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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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MURRURUNDI The Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 2

The crops in this district are abundant, and rapidly maturing for harvest, which may be expected to commence in about three weeks. There…

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Farm Home To Make Potato Jam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 8

Wash and stem the tomatoes, place in cooking vessel, crush sufficient of the fruit to start boiling, and reduce the whole to pulp by boiling, say for…

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No Australian Butter

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 4

Under the Producers' Distributing Society's Christmas Gift Scheme a Glen. Innes resident sent a parcel of Australian butter to her niece at…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports: On the 7th instant we offered 7953 bales representing the later shearing…

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Butter Trade Equalisation Scheme Better Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 8

Mr. R. Pilgrim, secretary of the district council of the Primary producers Union, addressing a meeting of the Cast[?] branch, said the recent…

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Butter Exports Bigger Tonnage SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

Exports of butter from Australia this season now total 65,078 tons.[?] which 80,880 tons or over 95 per pent, has been forwarded to Britain…

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Butter Supplies Shrinkage Inland N.S.W. POSITION

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 4

Prescott Ltd., in their weekly butter c[?]reular, report the Sydney market is unchanged at 114/6 per owt. (incluring 2/6 per owt. for boxes) for…

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Kirkton Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at the residence of Mr S. Standen. The attendance was small. Mr R. V. H. Standen…

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Wool Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

Comobaok wool broke all prlce reoords for maluland sales this season yesterday, when 10 balos of the Tarrone eilp from Karoit made 88sd a…

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No Change Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange Bridge street, when the quatily catalogued totalled 11,700 bales, and the…

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Boys Abscond Yanco Welfare Farm LEETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

Slnoo the Inquiry Into the allegations of ill-trertment agaiust certain offlelais of the Yance Welfare Farm emmenaed 10 hoys have absconded,…

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Crops Ruined Heat, From Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

The terrific heal from the bush fires has destroyed the apple crop in some distrlets in Tasmania, In others, an offcet of the heat has been…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports having brought forward a catalogue of 5082 bales on Monday, when the offerings…

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Cattle Stealing Branxton Charge Sent for Trial Branxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 5

Evidence in the case of Daniel Crowley, labourer, of Belford, who was charged with stealing five head of cattle, the property of…

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Fined for Selling Beer Dairy Farmer's Novel Plea

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

The novel explanation that he wanted the money to make up tor the low prices he was receiving for butter was given by Francis Wallace Dickson, who,…

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PUNCHED! Cuts on Face Farm Boy Leeton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

Giving evidence at the Welfare Farm inquiry to-day, Aubrey Hunt, an officer of the Public Works…

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Farmer Killed When Horses Bolt Run Over by Plough

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

Jack Hallinan, 43, single, was killed late yesterday afternoon when a team of four horses he was wording at his property at Duri bolted, and, it is…

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Welfare Farm Inquiry Witness Describes Punishment. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

Aubrey do Vere Hunt, who was engaged on building work at the Riverina Wolfare Farm, giving evidence before the public inquiry to-day, said: "lt…

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More Activity Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 8

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridage street, when the quantity cataloguod totalled 8182 bales, and the clearance,…

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Butter Too Cheap So We Sold Grog MURWALLUMDAH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 4

That no had sold the liquor to make up for the low price which he was getting for his butter was a plea on [?] on bollal of Francis Walter…

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