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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 108

Wool Spinning Company

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 2

A proposal is being supported ut Orange for the forming of a company with a capital of £200,000, to erect buildings machinery and spinning…

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Record Cattle Prices. £70 a Head

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 2

RECORD prices were obtained at the Homebush sales yesterday. The yarding was the smallest for some weeks, only 1724 being offered from 87 owners…

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Australia's Wheat Areas Nearly a Record

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 4

The total area under wheat in the four wheat-producing States of Australia this year is 11,552,000 acres, which constitutes nearly a record…

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Wool and Finance. Money Market Tightened

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report 7th. August:—The gigantic size of the wool manufacturing industry in Great…

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Local and General News Seed Wheat Distribution to Cease

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 2

The Rural Industries Board has decided that no further orders for seed wheat shall be issued after August 12. and any surplus wheat in stock will be…

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Rise in Butter 1½d Per Lb. More. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 2

Butter rose 1½d per pound to-day. There is still a groat shortage of supplies among the storekeepers. [Singleton people were notified of the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 4

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

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., will be held in the board-room, Morpeth, on Friday, 27th…

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Shearing Dispute. Another Big Shed Starts. Farmers' Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 6

On behalf of the Grazier's Association, it was officially announced that another important shed, which had been held up by the shearers, had made…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervis[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, end are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 482…

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The Farmer Dislikes Book-keeping. But the Department's Free Bulletin Simplifies it for Him

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 4

Farmers dislike book-keeping, but on the small farm it is a task that need only be very simple. At its worst it is a necessary evil that is generally less…

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Wheat Prospects. Crops Promise Well

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 12

It is stated in the best-advised circles that the growth of the wheat crops is exceedingly satisfactory, and with a sufficiency of spring rains the yield per…

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Promising Wheat Plants Their Value as Crop Improvers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 4

Considerable attention has recently been culled to the subject of plant selection, especially iu regard to wheat. The principal qualification, says the…

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Butter and Cheese. Pricks Go Up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 11

The wholesale price of butter has been advanced by the Necessary Commodities Control Commission from 228/8 per cwt. to 242/8/ per cwt., or…

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Wheat Board. Reduction of Overdraft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 12

The financial statement of the Australian Wheat Board for the week ended August 2 shows a reduction of £57,000 in the bank overdraft…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 4

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal superviosion of the Minister of Agricluture, and are based mainly on the experince of the Department…

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Nearly a Record. Australia's Wheat Areas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 9

The total area under wheat in the four wheat-producing States of Australia this year is 11,552,000 acres, which constitutes nearly a record…

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Wheat Pool. Fin[?]sing State Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 14

The Minister for Agriculture [?] Dunn) stated that arrangements [?] going forward for the finalisa all matters of organisation in [?]…

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Australian Wool. Interest in Britain. London, August 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 11

The "Yorkshire Observer" states that the world's textile manufacturers await with the keenest interest the Australian autumn wool sales. They…

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No. 483. Agricultural Fallow Your Land for Wheat. Everything Favors Early Preparation of Big Area for 1921-22

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture urges upon the attention of wheat farmers the importance of commencing the fallowing of their land at an early date…

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