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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 108

Wheat Transaction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

A claim for £14,000 was made in the Supreme Court to-day by De Lauret and Company, Ltd., against the New South Wales Government in respect of a wheat…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 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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The Farmer's Due

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

"The farmer us well as the industrial worker, is entitled to a living wage and a reasonable profit on his investment," writes D. P, Houston,…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

"The scrub dairy bull has nothing behind him but his tail," runs an expressive sub-heading to an article by C. H. Eckles, Professor of Dairy…

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The Wheat Deal Big Claim Against Government. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 2

Messrs Delauret and Company to-day, tofore Mr Justice Pring, commenced an. action against the New South Wales Government, claiming £14,000 damages…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 1

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

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 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. AGRICULTURAL…

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Wheat on Heavy Black Soil. Good Results from Broadcasting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

"I have a 140-acre paddock of very heavy black and chocolate soil. Wheat has failed on it three out of five years, and I am advised to plant oats. 1…

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Australian Wool. Need for Organisation to Market Next Clip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 6

Sir John Higginis, chairman of the Central Wool Committee, states that transport prospects are such that it will be practically impossible to ship the whale of the wool…

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Sydney Markets The Co-operative Wool and Produce Co. report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 7

Pigs.—Supplies penned were rather heavy, 1600 passing through the yards. Porkers comprised the bulk. Buyers in all sections were…

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Developments in the Dairy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

The old-fashioned system of dairying which was so exacting on all engaged in it, left little time for recreation and rest, bit man's…

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Dairy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

Cow, giving the best butter fat, results under Babcock test, Walter Budden, 1, 36lbs of milk gave 2.34 butter. The same competitor was…

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His Life for a Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 3

John Thurlow, of Crookwell, was drowned in the Roseville Weir, just outside Goulburn, on Monday afternoon. Thurlow was droving sheep…

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Australian Wheat Surplus. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Mr. Parkes, answering Mr. Parkinson, said the Government had purchased the Australian surplus wheat, amounting to a million and a half…

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Colossal Wool Profits. Board of Trade Blunders. Public Has to Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 3

The official report of the sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Prices on the Government transactions in raw wool is a remarkable exposure of Departmental…

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Local and General News Butter and Cheese Successes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 2

The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., is maintaining its prestige in the manufacture of first-class butter and cheese. At the Muswellbrook…

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London Wool Sales. Strong Tone of Third Series

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 3

The chairman of the Central Wool Committee in Melbourne has received the following wool cable from the Director-General of Raw Materials, London:—…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 1

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

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Marquis Wheat. Great Value Claimed

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 4

Sir Joseph Carruthers has been advised from Ottawa of an announcement by the Minister for Agriculture that, from figures obtained…

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Wool Scheme Proposals. Do Not Fix Prices

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report —The final round of Sydney wool appraisements has been completed. Arrangements have been made for…

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