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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

2,897 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 85 of 145

Wheat Farmers Measure of Help Dr. Page's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 1

The leader of the Country party, Dr. Earle Page, stated to-day that the Country party still maintained that a home consumption price of 4/a bushel…

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Wheat Market Mild Reaction SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 1

A mild reaction from the strong tone which has prevailed for the past week on the wheat market was experienced in the local trade to-day…

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Field Farm & Dairy Agricultural Building Fertility

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 8

Most soils can be made to produce successful gardens, though the process requires time, energy, some expense, and an appreciation of certain…

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My Dairy of the Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 6

Reg. Weaver id on the warpath again, and this time his guns are turned on the Cessnock Hospital Board…

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The Children's Corner A Section of Interest and Entertainment" for Young Folk. (All Rights Reserved) Model Farm Cart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 3

This week, by special request, I am giving instructions for making, a small farm cart for a model farmyard. All the parts, including the…

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DAIRYING Warts on the Udder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 8

Warts, which are really small tumours frequently on the udder and tents of the, cow. They are seen more often in young than in old cattle. There…

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Better Farming Junior Farmers' Clubs Horse Breeding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 8

Since its inauguration a few years ago the Junior Farmers' Club movement has become a very positive influence for better…

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HOMEBUSH Heavy Sheep Weaker Cattle Better Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson, Limited report that 2257 cattle were yarded. The market was unchanged, Good to prime beef made 25/ to 30/ hundred…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 3rd just.: The position in regard to the Wool Market has shown very little change…

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Wheat Prices Another Rise SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 5

Country wheat quotations to-day pose 1½d to 3d sidings, making the total rise for the month 11d a but shel, The new price is a record for…

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USELESS! Wheat Agreement Expert's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 1

"Nature, and not the London Wheat Agreement, has adjusted wheat prices on the foreign markets during the past week," says…

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Butter Equalisation Scheme Address by Mr J. L. Shute

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 3

Addressing a meeting of dairymen at Brauxton on Saturday, Mr J. L. Shute, general secretary, of the Primary Producers' Union, explained the…

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DAIRYING Production Decline Spring Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 2

Prescott, Ltd., In their, weekly, circular report that almost all dairying, districts have been favoured with nice rains, and the prospects for a good…

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Clara Butt's Son Tragic Death on Farm in Rhodesia

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 2

By the death in Rhodesia of Mr Victor Kennerly Rumford, Dame Clara Butt the famous contralto, has lost her only surviving son Her elder son,…

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Farmers' Heavy Tolls Move for Free Punt

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 1

A move to allow farmers who live near Wiseman's Forry, some of whom have to pay £2 a week in tolls, to cross the punt free of charge has been made…

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Butter Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1934 · page 6

During the week ended August [?] the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney for export 770 boxes of butter, of which 766 were salted and…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1934 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., reports 3rd inst:— The position in regard to the wool market has shown very little change…

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Opening Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1934 · page 2

A message from Brisbane hints that opinion is growing in that State that sales should not open in Brisbane on August 20, but should be delayed…

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The Public and Wool Prices

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1934 · page 2

From 1930 to 1933, when prices for wool were low, the use of woollen goods was encouraged because materials of excellent quality could be…

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