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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 108

Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 July 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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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 17th July.—A check in the downward trend of prices seems to have occured at the current London wool sales, though…

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High Prices for Fat Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 4

With the, break of the drought, diminished supplies of fat cattle are reaching market, and high prices are consequently being obtained. At Orange…

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Sheep Fly Pest. Experiments in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 6

A report has been received by the special sheep-fly committee of the Institute of Science and Industry from Mr. W.A. Russell, of Dalmally…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

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

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are baaed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 479…

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Wheat Pool Ended. Shipping Combine's Action. Federal Steamers Boycotted. Consternation at Permiers' Conference

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 6

The Prime Minister threw bombshell into the Premiers' Conference at the usual sitting Wednesday, when he definitely…

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Latest Commercial. Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sles. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

Quotations in Sussex-street to-day were:—Millet, £25 to £50 pr ton: onions, £17/10/ per ton potatoes, £14 to £15/10/ pet ton…

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Sulphur As Fertiliser for Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 4

In view of reports from experiment stations in other parts of the world, it was decided by the Department in 1915 to conduct a series of tests with…

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Australian Wool. Hales in London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 6

The Central Wool Committee in Melbourne has been advised from London that sales of Australian wool, amounting to 2,860,427 bales, had taken place since…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 4

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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Price of Wheat. Murray Border Request

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 14

A deputation of wheat-growers from the Murray border districts, who admitted hat they shipped from Vioforin ports. asked Mr. [?] Minister for…

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Live Stock. Fattening Store Cattle on Fertilised Pasture

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 11
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Would our pastures benefit from a top-dressing with basic shig? Experiments were recently conducted by the Irish Deportment of Agriculture with…

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No. 480. Agricultural. Get the Full Value of the Rain. Harrow Growing Wheat Crops and Prevent Evaporation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 4

The advisability of harrowing growing crops of wheat is a matter for immediate and serious consideration by farmers in districts lately suffering…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 2

The London wool salts have closed. The catalogues included 91,000 bales of which 50,000 were withdrawn and [?] exported…

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Father Jerger's Case Meetings in Melbourne. Wool-dumpers on Strike. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 5

The Bijon and Gaiety theatres in Melbourne were crowded last night, when a resolution was passed, on the motion of Mr. Brennan, M.P., seconded by Mr…

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Dearer Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 5

There is every prospect of a further increase in the price of butter. A full meeting of the Federal Pool Committee will be held in Melbourne next Monday…

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Scarcity of Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

There is every prospect that there will be an application for a further increase in the price of butter, owing to the shortage of supplies and the…

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Wheat Crop. the Premier's Estimate. Establishment of Pool Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 7

It was stated by the Premier (Mr. John Storey) last night that Cabinet had during the day given lengthy consideration to a report by the Minister…

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Peeps into the Past Wild Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 6

In the old days, back in the sixties, stations at the head waters of the Manning were far apart. Starting from the head of the Barnard…

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