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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 80

A Timely Catch Crop. Sow Maize

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

In view of the failure of many wheat crops, the matter of sowing suitable catch crops during the next week or two to provide feed has lately been the subject of…

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Free to the Farmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Farmers may obtain the following publications, free of cost, on application to the Under-Secretary and Director, Department of Agriculture, Sydney:—…

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Newcastle Steel Works. Visit of Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 16

Primary producers of the Lower Hunter district were given an insight into the expanding industrial processes of the Newcastle district on Thursday week, when a…

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Badgering the British Farmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 14

Lord Rothermere, writing in the "Sunday Pictorial," says:—I find that at present the British farmer is being harassed and badgered to an extent…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 4

The thirty-third half-yearly general meeting of the Raymond Torrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond…

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Farmers Manifesto. Views of Sir Joseph Cook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 5

"I have read the Farmers' manifesto." said Sir Joseph Cook, "and with one or two exceptions can say Hear, Hear" to the whole of it. The slogan of the farmers is…

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A Farm Laborer's Fortune. Romantic Story

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 8

The greatest sale of agricultural property ever made, in this country at any iste (says a late English paper), has taken place. Messrs Dennis, by far the…

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Tallow Sales Big Business The Farmers and Graziers' Co. writes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 8

"Official figures furnished by the associated brokers show that, during the month of October, there were five offerings of tallow by the various brokers,…

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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 Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 444. Co-operation. the Leakage in Buying and Selling. a Rational Method of Repair

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 4

Every industry to-day reflects the change with which the last few years have more than normally jostled us— even agriculture, oldest and probably…

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Wool Trade. Situation Surveyed. Continuation of High Prices. LONDON, November 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 5

Business firms tin well as official authorities temporarily interested in the wool trade, while differing in many points of detail, agree in predicting that the profits of…

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Wool Sales. Keenest Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

At the closing of the seventh series of London wool sales, 200,000 bales were catalogued, and practically al 1were sold. Of amount, 80,000 bales were for…

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The Wheat Commission. Allowances for Rebagging

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 3

Further evidence was taken in Sydney by the Wheat Commission. Questioned by Mr. Blacket, K.C., who is assisting the Commission, Mr. Traversi, of…

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Wheat Enquiry. Rheubens' Transactions. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 3

At the wheat inquiry to-day, evidence was given by Julian Martin, brother-inlaw of Rheubens, regarding the latter's transactions…

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Australian Wool. Booming Prices in England. European Shortage. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

Business firms as well as the authorities temporarily interested in the wool trade,while differing on many points of detail, agree in…

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Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 4

A meeting of applicants for shares, and these interested in the proposed bacon factory at Singleton will be held in the Mechanics' Institute. Singleton, on Friday, 26th…

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The Farmers' Candidate. F. E. S. Falkiner for the Senate

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 4

Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, M.P., for Hume, has decided to accept the nomination of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association an the farmer'…

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A Dairy Record

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 4

Mr. John Smith, jun., of Brush Creek, Yarramalong, writes: Just a line to say I think I have put up a district record with dairy returns for…

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Those Nice Farms

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

In a last despairing endeavour to remove his obsession, I cried, "Surely you must admit that it's a shame to keep men waiting so long for the…

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