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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

2,439 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 122

Warwick Farm Next Week's Races the Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 7

Following are the entries for the Warwick Farm meeting on Saturday week: MAIDEN HANDICAP, 6 furlongs:…

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A Ton of Butter a Month

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 1

Mr. Stevens, a returned soldier with 4½ years service, who took up a block of 400 acres of what some people said was worthless country on, the Wallamba…

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Better Demand Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 4

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street when the quality catalogued totalled 10,701 bales, and the sales…

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Junior Farmers Annual Conference Delegates Meet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 2

The second annual conference of delegates from the advisory committees of the Junior Farmers' Clubs in various parts of the State was held…

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Minister for Health Mr. Ely Visits Maitland Welcomed by Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 7

The Minister for Health, Mr. W. T. Ely, accompanied by members of several metropolitan constituencies and the Milk Board, this morning visited the Raymond Terrace and Bowthorne factories, and in the afternoon attended a meeting of…

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Dairying in the West

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 4

Critics who state that "the West is not suitable for dairying" are confronted with a most effective reply from L. G. Hope of "Sunny Brae", Grenfell…

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Sowing with Wheat

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

In the southern districts it is a common practice to sow seeds such as lucerne, Wimmera Rye grass, or Subterranean clover with the last crop of…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Quality

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 3

The butter awards at the Royal Show this year serve as an indication of the general spread of standardisation of quality amongst the factories of…

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Grocer Swindled Bricks Sold As Butter

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

Mr James Taylor, a grocer in New Canterbury-road, Hurletsone Park, paid dearly oh Wednesday for bricks. On Tuesday a man who alighted from…

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Olla Podrida Good Wheat Yields

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

No fewer than 70 wheat farms in the Amberley (N.Z.) district harvested 40 bushels or more per acre last season; nine of these returned an…

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Wool Sales Finer Descriptions Lower

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5
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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports:— At our sale of the 20th. March we offered 7,180 bales, the selection,…

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Prices Firm Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

Wool sales were held yesterday, at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9565 bales, and the sales,…

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For the Man on the Land Pastoral Is It a Weed? Caution Advisable in the Case of Unfamiliar Plants

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 6

Most of our worst weeds have been introduced, and have become widespread from a few plants, the destruction of which, when first seen, would…

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Pioneers in Dairying Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

Mr. Clark, of Segenhoe, is home again after a visit to the Royal Show, which he has not missed for 22 years in succession. Mr. Clark is a member…

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The Farm Home Now Passion-fruit Are Plentiful. Some Attractive Recipes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

With passion-fruit in plentiful supply, opportunity should be taken to make liberal use of this delicious fruit. The following recipes are recommended…

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Dairying Grass Silage Method of Opening Up the Stack

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 6

As the best quality silage is produced in the heart, of the stack, care must be exercised when opening to expose as small an area as possible to the…

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Minister and Milk Board Visit Hunter Districts Meeting of Dairymen The Board 's Operations Supply to Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

When addressing a meeting of dairymen in the West Maitland School of Arts yesterdAy afternoon, the Minister for Health (Mr. W. T. Ely) said it was likely the operations of the Milk Board would shortly be extended to Newcastle…

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Oyster Farmers. To Seek Ban on New Zealand Imports. Alleged Dumping

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

The annual conference of the New South Wales Oyster Farmers' Association at Doll's Point, Sandringham, on Tuesday, decided to ask for a tariff…

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Huge Poultry Farm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

The Santa Clara poultry farm, near Los Angeles (U.S.A.), is probably the largest of its kind in the world; it occupies nearly 3600 acres. Last year…

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