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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 98

Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 10th June, 1916:— Wool.—The recent embargo on wool has been removed, and wool may now be…

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Farm at Luskintyre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. O. K. Young will offer at auction at his office, Campbell's Hill, on Monday next, in the estate of Thomas Bellamy (deceased), a farm of 30 acres fronting the Hunter…

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Crops and Live Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 6

The Government is taking a census of the crops and live stock in the United Kingdom…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…

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Prices of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 4

The Necessary Commodities Commission, consisting of Mr. M. Connington, deputy chairman, and Mr. W. White, yesterday invited representatives of the butter industry to discuss with it the…

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Export of Butter Prohibited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 1

The Attorney-General has decided to prohibit the export of butter from New South Wales, Up till now the embargo has only been partial, 10 per cent of the output being…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. Ltd. report under date 10th June, 1916:— Wool.—The recent embargo on wool has been removed, and wool may now be…

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Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

Representatives of the wholesale butter trade in Sydney asked the Necessary Commodities Commission yesterday to increase the price of butter by 12/, to 147/4 a cwt…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Edward Higgins, Parkinson and Co. will offer their next sale of cattle at Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday, 27th instant, for which 300 head are booked. Other owners desirous of…

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Butter Shortage. Mr. Hall Acts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 7

Butter was almost unobtainable in wholesale parcels in Sydney yesterday, and there is every indication that grocers will to-day be unable to source more than 10 per cent…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Exceptional Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 7

Auction sales of wool in the Sydney market for the 1915-16 statistical year closed yesterday, and the last catalogue for the season made record sales for greasy merino…

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Scone Store Sheep Market. J. A. Simpson & Co.'s. Report

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

We held a most successful stove sheep sale in the Scone yards on Friday last, when we yarded 3029 head, and sold all lots out. There was a good attendance…

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Sheep

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 2

The 4000 sheep, which were resting at Cangon, are now on the road again. They are the property of Mr J. K. Mackay, and are in fair…

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Butter Shortage. State Supplementary Supplies

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 7

As a result of the butter in the Government store, supplies can be supplemented to the extent of about 2000 boxes a week for a period of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 267…

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Dairy Farmer's Association. Operations Suspended

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 2

The Dairy Farmer's Association of New South Wales has issued a letter to its branches to the effect that at a meeting of the State…

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Butter Shortage. Mr. Hall Acts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1916 · page 6

Butter was almost unobtainable in whole sale parcels in Sydney on Wednesday, and there is every indication that the grocers will be unable to secure more than 10 per cent…

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Carriage of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1916 · page 2

In connection with the carriage of wool, an important announcement was made by the Railway Department yesterday. It is pointed out that in previous years it…

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