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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 108

Dairy Cow Tests. Some Finis Results

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 3

The returns from the purebred cows whoso tests of milk ami biuter-fat yields were completed during May have just been made available by the dairy branch of the…

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Higher Wages. Effect on Farming Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 6

At the preliminary inquiry by the Board i of Trade into the condition of the rural industries, a letter was read from Mr. T. G. Adamson, Ngoora, Nemingha, Tamworth…

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Branxton Co—Operative Dairy Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

It is notified by advertisement in this issue that Messrs. E. Moore, A. S. Pankhurst and J. N. Russell will retire from the directorate of the above at the annual meeting to be held…

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Dairy Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

Under the provisions of the Dairy Industry Act, 1915, the Department of Agriculture has arranged to hold written examinations on the theory of milk and cream testing and cream…

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Artificial Wool. Inferior to Natural. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 5

Professor Midgley, of Bradford, [?] College, exhaustively tested samples of [?] wool from the Continent, which had recently drawn the attention of England…

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Agricultural. Super—farming Versus Blockade. Germany's Gamble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 6

[?] has yet been discovered for the soil as the source of all material power. Of the truth rediscovered by the war, the fact that a…

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Gresford Farmers and Settlers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Gresford Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held in the School of Arts, Gresford, at 7 o'clock on Thursday evening next. 21th instant…

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Wheat Shortage. Extensive Sowing Advised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

A cable message has been received by messrs, sheppard Harvey and company of sydney from their senior partner Mr. George Sheppard who is now in London investigation the…

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Local Butter Maker Honored. Mr Pelham Cox

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 5

Mr Pelham Cox, of the Dungog Dairymen's Milk and Ice Company, has received the following letter from Mr M. A. O'Callaghan, the well…

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Wool. Exchange Rates and Prices

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report:—The Prince's visit could not have been ushered in with a more favorable turn of fortune's wheel…

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Premier's Assurance. Use of State Loan. Drought-stricken Farmers and Silos

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000, 000, which closes at the end of this month, is for the purpose of…

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Farmers Produce Markets. Sussex—street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

Quotation in Sussex—Street to-day were: Maize 8/6 per bushel onions £14/10/ to £15 per ton; potatoes £10 to £17 per ton…

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Farmers and Wages. Effect of an Increase. Board of Trade Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

Employers on Thursday gave evidence at the preliminary inquiry by the Board of Trade into the condition of the rural industries, with a view…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 3

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

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Dairying and Drought a State Boy's Rise

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

At the Board of Trade inquiry on Friday regarding conditions for rural workers, evidence was given by Mr Allan S. Pankhurst, Shire President for Patriek…

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Premier's Assurance. Use of State Loan. Drought—stricken Farmer and Silos

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 7

The loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000,000. which closes at the month, is for the purpose of providing advances to farmers who have…

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Dairy Industry. Butter Competition "Results

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 3

The results of the butter and cheese competitions carried out in connection with the Co—operetive Dairy Factory Managers Association, have been announced…

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Wool and Cheese. Government Control. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 5

Replying to Mr. Glanville in the House of Commons, Mr. W.J. Hope (Junior Lord of the Treasury) stated that the quantity of Australian woll held by the Imperial…

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Federal Salary Grab Farmers and Settlers' Protest. Preventive Measures Urged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the Faime[?]rs and Settlers' Association carried a resolution congratulating the Country Farty for voting against the increased…

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