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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 108

Meeting of Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 4

A meeting of dairymen from the Oakhampton, Aberglasslyn, Rosebrook, and Gosforth district will be held on Monday night next, at 8…

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Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool. Reply to the Premier. the Producer's Case

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 4

Dear Sir,—The undermentioned is the official reply to the committee to, the statement of the Premier, Mr John Storey, regarding butter prices…

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Record Tobacco Crop. NEARLY £200 Per Acre

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 3

The past season was almost generally a successful one for tobacco growers in this State (says the "Daily Telegraph.") Many…

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Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 3

Shorthorns.—Bull, 3yrs, Percy Stacy's Melton's Kirklevington 1, Trustees J. C. Hooke's Menindie Duke 24th 2. Bull, 2yrs, Trustees J. C. Hooke's Menindie…

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Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 3

Coarse-woolled.—Merino cwe lamb, W. A. Howitt 1 and 2. Southdown ram, A. C. Picton 1. Southdown ram lamb, A. C. Picton 1 and 2…

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Dairying. Olever Butter Boost. How the Farmer May Profit by Advertisement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

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

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Sheep Farmer's Death. New Zealand Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 6

Samuel John Thorne has been at rested in connection with the murder, of Sidney Claymore Eyre, a returned soldier and sheep farmer, of…

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Victorian Butter. Fair Profits Recommendation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 3

The Victorian Fair Profits Commission on Monday recommended the maximum wholesale selling price for choicest and first grade butter should…

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Serious Fire. Wool Works Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 14

A serious loss has been caused by the fire which destroyed Messrs. Walter Hill and Company's wool scouring works at Woolston (New zealand). The plant,…

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Over 1000 Bales Wool Sold

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 6

Private sales of wool are being made fairly freely on the Sydney market. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., advise that, since the close of the…

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Wheat Board. Big Consignment for Egypt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 9

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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Agricultural S Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week. under the [?] su[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based [?]ainly on the experi[?] of the Department…

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Wheat Guarantee. When Will It Be Paid

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 9

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

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Sydney Wool Market Reopens. Auction Sales Resumed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 6

The Secretary of the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd., announces that the Sydney wool sales…

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Singleton Show. an Increased Entry. Fine Display of Beef Cattle SINGLETON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 5

The fifty-first annual exhibition of the Northern Agricultural Association opened yesterday. As judging was about to commence light rain tell but…

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Why Farmers Fail. Former Premier's Plea'

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 3

Sir Joseph Carruthers, a former Premier of this State, who is now President of N.S.W. Chamber of Agriculture, makes the following appeal:…

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Soldiers' Settlement. Poultry Farm Losses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

Evidence regading the Grantham poultry farm was given before Mr. Justice Street at the soldiers' settlement inquiry…

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Record Tobacco Crop. Scone Grower's Success

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 6

The past season was almost generally a successful one for tobacco growers in this State. Many excellent crops and returns' were obtained. One that…

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Necessitous Farmers Making Sacks Available

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. F. Dunn, has decided that the supply of cornsacks at the Government disposal shall be distributed amongst…

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Dairy Produce

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 3

Sub-section E.—Collection of butter for export, local consumption, and prints, Singleton Central Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd., 2 exhibits equal for 1st. Box…

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