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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 109

"The Golden Stream." From Country to Seaboard. Handling the Wheat. Interesting Account in a the "Herald."

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

Where, is the romance of wheat, the romance of that golden grain that benign Nature has Drought forth to nourish mankind through…

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Advances to Farmers. Question of Repayment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

The question has cropped up of the steps proposed to be taken to obtain payment from farmers of advances made by the Rural Industries…

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No. 504. Dairying. Is Your Trouble Here? You Must Look to These Points if you would Make Good Choose

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

As in the making of good butter, so in the making of good cheese, certain elementary requirements must be satisfied. For instance, the lees disturbance…

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Three Good Dairy Washes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

The following wash is used by many dairyfarmers, and is recommended by the Department of Agriculture:—Mix air-slaked lime with freshly skimmed milk…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

Quotations in Sussex-street to-day were: Potatoes, Clarence River, to £8 per ton; Tasmanian £11, Maize, 8/ per bushel…

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Cattle Mortality. Probably Due to Heat Stroke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 7

In connection with the deaths of several Queensland cattle at Homebush , the Chief Inspector of Stock has mande available the report of Mr.Max Henry,…

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£17,000,000. First Payment to Wheat Framers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 7

Arrangements have been made by the Australian Wheat Board for the distribution throughout Australia on Friday next of the first payment due…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 5

The London wool series opened with 10, 1[?]t, bales catalogued.There was a large attendance, but competition was besltating…

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Big Live Stock Prices Farmers and Graziers' Co

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Col. writes:— "Although we have not been handling fat stock for any great length of…

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Sheep Vans Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

During shunting operations at Enfield, 30 empty sheep vans collided with 12 empty sheep vans. The lastnamed gravitated to the down a goots…

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The Wool Position

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited report, 12th January, 1921.—In the absence of public auctions business…

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Wheat Delivery. Present Congestion. Sydnky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

The wheat hold-up, as far as the railway delivery is concerned, continues.Four boats are now loading at Darling Island, but it will bo some time before…

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Wild Cattle. Rounding-up Outlaws. Memories of Woolooma

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

I am just on the borderland of that time in a man's life when it is pleasanter to sit quietly at case and to call up the memories of the…

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Wingen. Successful Sports Outing Cattle Throwing and Drafting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 2

Wingen Recreation Ground was the Mecca of sportsmen from this and adjoining districts on New Year's Day, and the large crowd,…

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Wool Sales Fail. Reserves Too High. London, January 14

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 2

At the wool sales which opened to-day, 10,131 bales were offered, of which 1356 were from New Zealand. There was a large attendance of…

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Wheat Harvest. Estimated at 55,000 000 Bushel. Statistician's Forecast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 2

The preliminary forecast of the Government Statistician, Mr. H. A. Smith, is that this season's State wheat harvest will return 55,302,008…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

No river boats arrived this morning; consequently Sussex-street was bare of maize, which was nominally quoted at 8/6 per bushel for prime yellow; white…

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Farmer's Sudden Death. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

Henry Devine, a farmer, and an old resident of Kayuga, a member of a well-known family, died suddenly this morning…

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Live Stock Prices. Farmers and Graziers Co. Pushing to the Front!

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

The Secretary of the Farmers and Grazier's Co. writes:—"Although we have not been handling fat stock for any great length…

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Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report under date 10th. January, 1921: Wool: Since the New Year…

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