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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Butter Price Stabilisation BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 6

Mr. F. Cushon, Chairman of the Downs Co-operative Dairy Association said during the week-end that the decline in butter values was causing…

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Wool Firm Crash Brothers Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 1

Berlin, Sunday.-The broth us Car! and Heinz Lahusen, joint owners of Nordwolle, the huge wool concern, which had a capital of 12,500,000, and…

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Butter Supplies Steadily Maintained N.S.W. PRODUCTION

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 6

In this week's circular, Prescott's Ltd., report that butter production if being steadily, maintained in most dairying districts but an account of…

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Dairy Production Previous Records Exceeded

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 2

The year is closing with, dairy products exceeding all. previous records, and factory outputs probably will not reach, the peak before another…

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Wool Prices "Favourable Level" SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 8

"I would not like to see the price of Australian wool rise above the present level." said Mr. A. E. Hill a prominent Queensland grazier, on…

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Coastal Dairying Record Butter Production

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

Butter output attained record proportions in practically all coastal dairying districts during December. Pastures arc showing ample growth and…

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Butter Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

The Port Hobart, which was cleared outwards at Newcastle Customs House for the United Kingdom, via ports, took aboard while at…

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Record Butter Shipments

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

The Port Hobart, new. motorship of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, sailed from Newcastle shortly after midnight last night, carrying one of…

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Armidale Cattle Market

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

Messrs. A. H. McArthur and Co. announce that owing to late bookings, the yarding at this special sale at Armidale on Wednesday, 10th inst., has…

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BRIGHTER! Wool Outlook Agents' Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

Winohcombe, Carson Ltd., reports: The wool outlook for the year is brighter than at any time since the early part of 1928. In the 1927-28…

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Wheat Industry Inquiry to be Hold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government will appoint at an early date a Royal Commission for the purpose of making an inquiry into wheat growing and…

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UP 10 Per Cent. Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8034 bales, and the clearance,…

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The Wool Market 7½ to 10 Per Cent. Advance

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

The fifth series of Sydney sales commenced yesterday, when two selling agents offered a total of 8798 bales at auction…

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Australia's Wool Cheque Best For Years or I ears Big Rise £60,000,000 Likely New Hope Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

It is generally anticipated that the wool cheque for Australia this season will be in the vicinity of…

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Good Season Coastal Dairying Record Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

Dairy instructors in their reports for the month of December are in accord regarding the favourable nature of the season in…

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Killed on Farm Crushed by Header

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

While attempting to adjust a header machine on his father's farm at Daysdale, John Hooper, 28, was knocked down by the horses, and the…

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Letter to Editor Farmers' Relief Act (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

Sir,—"Hacienda" says that I have failed to answer his long list of questions. He has been careful to give no particulars, but simply ask abstract…

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Great Strides Dairying on Richmond

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

The first co-operative butter factory on the Richmond River was established at Spring Hill, near Wollongbar, in 1888, and the value of its…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 6

A London cable advises that on December 30, 1,295,431 boxes of butter, comparing 526,519 boxes from Australia, 739,182 from New Zealand, and…

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Synthetic Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

In previous articles the difficult, if not the dangerous position of the butter market both in Australia and overseas has been referred to…

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