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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

2,897 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 145

A Problem Heavy Sugar Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 2

For the first time in the history of Bundaberg, canegrowers are faced with a too-heavy crop. The amount of cane Miliaquin…

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Sydney Technical College. Correspondence Course. For Farm Mechanics

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 5

Some little time back a request was made to the Minister for Education for a course of instruction by correspondence which might be helpful to…

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Bacteria in Milk and Cream. Methods of Control on the Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 6

Bacteria may gain entry to milk and cream in a number of ways, the cow itself, the milker, the water in which the cattle may wade, the air, and the…

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Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above was held on Friday evening last. Present: Messrs. G. N. Lochhead (in the chair), E. C. Tucker, A. MePherson, A…

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Sheep Cheaper Prime Cattle Firm Homebush Sales Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery report: 54, 678 sheep and lambs penned. The average quality was fair to good, lambs being in the majority. The…

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"Cooked Roll" Egg Board Ballot Farmer's Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 7

Allegations that the last Egg Board ballot had been held on a "cooked roll" were made by Mr. R. A. Wheatley, President of the…

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Farmer's Troubles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 8

Writing to the Casino Pastures Protection Board, a farmer complained that he had lost 50 fowls in a night, owing to foxes, and was compelled to…

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Junior Farmers Quarterly Report Show Prizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 4

The quarterly report of the inspector of the Junior Farmers' Club states that approval has been given to the supervision of junior farmers' work…

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Butter Returns Dairy Products Act

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 6

Under the N.S. Wales Dairy Produce Act, 1933, all manufacturers, agents of manufacturers, and owners of cold stores, having butter in excess of 101b…

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Butter Qualities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 6

A suggestion well supported in dairying circles-is that if butter exports to Britain are to be restricted, the restriction should…

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Sheep Losses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 9

During the past fortnightly 25 head of sheep have been stolen from "Balmoral" Estate, Muswellbrook. A reward of £25 is…

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Gunnedah Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

Messes Fleming & Ross, auctioneers, Gunnedah, report having held their special cattle sale on Friday last, 1st June, when they yarded 1100 head of splendid…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:—The final roster for the 1933-34 season has been issued, and some 27,594 bales have been allocated for the…

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Butter Pay Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 4

The North Coast Butter Factories' Association met in Lismore yesterday and fixed the price for May supply at 9 1/2d a lb. This is 1ld a lb. more than…

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Butter Export C'wealth Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

Exports of butter from the Commonwealth for the period July 1, 1933, to May 26, 1934. were 101,744 tons, as against 98,294 for the…

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The Wool Outlook. Germany's Influence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The postponement for a further month of a decision regarding imports of wool, tops and yarns into Germany is…

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Wool Sales Postponement Possible SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 2

The wool sales in Sydney due to begin next Monday, and the Brisbane series arranged for the period, June 18 to June 28, may be postponed…

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Export Butter South Australian Views "Luxury Tax" Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 4

Not being in favour either of the Commonwealth nor the local scheme for fixing the price of butter, the special committee appointed by the State…

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No Wool Sales Brokers' Decision SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 7

At a meeting which lasted for over two hours to-day the wool selling brokers announced that there would be no wool sales in Sydney next week…

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Pastoral. Control of Fluke Infestation and Black Disease. Value of Anti-snail Measures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 8

The liver fluke being the transmitting agent for the microbe of black disease in sheep, and the intermediary host of the fluke being a…

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