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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

2,785 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 140

Butter Tests Australian Product High in Vitamins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

The amount of butter produced in the Common wealth of Australia during the year 1929-1930 was 299,080,545 pounds,…

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Wool Sales Rates Maintained LONDON, January 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

At the wool sales 10,160 bales were offered, including 598 New South Wales, 250 Queensland, 1501 Western Australian, 63 Victorian,…

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Help for Dairymen. Applications Now Being Received for Loans Under the £100,000 Scheme. Farm Improvements and Purchase of Stock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

The conditions under which dairy formers may secure advances from the Dairy Promotion Board have now been completed, and on…

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"Boys on Farms."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

The Farmers and Graziers of this State may perhaps be divided into three distinct classes:—Firstly; there are the men who have a boy or two…

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Gloucester Dairy Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

For December the Gloucester Dairy Co., Ltd., manufactured 252,5141b of butter, equal to 112 tons 13cwt 771b, being an increase of 19,778lb over the…

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Butter Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

A correspondent writes drawing attention to the fact that the Dungog Co.-op. Butter Factory for the month of December, paid 9¼d per lb, for…

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Record Wheat Traffic

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

It was announced yesterday that the record wheat traffic carried on the railways up to the end of December had, since been maintained…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

The New England North and NorthWest Producers' Co. Ltd. (Nenco) submitted their sixth catalogue for the season on the 12th inst., when the…

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Wool Sales (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

At the wool sales 8352 bales were offered, including 3457 from New South Wales, of which approximately 7330 bales were sold…

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Turnips As a Catch Crop Reminder to Tableland Farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

The cheapness of the seed, and the case with which a crop of swedes can be grown in the tableland areas, offers considerable inducement to those…

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Farm Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

Mr. R. W. Treasure, of East Maitland, writing with reference to an accident to Mr. A. Morris while working on farm on Mornoth road, states…

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Crops Ruined Hail Follows Fire NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

Some of the small farmers and gardeners in the district lying along the eastern side of Broken Back Range, managed to save the greater…

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Plight of United States Farmers Legislation Urged to Prevent Foreclosures

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

Washington, Monday. — Declaring that unless Congress took quick action 1000 farmers in every State would be evicted from their homes through…

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Butter As Food

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 1

Butter is one of the most important articles of food, principally because it contains large quantities of vitamins A and D, the first of which is essential to growth…

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Big Yield Wheat Harvest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

It is estimated by the Central Weather Bureau that the wheat yield of Australia will be about 210,000,000 bushels…

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Wine Grapes Hunter Vineyards Light Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 8

The wine-grape crop on the Hunter River this year is likely to be much lighter than usual. The long dry spell experienced during the late winter,…

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Diseases of Dairy Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

Once it is realised that most of the diseases which cause extensive losses in dairy cattle are infectious, pointed out a departmental veterinary officer in a…

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Stroud. Butter Factors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Stroud Road butter factory, it was decided to call tenders for carting. It is reported that there will be very keen…

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Singleton Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

A few local wools were offered at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney auction last Monday. Mr Richard Butler, Broke, secured crossbred fleece…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd. reports:— On Tuesday,- 24th inst., we brought forward an attractive catalogue of…

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