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Farming & the land, 1934

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Dairy Industry Sydney Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 6

The committee appointed by the Federated Milk Producers to make arrangements for the conference in Sydney on March 28 and 29, of…

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Farmer Wounded in Face by Rifle Bullet in Bad Way One Eye Destroyed Youth Held Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 1

Shot in the face with a rifle bullet, Alfred Kelly, 51, a farmer, of Wallabadah, near Tamworth, sustained…

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DAIRYING Practices that Help

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

There are a variety of practices conducive to failure at dairying. The following were enumerated in an American paper some years ago, but they…

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HOMEBUSH Sheep Unchanged Heavy Cattle Down Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that 2000 cattle were yarded. The market was unaltered. Good to Prime beef made 26/ to 29/ hundred lbs,…

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Homebush Stock Sales Market Firm for Cattle and Sheep. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Cattle.—2100 yarded, and the market was unchanged. Bullocks sold from £6 to £10/10/, and cows from £4 to £9. Best, beef worth 30/- per…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 3

As announced in our advertising columns, Messrs Walter J. Hawke and Co. will offer 1500 well-bred cattle, a big proportion of which are New…

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Butter Exports Lower Figures SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

From July 1, 1933, to March 3, 76,048 tons of butter were exported from, the Commonwealth compared with 79,289 tons for the same period…

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Butter Supplies Production Decline Sydney Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 6

Prescott's Ltd., in their weekly circular report, that production continues to decline, the shrinkage this week being a little more pronounced than…

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Butter Export What of the Future? Problem of Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 2

Australian dairymen are fishing what is going to happen when tho Ottawa economic agreement expires next year. Much depends on…

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Angry Farmers Troops Attacked TOKIO, March 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Osaka and Tokio newspapers report that a group of Manchurian and Korean farmers near Ilan, Manchuria, attacked Japanese troops…

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Small Debts Farmer Examined Bill of Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 5

Roy Lorn Vickery, of Bolwarra, was examined at the West Maitland Court to-day by Mr. J. R. Cariton in respect to a judgment for £21/7/5…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 2

Messrs. Walter J. Hawke and Co., of Armidale, announce in this issued a special cattle sale for Tuesday next, March 20, which will represent…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Coy. reports:— On 6th inst., we submitted 8358 bales, typical of the late period of the…

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Wool Sales Brisbane Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 8

The sixth series of wool sales opened in Brisbane on Monday, when 15,151 bales were offered. The general standard of the…

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ANTHRAX Cattle and Pigs Die Lismore Cases Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 7

A number of cases of anthrax have occurred on R. W. Wittleton's farm at Alstonville, and four cattle and four pigs have died…

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Wool Sales London Demand LONDON, March 12

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

At the wool sales 9,264 bales were offered, including 277 from New South Wales, of which approximately 7,714 were sold…

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Wheat Industry Commission Continues London Agreement Sydney

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

On the resumption of the Wheat Royal Commission to-day, the effect of the London wheat agreement on the Australian industry was…

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The Musmellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 13th MARCH, 1934. Late Cables and Telegrams Demand for Crossbreds. London Wool Sales. London Monday

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day, 9,265 bales were offered. Of these approximately 7,414 were sold. A liberal supply of crossbreds met…

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Lucerne Crop Economies Trials at Baerami

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 3

From fan application of 159 lbs. supdiphosphate made last spring the estimated gain from the three cuttings (actual weighing of two) over an…

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To Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 2

Steel Plow Shares, Mouldboards and Soleplates, for all makes, much cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere at W. Butler and Sons, Lorn, West…

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