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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 108

The Butter Pool. Reply to Premier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 3

The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee in reply to the statements made by the Premier regarding the butter price, which recently…

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Gloucester District Co-op Butter Factory Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 2

The following report was submitted by the Directors of the above factory at their recent meeting:—Ladles and Gentlemen—…

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Wheat Guarantee. When Will It Be Paid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, on his return from Melbourne on Thursday, in referring to the payment of the guaranteed price of 7/6…

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Dairying. Clever Butter Boost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 3

Before the farmer who is a producer of staple commodities, and who is situated reasonably near a centre of population, there stretches a field…

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Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 7

Sir,—In your Wednesday night's issue a "Hunter River" gentleman tries to justify the rise in the price of butter. He puts it down as a matter of justice…

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High Prices of Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

With reference to the present high prices ruling for butter, which are likely to bo maintained for some time to come, the smallest daily loss in…

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Wheat Commission. Geougisson's Condition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 12

Proceedings under tho Lunacy Act have been instituted by the Crown Law Department for a declaration that Mr. Goonyeson. a material witness before…

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Butter Increase. the Prick to Stand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 12

The increase in the price of [?]atter, as decided by the Necessary Commodities Commission on Tuesday, is to[?] stand, for the time being at any rate…

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Butter Price Commission's Reply to Premier

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 4

Judge Rolin replied on Thursday, to criticism on the action of the Necessury Commodities Commission in raising price of butter. He stated that the…

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Price of Butter. To the Editor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 1

The Necessary Commodities Commission recently raised the price of butter as an act of justice to the producers who have, as a body, been up…

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Price of Butter. Cost of Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 6

It was stated at its meeting on Monday that a letter had been received by the Necessary Commodities Control Commission from…

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Australian Wool. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 11

At the wool unction sales to-day fine greasy combings from New South Wales commanded from 47d to 72d a 1b…

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Whits Grubs in Wheat. Plough Land On Which Crop Has Been Totally Destroyed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 4

Reports have reached the Minister for Agriculture regarding the appearance of white grubs in wheat crops in different parts of the State When the first report…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 4

There Neten are Laued evary week, undar the parsonal supervise of the Minister of Agriculture, and are hared mainly on the expar[?] of thep Department…

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Wheat Board. Big Consignment for Egypt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 2

The plans for the reconstitution of the Australian Wheat Board are practically completed, and now only await endorsement by the Federal…

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Wool Sales. Distribution of Retention Money

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 9

The New South Wales State Wool Committee has advised the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers as follows: -Advice is now to hand, from the…

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Wool Scouring. Australia's Schemes Opposed. London, September 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 2

Sir Arthur Goldfinch, Director of Raw Materials, interviewed regarding Mr. Hughes' attitude towards the Wool Control Committee's policy of…

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Colonial Wool Sales. Keen Competition. London, September 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 3

The seventh series of the colonial wool sales closed to-day. The clips catalogued totalled 94,000 bales, of which 25,000 were withdrawn, 25,000…

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Maize Crops. Grafton Farm Results

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

The harvesting of the maize crops on the Grafton Experiment Farm has just been finished, and the manager Mr. George Marks, estimates that the…

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