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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Sporting Turf. Warwick Farm Races. Acceptances for To-Morrow

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 6

Following arc the final acceptances for the Warwick Farm races to-morrow (Saturday):— Maiden Hurdle Race, about 2. miles…

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Price for Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 8

The Dorrigo branch of the Primary Producers' Union decided to approach the Federal Government to fix a minimum price for butter as it…

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MUSWELLBROOK The Butter Factory Half Year's Output Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 2

The Muswellbrook Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., manufactured 257 tons of butter for the six months ended June 30 last…

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The Man on the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes by Experts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 4

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 his work…

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DAIRYING Silos Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 4

The ideal silp for the dairy farmer is one of the overhead type, and the reduced cost of building has recently resulted in the erection of quite…

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Stock Sales Cattle Weaker Sheep Down Fat Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 5

About 750 fat cattle were yarded, being a small supply. In many instances the effects of the prevailing dry weather in cattle-producing centres was reflected…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory No Amalgamation with Raymond Terrace

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 3

The largest meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-oporative Butter Factory over held decided against a proposal to amalgamate with the…

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Butter Exports Minister's Review Quality Questions Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 3

Figures released by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. C. A. S. Hawker) show that 2,636 tons of butter w[?] shipped from the…

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Sporting Turf. Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 3

The placings at Warwick Farm on Saturday were as follows:— Maiden Hurdle Race.—King's Prize (14 to 1), Vychan, Profile…

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Muswellbrook Dairy Co. Figures for Half-year

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 3

For the six months ended June 30, the Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Company's output of butter was about 257 tons, made up of 549,842lb of…

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P.d.s. Column Control of Dairy Exports

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 4

Mr F. Flood Plunkett, chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board, in an address to a conference of butter and cheese factory managers in…

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Silos for Farmers Would Help Country Districts. Government Sympathetic

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 2

No scheme of re-employment contemplated by the Government comes more exactly under the essential definition "reproductive and of a national asset…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 6

During the week ended July 23 the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney for expert 5538 boxes of butter, 5530 being salted and 9…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 2

Commentators agree that the substantial advances in the wool sales just dosed were due more to the filip given by the Lausanne Conference and the…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Again Lower

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 2

There was a penning at Homebush yesterday of 38,388 sheep and lambs. The supply came from 203 owners scattered throughout the State. It was a…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Amalgamation Proposal, Defeated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 1

The largest meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory ever held decided against a proposal to amalgamate with the…

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Travelling Sheep Permits Responsibility of Drovers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 4

A message from Wagga at the beginning of last week stated that a curious situation had arisen under the P.P. Act. The Wagga P.P. Board was…

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Trade Review Butter Prices. London, July 23

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 2

The butter market is quieter, but the reduced turnover is not expected substantially to affect values, though stocks in cold storage have expanded…

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Busy Now Ottawa 'Delegations' Butter Experts Ottawa, July 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 1

At a meeting of the Economic Compilation Committee, Mr, S. M.Bruce (Australia), proposed, and Mr, N, C. Havenga…

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Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassilis "News.") C.W.A. Wool Quilt Demonstration

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 6

The wool quilt making demonstration given at the C.W.A. Kest Rooms on Saturday by Mrs. Davies, Hunter River Group President, was most…

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