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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Plague of Leeches Cattle Attacked

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

So bad are leeches in the Fishery Creek district, about 20 miles from In[?]sfail (Queensland), that one grazier there, Mr J. Macgregor, has been…

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Wheat Jumps Highest Since August Farmers Hold Off Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 1

Silo wheat advanced today, making the quotation 3/3. or the highest price recorded since August last year. Bag wheat was quoted at 3/4, but…

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Butter Supplies' Output Absorbed Local Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 6

Prescott, Ltd., report that the local demand for butter is strong enough to absorb practically the whole of the present output. The price of choicest…

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New Life British Butter Market Germany Buys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

The renewal of German buying of butter has helped to put new life into the British market, and Australian values there have made a striking…

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Stock Sales Cattle 10/- DEARER. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

Cattle.—2000 yarded, and the market was better. Bullocks sold, from £6t to £10 and cows from £4 to £9. Best beef worth 30/ per 100 lbs, good…

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600 Tons More Export of Butter Season's Total Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 1

Exports of butter this season now total 2001 tons, of which 1726 have been forwarded to the United Kingdom…

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Wheat Prices Advance Highest Since August of Last Year. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

Wheat prices continued to advance to-day, and quotations are now the highest since August of last year. Buyers offered 3/3 a bushel, an…

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Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers in Flood Still Rising Heavy Damage to Crops Roads Under Water Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 5

Following heavy rain over the week-end, serious floods are feared in the Nepean and Hawkesbury River areas. Both rivers are now well…

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Bomera Sale 17,000 Head of Stock SHEEP-CATTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 8

The Bomera clearance sale was hold on the station, near Coolah, last week. On the first day the attendance was estimated at about 800, and…

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Butter Qualities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 6

The Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy Exports (Mr. P. J. Car-rol) favours the prohibition of the export of second-grade butter…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., reports 27th inst.:— In the absence of auction sales, matters in the wool trade are…

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Warning About Butter Quality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 3

The Director of Dairying (Mr. L. T. Maclnness) estimated the N.S.W. butter output for thu twelve months ended 30th. June, 1934, at over 64,000…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report 26th July: There have been certain developments during the week which have rather proved a…

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Wheat. Home Consumption Price. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C., to-day expressed approval of the reported intention of the Federal Government to fix a home…

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Primary Producers' Union Weekly Notes Butter Factory Competitions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

A meeting was held at the P.P. Union rooms in Sydney during the week to consider the co-ordination of butter factory competitions, and to…

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Fat Cattle. Scarce in Queensland. a Hardening Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 4

The position of the fat cattle market is rather interesting at the present time Depleted weekly yardings afford undeniable evidence of the shortage which…

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Flock of Sheep. Bowed Across River. Drover's Achievement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 1

To save a long journey by road, Mr A. E. Sweeney, of Dundee, Windellama, transported between 200 and 300 sheep across the Shoalhaven…

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Wool Market Will Sales be Postponed?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

Registrtaions of new cars are increasing as the well-known makers are coming forward more freely from the assembly points…

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Russian Butter Mixed With Australian Assembly Question Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Sanders (U.A.P,, Willoughby) asked Mr. Main if his attention had been drawn to a published interview with…

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