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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 80

Letter From Farmers and Settlers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 8

The communication from the executive of the farmers and settlers Association to the Premier referred to in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Holman, reads as…

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Farm Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 16
Also in Singleton Argus

Oats, G and P. Ernst., Maize 50 cons large variety, G. and P. Ernst, 1; JOhn Falkiner, 2. Small variety, light, W. Edwards, 1; Crouch and Bowden, 2. Ditto Dark…

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Dairy Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 16

Collection of butter, singleton Central Butter Co., 1 and 2. Box of Butter, Singleton Central Butter CO., 1 and 2. Fresh butter, 2lbs, hand-made, Mrs. R. Moss,…

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Georgeson Contract. North-west Farmers Attitude

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 5

A conference of delegates from the Farmers and settlers' Association in the new Namol electorate was held at the School of Arts Gunnedah. Mr. A. K. Trethowan,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 436. Agricultural Top-dressing Lucerne a Successful Experiment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 3

The value of top-dressing lucerne with superphosphate was conclusively demonstrated last summer at a farm at Orange. The paddock experimented…

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Wool and Coal Yard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1919 · page 4

Mr. Oliver H. P. James announces by advertisement in this issue that he has reduced the price of firewood to 8.3 per load, and can also supply hay batteons, surveyor's pegs…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1919 · page 5

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened this morning. Over two hundred delegates were present. representing districts all over the…

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Singleton Show. the Cattle Section

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 3

The statement by a noted cattle breeder that for beef cattle, Singleton will rank nest to the Royal has good grounds, says the Maitland…

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Wheat Inquiry. Terms of Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 3

At a meeting of the Executive Council, the terms of the Commission to be issued to Mr. Justice Pring in connection with the performance of the Gerogeson contract…

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Market Reports. Wool Appraisements. Price Prospects in England

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report under date 13th Sept.:— Wool appraisements re-open in Sydney on Monday, 15th…

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Not Satisfied. Farmers and Railway Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 4

In the course of his address at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference yesterday, Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.A., said the farmers of the State were not satisfied with either…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 4

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Wheat Growing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 2

The National Association Conference agreed to a motion that a committee should be appointed to inquire why wheat-growing was…

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Elective Ministers. Discussion at Farmers' and Settlers Conference. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 5

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, a resolution by the Bogan Gate and Lachlan District Councils in favour of the principle of elective ministers, excited considerable…

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Wheat Guarantee of 5/-

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Tueday Mr Manning asked whether the 5/- to the farmers for the 1920-21 wheat crop was to be paid in one sum, or was…

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Wheat Inquiry. Commission Officially Appointed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 4

At a meeting of the Executive Council on Monday the terms of the extended Royal Commission of inquiry into the wheat transactions of the New South…

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Farmers and Settlers. High Price of Agricultural Implements. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 5

The high-price of agricultural implements formed the basis of discussion at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, which agred to a motion to the effect that the Prices…

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Share Farming Bill. Hostility of Farmers & Settlers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 6

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) referred the complaint by Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C. that the Minister had not submitted his Share, Farming Bill to the Farmers and Settlers Association…

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Farmers' Conference. National Government Policy Condemned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 3

The Farmers and Settlers' conference carried a motion condemning the policy of the National Government in these times of distress and its wholesale creation of…

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