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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 108

Price of Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 3

Queensland producers are endeavovring to obtain a rise in the price of butter, that being the only State with a surplus…

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Homebush Sheep Sales. Prime Quality Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

The sheep handled at Homebush on the 3rd. inst., were generally, not in prime condition. A consignment, however, from Mr. F. C. Rowlands of…

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Last Season's Wheat. Second Payment to Be Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

The State Wheat Board has decided to pay forthwith a further advance of 1/6 per bushel on 1919-20 wheat. This is in addition to the First payment of 5/ at country stations. As…

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Winter Schools for Farmers. What the Department Offers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 5

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers, to bo held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 15th June to 10 th July…

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No. 470. Live Stock. Safeguaed Your Stock From Disease. How Infection Gains Entrance to the Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 5

Man has learned much since the barber's leach was the cure for all 1[?] ills, and he has learned also to deal more intelligently with the sicknesses…

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Dairying. Science in the Dairy. Examining Samples for Bacteria

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 5

Science roveals secrets as wonderful as any of the tales of Hans Andersen or Grimm, The following paragraphs are taken from "Microbiology in…

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Denman. Lecture on Fodder Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

A lecture was delivered at Da[?]s Hall, Denman, on 7th. May, by Mr. H. Wheiiholz, Inspector of Agriculture, to a fairly large audience…

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Seed Wheat

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 2

The Hon Walter Bennett has received from the Rural Industries Board intarnation that the Board will advance seed wheat to necessitous farmers on…

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Wheat Supply. Proposed Stoppage of Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

At a meeting, on Tuesday last, of the grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, consideration was given to the serious state of affairs which has arisen in…

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Australian Wool. Hughes' Scheme Criticised. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 5

Sir Arthur Goldfinch, Directer of Raw Materials interviewed by the "Yorkshire Observer," commented unfavourably on the Hughes scheme for disposal of wool. He said…

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Wheat Pool. Facts of Imperial Contract. Prime Minister Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

The attack made in the reder[?] ment last week by Mr. Hill of the Count. Party, who is also president ofthe Victoria Farmers Union, on the administration on [?]…

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State Cabinet. the Board of Trade Wheat Guarantee of 7/6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

The State Cabinet say for the greater part of Wednesday [?] a long list of sub[?] by [?] Minister. Be[?] the morning. It was nearly seven…

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Farmers' Taxes. Government Grants Time Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

The State Treasurer (Mr. Lang) stated that, at the instance of the Government, the Commissioner of Taxation had decided to grant the most generous terms to necessitous…

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Irish Farmers and Sinn Fein. Independent Republic Undesirable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

TO-day, with all these stories of murder and counter-murder in [?]eland, it is worth remembermg that the Irish farmer (writes One of Them, in London "Daily Mail") is at…

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The Wheat Farmers. Speedy Assistance Necessary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 6

The State Treasure (Mr, Lang) stated that there was not a Government department that did not hear the echo of the drought in grim reality, and this was the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are [?] mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 69…

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Pastoral Loss by Disease at Lamb-marking. How to Curtail It

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 4

Every season during the period in which lambs are subjected to marking, reports reach the Department of Agriculture of deaths closely following. There…

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State Cabinet. the Board of Trade. Wheat Guarantee of 7/6

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

The State Cabinet sat for the greater part of Wednesday discussing a long list of subjects submitted by various Miniisters. Beginning in the morning, it was…

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Scarcity of Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 4

The city grocers are at their wits' end to obtain sufficient supplies of butter…

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Cattle Raids. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 3

In the West of Ireland cattle driving has reached an acute pitch. The roads are covered with weary, wandering cattle and warning notices deterring the public from…

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