the Hunter Valley, but none promised, more favourably than the 71st show, which opens…

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The Transport Act. Views of Two Denman Farmers. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 5

Sir,—In the issue of the 23rd. ult, your Denman representative reports, "At a meeting of the Denman Primary Producers' Union strong exception was…

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Record Grape Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 5

Mr. Charles Baxter is the proud producer of a record crop of grapes it his Ford-street residence. The crop is the heaviest for many years, and the…

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"DISORGANISED." Dairying in Upper Hunter. P.P.U. President's Views

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

Speaking at the annual meeting of delegates of the Primary Producers' Union District Council at Muswellbrook on Friday, Mr. H. H. Smith…

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DAIRYING Production Declining Rain Needed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 5

Prescott, Ltd., report: Rain would be appreciated on most dairy centres particularly on the far Northern rivers. Production is declining…

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For Quality in Milk Products. Requirements in Dairy Premises

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

Traversing in a recent wireless address the requirements Under the Dairies Supervision Act with respect to the construction and maintenance…

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Dust in the Dairy Yard. a Source of Cream Contamination

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 4

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

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