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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 108

The Paying Tomato. Prosperous Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 6

A farm of 34 acres on the Bolwarra lucerne flats, within there miles of West Maitland, has been sold for £100 per. acre, and as part of the area is only…

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Wool Scheme Proposals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 1

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

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Sydney Show Magnificent Exhibits of Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 2

The crowds at the Jubilee Royal Show are increasing. Thousands watched the judging on Tuesday. The North Coast and Northern…

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The Paying Tomato. Prosperous Maitland Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 1

A farm of 34 acres on the Bolwarra lucerne flats, within three miles of West Maitland, has been sold for £100 per acre, and as part…

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These Notes tire issued every week, under the personal supervtsion of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department Agricultural Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and art based mainly on the experience of the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 April 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. No. 463…

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The Farmer's Due

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 4

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

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

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 4

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

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[?]Ies Attack Maize Crop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 7

[?]ary to their reputation, mag[?]turned their attention to [?]ps in the Woodside dis[?]the Manning River. Last…

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London Wool Sales. Strong Tone of Third Series

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 3

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

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Australian Wool. Need for Organisation to Market Next Clip

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

Sir John Higginis, chairman of the Control Wool Committee states. that transport prospects are such that if will be practically impossible to ship the whole of the wool…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 13

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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Official Tests of Slag Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 7

The National Physical Laboratory, near London, England, has recently carried out some interesting tests of the efficiency of the wool as a covering for steam pipes…

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Agricyktyral & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 1

These Notes ore issued every week, under the personal supervisions 6f the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Dapartment…

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Dairying. the Feeding of Dairy Calves. Appetite as a Guide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 1

Experiments have been conducted by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State College of Agriculture, U.S.A., to determine, among other…

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How Wool Profits Rose

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 2

Without exception, the Central Committee on the investigation of Prices under the Profiteering Act reported that the market price is considerably in excess of the fair…

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Wheat Board. Position of the States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 6

The bank overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board at the end of March was £3,832,000, an increase for the week of £101,000. New South Wales was £198,000 in…

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A Novel Case. Farmer Fined for Food Wasting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 3

Summoned under the ood central regulations for wasting foodstuffs by "falling to take stops for the preservation of a flock of sheep." John Wadland an Easter England…

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Goulburn Special Sheep and Cattle Sale

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

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded on Tuesday, 30th March, 200 head of cattle and 8000 sheep to a good attendance of buyers from Braidwood, Mossvale, and local…

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The Butter Industry

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

While the conferences of representatives of the dairying industry held last week in Melbourne were not open to the Press, it is evident from discussions with some of the…

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