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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 108

Seed Wheat 7/6 Per Bushel

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

The Rural Industries Board has agreed to advance the price for first grade seed wheat from 6/8 to 7/6 and second grade seed from 6/- to 7/- per…

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Wheat Harvest. Certificates for Advancing Payments

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

Senator Russell, acting-chairman of the Central Wheat Board, stated that financial arrangements had now been completed with the banks for the payment of the…

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The Wool Position. Prospects of Further Dividends. Satisfactory London Sales. a Warning to Growers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

A word of warning needs to be given to growers, particularly of small, bright, well-grown clips from the tablelands, who are inclined to…

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Letter to the Editor. Export of Dairy Produce

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

Sir,—One of the matters of serious [?] to the primary producer of the Commonwealth the new Federal Pa[?] will be called on to consider in the [?]…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected the farming and pastoral indus[?] have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Remarkable Farm Incident. Cow Sukles a Pig

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

A remarkable case of a cow suckling [?] pig has been witnessed by Mr G. Tarrant, a farmer in the Warracknabeal (Victoria,) district. When the cow's…

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High-Priced Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 4

Once again fat cattle from the Paterson and Gresford districts have topped the local stock market, consignments of fat bullocks from these parts realising up to £31/8/6 per…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 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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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

In Sussex-street to-day maize sold at 9/6 per bushel, onions £11 to £12/10/ per ton, potatoes £22 to £25 per ton, millet £45 to £75 per ton…

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Pastoral First-cross Sheep Tests. Conclusions Reviewed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

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

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 6

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited, report, January 7:—The first series of apprais[?]ments in 1920 opened…

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Control Of Butter. MELBOURNE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 6

Despite protests which have been made against the present regulations of butter exports, it is highly probable that the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool will…

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Wheat Overdraft. Rapidly Being Extinguished

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 6

The bank overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board, which stood at £14,083,000 on August 11 last, is fast approaching extinction…

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Price of Meat. Big Increase. Graziers Withholding Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

The announcement that retail butchers propose forthwith to increase the price of beef by 25 per cent, will doubtless give…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

These Notes ate issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 451…

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Half a Crown a Pound. Australian Butter at Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

The Viotoplan Minister for Agriculture stated that 'his attention had been drawn to a communication from a leading produce firm in Vancover dated December 2, which…

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Sydney Stock Sales. Pitt, Son and Badgery report: Cattle market generally £1 lower

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Next municipal elections promise to be interesting. Good rains are reported in Moree district…

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1920-21 Wool Clip. Arrangements for Marketing. National Council Formed. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

A conference of representatives of the Victorian Farmers' Union, Victorian Chamber of Agriculture, and Pastoralists' Association of Victoria,…

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Sydney Dairy Hands. Employers Concede Increases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 7

A mass meeting of members of the dairy employees' section of the Metropolitan Milk, ice Carters, and Dairymen Employees' Union on Thursday night decided to…

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Oversea Trade in Dairy Products. (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

Sir,-One of the matters of serious importance to the primary producers of the Commonwealth, the new Federal Parliament will be called on to consider in the…

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