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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

2,439 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 122

STANHOPE Severe Weather Farms Suffer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 3

The coldest weather experienced for many years has made the past few weeks a memorable time. Severe wosterlies, cold showers and frosts…

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Citrus Fruit Wind and Frost Affect Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 5

The severe frost last week and the fortnight of westerly winds caused great have in the citrus orchards of the district…

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HOMEBUSH Light Sheep Firmer Cattle Unaltered Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.—Cattle 2700 yarded. The market opened unaltered. Good to prime beef made 20/ to 25/, yearlings 25/…

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Expert's Advice Butter Standards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 10

The necessity for obtaining uniform butter standards throughout the Commonwealth was emphasised by Mr. G. Stening, one of the judges in the…

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Butter Record Jersey Three-year-old

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 2

A Jersey cow, Greenwood Belvidera, bred and owned by Mr. K. McGarvie, of Pombornelt (Vic.), is reported to have established an…

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Sheep and Wool Freights. Graziers' Protests

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

"Sales of many of the sheep in the Homebush market to-day are on a fifty-fifty basis, as the railways are getting about half of the…

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PASTORAL. Sheep Lick Trials at Glen Innes Mineral Requirements of Stock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

The results of experiments carried out by the Department of Agriculture at New England Experimental Farm, Glen Innes, indicate that where, as on…

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Pastoral. Sheep Lick Trials at Glen Innes. Mineral Requirements of Stock

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 4

The results of experiments carried out by the Department of Agriculture at New England Experimental Farm, Glen Innes, indicate that where, as on the…

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Special Dairy Cattle Sale. Maitland Yards

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 2

E. W. Sparke Ltd., West Maitland, advertise in this issue particulars of cattle to be offered at their Special Dairy Cattle Sale on Thursday next…

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Wheat Stocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 8

Wheat stocks in New South Wales Government grain elevators on June 30 comprised 6,595,000 bushels in country [?] and in transit, and…

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Uniform Butter Standard Expert's Advice

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

The necessity for obtaining uniform butter standards throughout the Commonwealth was emphasised by Mr G. Stoning, one of the judges in the…

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Stud Sheep Sales High Prices Given

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 4

Stud sheep from Haddon Rig station again commanded high prices, when the annual sales wore resumed. The Lansdowne Pastoral Company paid…

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World's Wool Clip. Decrease in Rate of Increase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

Wincheombe, Carson Ltd. report:— When the prices of any commodity fall unduly, a decrease in production of it usually occurs. In 1929, when wool…

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For the Man on the Land DAIRYING. Breeding Records for Dairy Farmers. a Simple Form

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

Except in the case of pure-bred herds, the keeping of records of the breeding of dairy cattle receives little attention in New South Wales,…

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Breeding Records for Dairy Farmers. a Simple Form

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

Except in the case of purebred herds, the keeping of records of the breeding of dairy cattle receives little attention in New South Wales…

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Dairying. Breeding Records for Dairy Farmers. a Simple Form

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 1

Except in the cases of pure-bred herds, the keeping of records of the breeding of dairy cattle receives little attention in New South Wales observes…

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New Zealand Buys Wheat Government Orders 850,000 Bushels From Australia

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 3

The New Zealand Government announced on Wednesday that arrangements had boon completed for the importation of 850,000 bushels of wheat…

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AGRICULTURAL To Widen Margin on Farm Profits. Reduction of Costs by Improved Management

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

The fanner is engaged in a complex business, and his aim, like that of every other business man, is to make the difference between his cost of production…

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Letters to Editor Dairy Control (To the Editor)

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

Sir,—Permit me space in your valuable paper to support the statements in reference to supervision of dairies by officers of the Department…

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DAIRYING Winter Production Kempsey Scheme

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

If a suggestion made to the Macleay River Co-operative Dairy Co., Kempsey, is approved, dairy farmers in that district will be offered liberal…

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