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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 108

Osteomalocia in Cattle

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

Osteomalacia—often referred to as "stiffs," "ricket," "bone-chewing" or "coast disease"—is distinctly a disease of localities (writes the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

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. POULTRY…

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Wool Tops Agreement. Denounced by Tastoralists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 6

The thirty-first convention of the I'astor-olists' Federal Council of Australia, representing the grazlera, pastorailsts, and stock-owners' associations of New South Wales,…

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Bulk Handling. Completing Wheat Scheme. Storage Provision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 6

Details of the Government plans for the construction of country grain elevators and sites, tenders for which are to be received up to March 31st next, have been furnished by…

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Farm Engineering Shallow Boring Operations. Regulations Governing the Scheme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

The policy of the Commission's shallow boring scheme is to assist small settlers in providing their holdings with a permanent water supply by…

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Fine Wool Dearer. London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

The following cable regarding the London wool sales has been received by the chairman of the Central Wool Committee:—"The third series of sales opened on March…

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Australia's Wool. Third to Be Manufactured Locally

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

As the result of recent agitation, the Prime Minister has now authorised the Director of the Bureau of Commerce to take the necessary steps to accomplish the…

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Wool Lords. High Profits. London, March 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 3

"What is the use of having a war in nobody is the better for it?" said one of Bradford's 20 millinaire with the correspondent of…

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Financing the Farmer. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

Sir,—It is an old electioneering dodge to try and draw the opposition on the subject of finance. I shall stick to precedent invariably…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co, Easter Invitation to Shareholders and Clients

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

The approach of the Easter holiyear interval, of the Royal Show at Moore Park, are certain, as in previous years, to attract a very…

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Mistletoe Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 3

Very dry weather prevalis here at present, and the corn crops need rain badly. Grane picking finished to-day. The crops were quite up to expectations…

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Wool Tops Agreement. Decision of Graziers' Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 8

At the convention of the Graziers' Federal Council, which has concluded in Melbourne, the following motions regarding the wool tops agreement was carried…

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Dairying. Parents' Influence on Producing Capacity. Another Champion of the Sire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 2

"The scrub dairy bull has nothing behind him but his tall," runs an expressive subheading to an article by C. H. Eckles, Professor of Dairy Husbandry, University of…

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A Dry Winter. Gloomy Outlook for Country. Sheep and Cattle Shortage

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

Mr J. W. Allen, Secretary of the Graziers' Association, in the course of an interview With a Sydney "Sun" representative, said:—…

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The Wheat Board. Rank Overdrafts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 8

The bank overdrafts of the Australian Wheat Board are shown as standing at £4,249,000 on March 15, having increased by £813,000 in seven days…

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The Wool Scheme. Criticism From Abroad

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.— Much interest is being taken in the wool scheme referendum. By…

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Australian Wheat. Shipping Difficulty. London, March 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

The City editor of "The Times" states that the Shipping Controller recently arranged for the liner companies to bring 200,000 tons of wheat from Australia in…

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Sale of a Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Swan, Murray, and Hain report having sold on account of Mr. Thos. Elliott, his farm, situated at Raworth, near Morpeth, for the sum of £2850, the purchaser…

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Farmers and Labour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 6

Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C., President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in reviewing the election figures, spoke of the chances of a Labour Government…

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Returned Soldier Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

Returned soldiers settled or about to settle on the land within the East Maitland-Morpeth-Tarro Shire repatriation area desirous of participating in the distribution of poddy…

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