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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Butter Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

Messrs. Prescott Ltd. report under date 4th January, 1932.— Sydney:—With the exception of the far South Coast output is keeping up…

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Darling Downs' Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Dairy farmers in Darling Downs area of Queensland are in the midst of probably the most prolific season since the inception 26 years ago of the Downs…

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Sheep Dear Homebush Sales Good Rise Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., report: 1800 cattle were yarded to-day and the market was de[?] for yearlings and light cattle. Good to prime…

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Wheat and Rye Great Possibilities LONDON. Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 8

Sir Rowland [?] Professor of Agricultural Botany at Cambridge University, has succeeded in producing a number of fertile crosses…

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Pastoral Dipping for Tick in Sheep. Faults that Favor Reinfestation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

Although sheep-owners generally are fully, in accord with even stringent action aiming at the control of lice in sheep, the same unanimity does not…

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Federal Pastoral Award

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

With regard to the published statements that the Graziers' Association lias made, application to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to set aside,…

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Local Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

Values showed a hardening tendency at the Sydney wool auctions last Tuesday. Sales made by Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. included: Thomas Ritter,…

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Wool Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

The improvement in the wool market noticed carder in the week was fully ma[?] at yesterday 's sales, Prices for average merino fioece…

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Imported Cattle Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

THe steamer, port owen, which arrived in sydney, brought cattle valued at £ 10,000 for cattle breeders in victoria and New South Wales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

These notes are issued every week, by direction of the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any fanner desire information relevant to his work on the land…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Best Features Repeated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 7

An average selection comprising 7782 bales was offered at the wool sales yesterday, of which 7250 bales were sold at auction and an additional 1371…

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Buying Cost of Wool. Purchase Price Attractive

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

A busy period is ahead of the Australian wool trade. Arrangements provide for the offering of the great bulk of the clip by the…

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Wool Sales Resumed Values at December Levels. Japan Again Active

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., reports:— Wool sales were resumed in Sydney on 4th January, and the "F. & G."…

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Wool Sales Resumed. Values at December Levels Japan Again Active

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 7

The Secretary, Farmers anil Graziers Co-operative Coy., reports:— Wool sales were resumed in Sydney on 4th January and the "F. and G."…

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Bacteria in Relation to Dairying. Minute but Powerful Forms of Life

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

The total annual value of dairying production In New South Wales is about £10,000,000, and to a very large extent this output is dependent upon our knowledge of the nature and habits of bacteria and the application of that knowledge, pointed out an officer of the Biological Branch of the Department…

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Miller 'S Forest Record Harvests Crop Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

The districts of Miller 's Forest and Duckenfield, after many months of dry weather, at present look a picture. The maize…

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Dairying. Bacteria in Relation to Dairying. Minute but Powerful Forms of Life

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

The total annual value of dairying production in New South Wales about £10,000,000, and to a very large extent this output is dependent upon…

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The Singleton Argus Local and General News Splendid Sudan Grass Crop

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

Mr Robert Turner, of Glennie's Creek, has forwarded to this office a fine sample of Sudan grass, grown on the property of Mr J. Watts. The…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Advice for the Man on Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 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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DAIRYING Bacteria Problem of Their Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

Though bacteria are so minute that a colony of them equal in number to the human population of the world would form a speck smaller…

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