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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 108

Wool Sales. Heavy Withdrawals. London, May 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 5

Thirteen thousand bales of Australian wool were offered to-day at Bradford on the Government account. Fine crossbreds and West Victoria merinos…

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Supplies of Wheat. to Be Made Available From Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) has received a letter from Mr. Oman, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, with regard to the undertaking to supply 25 trucks of…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex—street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 4

Quotations in Sussex—street to-day were:—Maize, 10/6 per bushel. Onions, £17 to £18 per ton. Potatoes, £16 to £18 per ton…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the Raymond Terrace Co—operative Dairy and Produce Co. will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday,…

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Butter Shortage. Decline in Dairying. Drop in Quality Standard

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 3

In a paper which he has prepared for the Australian Dairy Factory Managers' Conference in Melbourne, Mr M. A. O'Callaghan…

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Bunyip Wheat. Remarkable Results

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 2

The New South Wales Department of Agriculture has received from a Myall Creek settlor a report of remarkable results from a sowing of Bunvip wheat…

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Butter Shortage. Releasing Suppliers in Store

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 7

In order to meet the butter shortage the Federal Government is releasing butter stored on Imperial contract. The Acting—Minister for Customs has…

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Wool Purchase. Colonel Lassetter's Criticism. Graziers' Appreciation. "Record of Economy."

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

As reported in the "Herald," the council of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, at a special meeting on May 13, carried a…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex—street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 2

Quotations in Sussex—street to—day were:— Maize, 10/6 per bushel. Potatoes, £9 to £14 per ton. Chaif, £15 to £15/10/ per ton…

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Meeting of Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

A meeting of dairymen of Oakhampton, Abroglasslya and Rosebrook, who are suppliers of milk or eroam to factories, will be held at Aberglasslya School on Thursday night next…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 3

The following applications for patents connected with Farming and Pastoral Industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent…

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A Farmer's Plight Six Hours in a Tree

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 3

In-order to cut the tender leaves from the top of a tree for his starving sheep Mr A. T. Cusack, a farmer of Galong, made use of a ladder. Reaching a high…

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The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 1

Woolgrowers are naturally anxious to learn of the arrangements for the handling of next season's wool clip. As matters stand at…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

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

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Wheat Pool. Position of the States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 3

The financial statement of the Australian Wheat Board for the week ended May 21 shows that the bank overdraft, which stands at £330,000, has been reduced by £215,000 in…

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Advances to Farmers. Minister's Notice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 2

1.—The Minister for Agriculture has decided where advances have been made under the Necessitous Farmers' Scheme, now falling due,…

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Dairying. Bacteria in Thh Butterfactory. Their Absolute Defeat is Essential

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

Modern food goes through involved processes of preparation before it is considered worthy of disposal in man's increasingly sensitive stomach, and the…

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Winter Schools for Farmers. Entries Close 31st May

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

Applications for admission to the annual Winter School for Farmers and for the special poultry farming course, to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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Women Farmers. Training Schools to Close

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 6

The Minster for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) has decided to close the women's farm—training school at the Cooma Experiment farm. It is intended to train soldiers instead, 25…

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Dairying. Bacteria in the Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 7

Modern food goos through involved precesses, of preparation before it is considered worthy of disposal in man's increasingly sensitive stomach, and the means of…

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