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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

2,785 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 140

£35,500,000 Our Season's Wool Cheque

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 2

Australian wool production during the past season totalled in the vicinity of 3,100,000 bales, and exceeded the record quantity of the previous year by…

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Dairying Mineral-deficient Pasture. a Serious Dairy Farming Problem

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 3

The great bulk of soils throughout the State are deficient in phosphorus and calcium, particularly after they have been used for grazing for long…

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Beauties of Farms. Architect' S Address

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 4

The beauty that could be obtained in farm architecture was illustrated by Mr. Ronald Richardson, F.R.A.I.A. in a lecture to the Institute of Architects…

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DAIRYING Mineral Deficiency

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 2

The great bulk of soils throughout the State are deficient in phosphorus and calcium, particularly after they have been used for grazing for long…

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AGRICULTURE Potato Storage Dairying Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 2

The usual method of pitting potatoes for winter storage is to select a level piece of land, which should be so situated as…

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Points of a Good Dairy Cow. Necessary Qualifications

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 3

The following qualifications may be said to be necessary in a good daily cow, in irrespective of the breed, though, of course, the breed societies have…

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Siberian Butter LONDON, May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1933 · page 1

Notwithstanding the embargo on Russian imports, 275 tons of Siberian butter are being discharged. It was…

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Dairy Products Australian Prices P. P. UNION

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1933 · page 3

In response to a request from the general president of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. M. P. Dunlop, the usual quarterly…

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Wheat Silo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 6

It has been provisionally decided to build the Newcastle terminal wheat sile on a site near the McMyler Hoist, at Carrington. The…

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Classing of Australian Wool Complaints Unfounded

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 2

Lieut-Commandar -W. H. H. Stevenson, a retired officer of the Royal Navy, who is now a lecturer in wool at the New South Wales Technical College,…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 2

During the week ended May 6 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 8049 boxes of butter, 8072 being salted and 877…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

The Fanners and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports 2nd inst.: At our sale on 1st May we offered 4612 bales, the selection being best…

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Heavy Duties Free State Cattle LONDON, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

The Treasury has issued a notice imposing a specific duty of 12/ a head on Irish Free State sheep and lambs. The duty of cattle under six months…

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Our Imports of Oil Equal to Value of Fifty Million Sheep Fleeces

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

Mr. E. L. Waller, in an address "Oil Discovery," before the Rotary Club in Sydney on Wednesday, directed attention to what the imports of oil are…

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Wallaroos and Wallabies. Open Season Wanted Crops and Grass Lost

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

At yesterday's meting'of the Pastures Protection Board landowners from the Wybong, Doyle's Creek and Gungal areas requested that action be…

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Farm Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

While operating a cultivator on his father's property, Thomas Knight, 27, of Bonalia, Vic., was killed. A young horse in the team bolted, and when…

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Winter School for Farmers. At Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 6

Farmers and others contemplating attending the coming winter school at Hawkesbury Agricultural College are reminded not to delay the necessary…

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Wool Sales Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 6

Brisbane wool sales were continued on Tuesday, when approximated 14,000 bales were offered. The selection was generally a…

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Danish Butter Is It Superior? New Viewpoint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 7

In view of the controversy over butter prices, the following articles, which appeared in a recent issue of the "Northern Star," Lismore, will be…

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Values Rise London Wool Sales LONDON, May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 1

There was a poor selection of merinos, and a representative offering of crossbreds at the wool sales which opened to-day…

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