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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 108

Germans at Wool Sales Question of Allowing Competition. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 5

Considerable discussion is taking place among the wool buyers and others interested as to whether Germans should be allowed to compete at the wool sales for…

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Australian Wool Clip. "Downright Robbery." Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 5

General Lassetter, interviewed to-day, said the public of Australia were at last beginning to realise the great loss to the Commonwealth that had occurred through…

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Poultry. Dairying. Shearman's Clover. a Remarkable Fodder Plant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

The "new" grain or fodder plant may not make the same sudden dramatic appearance as the accidentally upturned gold nugget, but its value may be greater, and the story…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 3

Winchcombe,Carson Ltd. report:—Appraisements of wool are again in full swing in the Sydney market and offerings will go on without interruption…

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Decrease in Coastal Butter Shortage in Victoria. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2

The output of butter from the coastal districts shows signs of a decrease.' Victoria is short of butter and is buying in Sydney and Brisbane…

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Australian Wool Losses Deal with British Government. Colonel Lasseffcer's Estimate. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 3

Colonel Lassetter has again referred to the losses on Australian wool through handing it to the British Government. He. calculates the losses at over £100,000,000…

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Scone Co-operative Dairy Company. Must It Be Wound Up ? Important Meeting Thursday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2

An important meeting of the shareholders of the local Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., is convened, by authority of the Board of Directors,…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 1

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

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 5

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal [?]upervi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are baaed mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Which Are Exhaustive Crops? The Ultimate Test

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 5

A crop of 30 bushels of wheat removes from the acre on which it is grown 33 1b. of nitrogen, 14 1b. of phosphoric acid, and 9[?] 1b. of potash (writes W. R…

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No. 46. Dairying. Shearman's Clover. a Remarkable Fodder Plant

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 5

The "new" grain or fodder plant may not make the same sudden dramatic appearance as the accidentally upturned gold nugget, but its value may…

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Unappraised Wool and Sheepskins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 4

The Prime Minister, upon the recommendation of the Central Wool Committee, has issued orders under the War Precautions (Wool and Sheepskins) Regulations and the…

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Branxton Dairy Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 4

The Branxton Co-operative Dairy Co. last month manufactured 14,397lb of butter, of which 3 per cent. was second grade. Suppliers were paid net cheques amounting to…

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Agricultural. an Obscure Wheat Disease. Causes Five Per Cent. Loss of State's Crop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 4

Some notes are contributed by the Plant Breeder to the April "Agricultural Gazette" under the heading "An Obscure Disease in Wheat." The…

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Correspondence. Scone Butter Factory. (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2

"Breathes there a man with soul so dead, "Who never to himself has said: "This is my own my native land."…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 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 the experience of the Department. No. 466…

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Developments in the Dairy

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 April 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, but man's…

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Which are Exhaustive Crops

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 4

A crop of 30 bushels of wheat removes from the acre on which it is grown 331bs of nitrogen, 141bs of phosphoric acid, and 9 1/4 lbs of potash…

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The Romance of Mildura. (No. 3.) Cropping and Marketing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

THE two most important irrigation settlements on the Murray are Mildura and Renmark. But there are at least twenty other such settlements in various stages of…

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Wool and Sheepskins

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 4

The attention of all persons holding unappraised stocks of wool or dry sheep skins of the value of £50 or over is drawn to notices in another column,…

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