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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Farmer Killed by Bull

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 3

Edwin John Powell, aged 31, dairy farmer, of Liverpool Creek, in the Cowley district, near Innisfail (Q.), was attacked by a bull while rounding up…

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Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 8

The improved prices latterly ruling for cattle at Homebush quickly resulted in larger supplies coming forward. Offering on Thursday totalled…

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Butter—cheese London Market LONDON, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 9

Fair trade is passing in the butter market at the lower level, Danish is quoted 84/ per owt. cho[?]st salted New Zealand, 73/ to 74/ and…

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Field Farm & Diary Agricultural Potato Scab Dip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 8

An objection sometimes raised by growers against the dipping of seed potatoes as a preventive of scab is that the process occupies too much…

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More Milk Grafton Dairy Methods June Yield Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 5

Good results are being experienced already from pasture improvement work commenced last autumn at Grafton Experiment Farm by the…

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DAIRYING Mammitis in Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 8

Referring in a current report to recent investigations of cases of contagious mastitis (mammitis) in the west, the chief veterinary surgeon of…

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Butter Sales Production Declines Market Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 5

The weekly report of Prescott, Ltd., states that in this State production is declining very rapidly in most dairying centres, The quantity graded for…

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A Record Butter Exports Latest Figures Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 1

Australia's butter exports for the season ended June 30 constituted a record, the total quantity sent overseas being 109,334 tons,…

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More Rain Reported Wheat Areas Benefit. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 2

Further welcome ruin was received over the week-end, which will chiefly benefit the wheat areas. The falls were mostly in the South…

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Crops Benefit Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 7

Further beneficial rain fell in many parts of the State during the weekend, particularly in the wheat-growing districts. Rain badly wanted…

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Vicious Attack Thieves at Dairy Man Battered Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 2

Battered by two thieves an employe of the South Devon Dairy, Beau-champ-road, Matraville, was bound and gagged by two men, who stole…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports 7th inst.:— The London July sales opened on 3rd inst., and results on the opening…

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Wool Exports Increase in Value

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 8

Compared with exports last year, shipments of wool from Australia during the 11 months ended May 81, increased in value by nearly £21,500,000…

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Wool Sales Increase of £16,688,390

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 8

Commonwealth wool sales for the season 1933.34 represented a turnover of £51,098,717, compared with £34,410,827 last season, an increase of…

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Wool Sales Many Withdrawal LONDON, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 5,827 bales were offered including 659 from Now South Wales of which approximately 1529 were sold…

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Cassillis Girl's Unusual Study. Wool Classing As Hobby

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 3

A deeply interested student of wool classing at East Sydney Technical College is Miss M. Kilpatrick, formerly of "The Donga," Cassilis…

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German Wheat Harvest. Nearly a Third Less Than Last Year's. Rome

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 2

The German wheat harvest is expected to be 29 per cent, less than that of 933…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 10th. JULY, 1934. Late Cables and Telegrams London Wool, Sales. Recent Levels Maintained. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 2

At the wool sales, 5837 bales were offered, including 658 bales from New South Wales, and of which approximately 1592 were…

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Who's Who in the Dairying Industry?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 4

The dairying industry's new marketing methods, by export quota, buttressed by a voluntary scheme of equalisation, have received the…

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Dairy Produce Export Prospects New Zealand Report Auckland (N.z,)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 2

Mr. Dynes Fulton, deputy chairman of the New Zealand Dairy produce Control Board, and chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co-operative…

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