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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 4

The A.M.L. and [?] Co., Ltd., report 24th December:—The first series of appraisements in the New Year will be held from 5th to 13th…

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Damaged Wheat. Minister Explains

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 6

The acting-Minister for Agriculture was recently reported to have stated that the Government would take the responsibility for paying…

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Wheat Supplies. From South Australia and Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 3

Questioned regarding the urgency of despatching wheat to New south wales, Mr. Pitt manager of the Wheat Board, explained that the shipping strike and the shortage…

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Price of Wheat. Increase to 6/6 Per Bushel Advances on New Harvest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 3

An important statement relative to the proposal to increase the price of wheat was made last night by the chairman of the australian Wheat Board…

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Pastoral First-cross Sheep Tests. Conclusions Reviewed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

The exhaustive experiments in the cross-breeding of sheep which the Department has been conducting at Bathurt, Cowra and Wagga since 1910…

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State's_wheat Supply. Sufficient Until February. Wheat Board's Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 6

The acting Minister of Agriculture Mr. Ashford) stated that there was sufficient told what in the State to last until the middle of February…

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Wheat Products. All Round Increases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

The Federal Government having increased the price of wheat 1 per bush[?], the Necessary Commodities Control Commission has approved of an advance in…

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Wheat Shortage. Chief Secretary Intervenes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 7

There is such a shortage of wheat in New South Wales at the present moment that some mills may be forced to close. A continuance of the scarcity would mean an…

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Agbicultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

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…

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Wool Prices Lower. London December Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 9

The chairman of the Central Wool Committee is in receipt of the following cable:-The eighth series of London sales closed on December 20. Prices for all descriptions…

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To-day's Telegrams Wheat for the East. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

Japanese freighters are hilling cargoes of wheat at Melbourne for the East. The wheat trade between Victoria and the East is booming. A large number of vessels have already…

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Dairy Produce Pool. Shipments to New South Walks and Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 9

The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee is advising agents that, owing to the price of butter in New South Wales and Queensland having been advanced, it has been…

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Assisting the Farmers. Inverell District Dissatisfied with Government Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 6

The plight to which many of the farmers in the Inverell district have been reduced by the prolonged drought is reflected in a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of…

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Branxton Co-op. Dairy Company

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

The Manager of the Branxton Cooperative Dairy Company, Limited, writes:—The falling off of supplies of milk to the Branxton Co-operative. Dairy…

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Federal Politics Vacancies in Ministry. Leaders of Labor and Farmers' Parties

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

Vacancies in the Federal Ministry will have to be filled shortly through the decent of the Postmaster General (Mr Webster.) and the Minister for Home and…

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British Officers As Farmers Training and Settling in Australia. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

At a meeting of ex-officers at the Colonial Institute, it was resolved to draw up a scheme to secure suitable land in Australia for the purpose of…

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Farm Engineering. the Motor Tractor. Its Possibilities in Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 6

When during the war the necessary of increasing the home food production laced, the British Government, the motor tractor came as a solution of the difficulty with some of…

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Dairying. the Effect of Soiling on Breed. How It Prevents Reversion to Type

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 6

The advantages to the dairy farmer of the soiling system— that under which a succession of folder crops is grown and carted out to the animals in the field or barn— are many…

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High-priced Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

[?] yesterday Mr. Harrv G. Wolfe succeeded in obtaining £24 for a brindle cow, the property of Mr. A. Gollan, £20 for a cow and calf, £19/5/ for a…

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Depleting Fine Wool Reserves

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

Even if the present extraordinarily high prices for merinos and fine crossbreds fail to be maintained, there is still a wide margin between…

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