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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

2,897 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 145

Sudden Death Wife of Dairy Co. Mngr.SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 7

The death occurred yesterday of the wife of Mr. Herbert Robert Martin, manager of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company…

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"No Jurisdiction" Tenancy of a Farm CESSNOCK

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

Anthony George Kime and Philip Joseph Kime made application to Mr. E. A. Mahony P.M., at Cessnock Court to-day, for an order of…

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Maize Crop. Estimate of 2½ Million Bus

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 3

An official estimate of the maize crop for the 1934 season is 2,582,000 bushels, made up aa follows: North Coast 1,080,000; Hunter and Manning…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 5

A London cable advises that on May 5, 909,165 boxes of butter, comprising 378,407 boxes from Australia, 632,658 from New Zealand, and 83-10…

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Export Butter Restriction Decision of Dairy Board

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 1

The restriction of 20 per cent, on the export of butter to the United Kingdom will be discontinued from June 1 next as a result of a decision…

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Wool Sales Turnover of £49,489,963

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 8

Commonwealth wool sales to the end of April, represented a turnover of £49,480,963, as compared with £30,060,192 during the corresponding…

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Steady Prices London Wool Sales Better Selection London, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 9920 bales were offered including 1214 from New South Wales. There was a larger and better…

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Wool Sales Steady Prices in London. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 9929 bales were offered, including 1214 from NewSouth Wales, of which approximately 5695 were sold…

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U.S.A. DROUGHT. Grain Crops, Suffer Prices Rise Chicago, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 3

Grain prices rose sharply on the Board of Trade Grain Exchange as one of the most serious droughts for years has spread haves among the…

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Dairy Science Winter-Spring Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 5

Arrangements have been made by the Director of Dairying to held dairy science schools in the following districts: Macksville, May 28 to June 1;…

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Less Wheat Drought in America Crops Affected Washington, May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 1

It is forecast in semi-official quarters that the present drought conditions prevailing over the United States will result in the reduction of the…

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Wool Sales Brisbane Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 9

Brisbane wool sales were continued yesterday, when 13,947 bales were offered. The selection was average to good, representing all parts of the…

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Wheat Industry "Dangerous to Restrict' Poultry Man's View Sydney, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 7

A suggestion that as the wheat farmer cannot, under present world economic conditions, afford to sacrifice any portion of his crop, he could…

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Milk Industry New Zealand Farms Visitor Impressed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 2

Mr. J. I. Scarr, who recently visited New Zealand, in a report on dairying in the Dominion to the directors of the Raymond…

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Heavy Losses Research Necessary Farming Pests Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 2

Emphasising the necessity for research into the difficulties confronting primary industries, in the way of cattle diseases, burr…

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Proposed Free Milk Supply for Schools Farmers' Views Discussion at Conference Bureaux Delegates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 7

The conference of branches of the Agricultural Bureaux in the Hunter River and Lower North Coast group was continued on the Maitland Show Ground to-day. Further addresses covering operations of the Bureaux were…

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Stock and Property Queensland Pastoral Notes. Sheep and Cattle Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

The disquieting tone of the wool market is still causing lifelessness in the stock and property markets, and investors are adopting a "wait and see"…

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Sales at Homebush. Sheep Lower; Cattle Weaker

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that 3355 cattle were yarded. The market was weaker to cheaper Good to prime beef made 18/- to 28/…

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Visit by Sheep and Wool Instructor

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 6

Mr L. Levy, District Sheep and Wool Instructor, Department of Agriculture, has been operating in this district during the past few days. His…

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Cattle Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

The returns received by the majority of consignors to the Cannon Hill market, on Thursday of last week must have been far from satisfactory, as…

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