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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 109

Reduced Price. Wheat for Overseas Flour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 5

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

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the…

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Wheat for Export. Trice Reduced. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 5

The announcement that the Wheat Beard had decided to reduce the price Wheat for flour for Africa, the East and the Islands to 7/11 per bushel, has…

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Australian Trade. Wheat Relieves Situation. London, March 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 12

The city editor of "The Times" says that Australian bankers, noting the ameliorating of the Exchange difficulty, as the result of the arrival of wheat,…

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Price of Wheat. Ministry Favours Reduction for Flour for Export

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 14

Cabinet, it was stilted by Mr. Dooley (Acting-Premier), is in favour of the reduction of 1/ a bushel asked for by the millers in the price of wheat for…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 3

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

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No. 515. Agricultural. the Maligned Drought. Points Fallacy of Greedy Farming

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 3

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

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Dairying. Vary the Pasture. Grasses on the Coast

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 3

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

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Fighting Platform. Farmers' Federal Association. Production the Slogan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 2

The Australian Farmers' Federal Association has made available is fighting platform. The slogan of the party is…

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Dairy Industry. Cost of Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 7

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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Mammoth Farm Undertaking

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 4

America is a place of big things, but even Americans might well be stirred by the story of the work on what is called "The Biggest Farm in the…

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"Arrawatta" Farms. Land-seekers' Opportunity

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 5

Probably one of the most attractive sales of recent date will be held at Inverell on Tuesday, April 5. On that date the famous…

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Incendiary Fires. on English Farms. London, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 5

The week-end was marked by a series of incendiray farm fires on the northern outskirts of London and in Northumberland, attributed to Sinn…

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Wheat Certificates. Interest on Unpaid Amounts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 4

The State Wheat Board has received a notification from the Australian Wheat Board as follows:—"Regarding payment of interest on…

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Wheat Sale. Germany Buys Big Parcel. on Favourable Terms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 6

Adelaide merchants have received from London confirmation of the report from Melbourne that Germany had bought about 100,000 tons of…

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Wheat Sales. Complain About Secrecy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. Tudor, leader of the Federal Opposition, declared that there had been altogether too much secrecy about the dealings of the Wheat Board and that…

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The Singleton Angus Thursday, March 31. Cheap Wheat for Germany

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

For a long time past there has been controversy in Federal political cireles regarding the question whether trade relations should be resumed with Germany…

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Butter Control. Victorian Dairymen Object

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

By 75 votes to 33 representatives of dairying interests in Victoria declared against further Government central of butter, and in favour of an open…

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Milk and Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

Giving evidence on Monday at the Board of Trade inquiry concerning the cost of production of milk, butter, and cheese, Mr. Kent, the investigating accountant of…

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Wheat Guarantee. Second Payment on

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

Payment of the second advance of 2/6 a bushel on the 1920-21 wheat crop will be made to wheatgrowers of Australia on April 4, and this payment…

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