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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 108

Fallowing. Allowances Open to All Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 3

Some misapprehension appears to have risen that the granting of following allowances by the Rural Industries Board of fodder to the value of 7/6 per acre…

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Farmer's Lucky Find. Ploughed Up Negget of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 3

Peter Hansen, a farmer, of Kamarooka, Bendigo district (Vic.), was ploughing one of his paddocks last week, when his ploughshare came in…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 4

The Pastoral, Finance Association, Ltd., 13th August:—The cabled information to hand this week that a strong sydicate…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd, report: The cabled information to hand this week that a strong syndicate…

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Peace Loan and Wool. How Graziers May Invest

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

It would appear that finality has been reached with the Imperial authorities and the distribution of profits resulting from the sale of…

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Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, August 17, 1920 Local and General News.important to Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

The price of chaff has been reduced to £13 per ton. The [?].I.B. contemplate reducing stocks of fodder at their depots, so farmers should…

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Dairy Cow Tests. the July Return

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 3

The July return, issued by the dairy branch, Department of Agriculture, gives a list of purebred cows whose tests of milk and butter-fat yields,…

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Murray Electorate. Farmers and Settlers' Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

Members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association express disappointment with proportional representation through the situation produced in the…

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Dairy Inspector

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

The newly-appointed dairy inspector for Singleton district, Mr. R. R. Faunce, has arrived, and entered upon his duties. Prior to coming to…

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Primary Producers' Activities Stabilising the Dairying Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 5

Mr J. M. Scott, representing the Primary Producers Union, is now on a tour through the Hunter districts, principally with a view to meeting…

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Local and General News New Dairy Inspector

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

Mr R. R. A. Faunce, the newly appointed Dairy Inspector for this district, arrived here during the past week and entered upon his duties. Previous to…

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Farmer Unearths Nugget

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

Mr Peter Hansen, a farmer at Kamarooka (Vic), made a lucky find on Friday. While ploughing he unearthed a nugget of gold weighing 390z., and…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 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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The Increase in Price of Butter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 3

Mr M. P. Dunlop, General Secreeary of the Primary Producers Union, writes:— The paragraphs in the country press…

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Wool Sales. Trade Anxiety. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 5

The "York Oliserver" states that all the manufacturers are anxiously waiting to see whether the Australian October sales will show a decline or justify the…

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The Butter Shortage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 2

There have been many butterless days in Cessnock during the past fortnight. It would never have been thought in this fair land of "plenty"…

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Promising Wheat Plants. Their Value as Crop Improvers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 4

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

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Wool Reports. Unsold Wool Three Million Bales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 6

The Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Co., Ltd., report 17th August. —The marketing of the coming clip is having careful consideration by the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 August 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. No. 488…

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The Primary Producers' Union. the Increase in the Price of Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 7

The very brief paragraphs in the country press telegraphed from Sydney would indicate that the recent application for an Increase of 14/…

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