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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 109

Muswellbrook Show. Increased Entry [?]od Displays of Horses and Cattle. MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 5

The cattle and produce sections of Muswellbrook Show, which opened [?]play, illustrated, when compared [?] last year's displays, what an…

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Price of Wheat. Ministry Favours Reduction. for Flour for Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 3

Cabinet it was stated by Mr. Dooley Acting-Premier), is in favor of the reduction of 1/ a bushed asked for by the millers in the price of wheat for…

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Dairying. Ninety Per Cent. Power Saved. By Installation of Ball Bearings on Combined Churns and Workers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 3

It is estimated by the engineer in charge of the factory belonging to a large co-operative dairy company on the North Coast that by the installation…

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Dairying. Vary the Pasture

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 9

Progressive coastal farmers are beginning to see the wisdom of sowing suitable grasses and clovers with a view to providing a change from…

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The Case for the Country. a Last Word—"tell the Boys to Pull Together"—what the Dairying Trouble Teaches—the Economic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 13

When Tom Price, Premier of South Australia, lay dying, he sent a message to his successor in the leadership of the party for which he had striven since its…

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Wool Position

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 2

The Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, report under date, 17th March, 1921:—It is satisfactory to be able to report that the…

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Second Wheat Payment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 3

Farmers view with pleasure the Wheat Board's intention to make the second paymen in connection with the Wheat Guarantee, available on 4th…

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Sydney Wool, Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 1

Fine merino fleece wools continued in keen demand at the closing Sydney March auctions. Japanese operators were the main purchasers,…

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Letter to the Editor. Milk and Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 6

Sir,—I have followed with interest the correspondence in your journal re the price of milk, and feel 1 cannot allow a statement made by one…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

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

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Big Wheat Fire 40,000- Bag Stack Alight

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 3

A message from Young on Saturday stated that the big wheat stack at Wedallion aiding was still ablaze. The outbreak was first noticed on Wednesday…

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Sale of Dairy Farm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 2

On Saturday last Messrs W. Bailey and Sons and H. York and Son, in conjunction, submitted to auction, for the executors of the estate of the late R…

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Royal Show Opened Cattle, Horse, and Pig Entries. Gathering of Representative Breeders. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 2

The Royal Agricultural Society's carnival opened to-day with the judging of pedigree cattle. The entries include 1100 horses, 1100…

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Dairy Industry. Cost of Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 6

The Board of Trade took further evidence with regard to the cost of production of milk butter and cheese. Alfred James Kent, investigating…

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Dairying Vary the Pasture Grasses on the Coast

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

Progressive coastal farmers are beginning to see the wisdom of sowing suitable grasses and clovers with a view to providing a change from…

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Money in Tobacco. An Industry Offering Rare Returns to Up-to-date Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

The tobacco crop is not yet a very appreciable item in New South Wales, but it would appear from the comment or the Tobacco Expert of the…

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Agricultural. the Maligned Drought. Points Fallacy of Greedy Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

He would be a remarkable farmer indeed who could learn to look upon droughts with favor, but if such periods of trial some day bring home…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 1

The following applications for patwits connected with Fanning and Pastoral Industries have teen lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Extensive Preparations. for Next Year's Wheat Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 4

The Chief inspector of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. M'Donild) states that reports which have been received from his inspections in the wheat-growing…

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Reduced Price. Wheat for Overseas Flour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 4

Senator Russell. chairman of the Australian Wheat Board made the following statement:—"The question of the price of wheat…

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