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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 108

Meeting of Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 4

A meeting of dairymen from Oakhampton, Aberglasslyn, Rosebrook and Gosfoth districts was held at Aberglassiyn on Monday night, when there…

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Soldiers' Land Inquiry State Farm at Raymond Terrace

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 2

The administration of the soldiers' settlement branch of the Lands Department was the subject of further investigation on Tuesday by Mr Justice…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 2

THE New Zealand Loan & M. Agency Company Ltd. report September 23.— There is little doing in the local market all growers wools are being held for the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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The Wide Gap In Wool Values

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: All Interested eagerly await the opening wool auctions in October. Adelaide sales will furnish the first…

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Farm First Aid

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

Have you a first-aid outfit in your home The farm household is particularly dependent upon such an outfit at times of accident or sudden sickness—there is no…

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A Boon to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 6

We all know that any machinery will go wrong sometime. That "sometime" may mean a lot to the dairyman. Moffat Virtue, Ltd…

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Butter Prices. Stocks Selling Slowly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 6

A statement regarding the butter position was made on Monday by the Premier, Mr. John Storey:- "Mr. Arthur Knox, general…

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World's Wheat. European Importer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 3

A Melbourne wheat firm has received the following cable from its Liverpool agents:—"Europe and importer. Countries harvests are generally…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued week, under the personla superviosuon of the Minister of Agriculture, and are ba[?] mainly on the mainly experince of the Department…

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Wheat Overdraft. Reduction of £560,000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 6

The financial statement of the Australian Wheat Board shows that the Aggregate bank credit overdraft was reduced by £560,000 to £1,464,000 in…

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Wheat Pool Commonwealth Joins. New Egyptian Contract

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 4

In the House of Representatives on Thursday the Prime Minister announced that the Federal Government had accepted the unanimous invitation from…

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Pastoral. Fighting the Blow-fly. Department of Agriculture Continues Spraying Experiments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 4

The experiments in connection with the prevention of blow-fly attacks on sheep were continued by the Department of Agriculture this year, the same…

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Australian Wool. a Labourer's Death. London, September 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 2

"A labourer has died as the result of anthrax following on the handling of Australian wool from the Khyber. Evidence was given at the inquest at…

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Miscellaneous. Save Woman Power. Serious Wastage of Labour in Farm Hemes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 4

"The trivial round" has been made the theme of a pious phrase that is a classic, but to the farmer's wife it is apt to became as nauseating as the…

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Soldier Settlement. Raymond Terrace Pig Farm. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 6

The Soldier settlement inquiry was resumed to-day. George Ignatins Marnard. manager of the Raymond Terrace pig farm, who…

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Marketing Wheat. Powers of Wheat Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 8

An interesting situation has arisen in connection with the Wheat Marketing Bill, which would have passed through Committee in the State Legislative…

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Tenterfield Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 6

Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., Singleton, in conjunction with Harold Curry, Tenterfield, report having held a very successful cattle sale on Thursday last…

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Letter to the Editor. the Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

Sir,—Father told me to ask you if you would allow me space to reply to: "R.M.S." I wanted father to do It himself, but he said the remarks were…

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Sale of Woodville Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 4

At Campbell's Hill this afternoon Mr. E. W. Sparke sold on account of Miss Pearse a farm at Woodville, being part of the Albion Estate. There…

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