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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd , report June 23,1920 :—There is little to report in the local market during the past week. Wool is…

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Sheep Show & Ram Sales Invitation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

THE FARMERS & GRAZIERS CO-OPERATIVE GRAIN INSURANCE & AGENCY CO., LTD., will welcome a call from their constituents,…

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The World's Wheat Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Lindley Walker and Co., the wheat people, send along the following:— At the week-end we received the…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Demanded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

The question of the wheat pools was under discussion by the chamber of Agriculture convention in Melbourne. A motion was moved favouring the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the [?] of the Department. [?] No. 475…

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Poultry. Green Feed All the Year Round. a Poultry Farmers' Crop Calendar

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

The following list of sowings was compiled by the Chief Inspector of Agriculture in answer to a correspondent, who wished for advice as to…

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Miscellaneous Free to the Farmer. Some of the Department's Recent Publications

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

Copies of the undermentioned publications may be obtained by farmers, free of cost, on application to the Under-Secretary and Director…

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Farming Has Enough Doubtful Quantities. Don't Guess at Your Cows' Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

When there is no other way of estimating the value af a cow, soys an American farming journal, a man had bettor go as much on dairy form as…

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Dairying. Rug Your Cows During the Winter. If Practised Properly, it Pays

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

The practice of ragging dairy cattle during the winter time has long been followed by a few farmers on the, South Coast, but latterly (writes the…

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

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

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 providing…

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Dairy Industry. Butter Competition Results

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

The, results of the butter and cheese [?]titions, carried out in connection with [?]operative Dairy Factory Managers [?]tion, have been announced…

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Dairy Industry Butter Competition Results

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 6

The results of the butter and cheese competitions, carried out in connection with the Co-operative Dairy factory Managers' Association, have been announced…

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Sale of Singleton Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 3

The following sale of cattle was made by Pitt, Son, and Bndgery, Ltd., at Flemirigton on Monday last, viz: A/c. W. G. Hill. Singleton 10 bullock's to…

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Sheep Show and Ram Sales. INVITATION

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 2

The Farmers' and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co Ltd. will welcome a calltfrom their constituents, when in Sydney for the Sheep Show and…

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Wheat Shortage. Extensive Sowing Advised

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 7

A cable message has been received by Messrs. Sheppard, Harvey and Company, of Sydney, from their senior partner, Mr. George Sheppaid, who is now in London investigating the…

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Butter Trade. Australian Surplus. London, June 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 5

The butter delegates have arranged with the Food Controller to buy Australia's surplus at 240/ per cwt. f.o.h. for butter grading at 90 points, with extra 1/ for each [?]…

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Australian Butter. British Marketing. London, June 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 11

Delegates from the operators of the Commonwealth dairy pool interviewed the Food Minister and urged immediate release, of butter from control…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 3

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…

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Farmers' & Settlers' Report Federal Government Ignoring Drought. Dissatisfaction at Wheat Pool. The Salaries Grab Condemned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

The annual report of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, to be presented at the August conference, says: "We must impress upon the State Government the…

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To-day's Telegrams Big Loss of Sheep. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 5

Seven hundred sheep died at Elong after eating box trees…

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