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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 109

Coastal Farmers. a Huge Turnover

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 6

The turnover of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society for the year ended March 31 last reached the huge total of £4,790,895…

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Rural Credits. Societies to Be Formed. Money for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 2

The Acting Premier (Mr. Dooley) announced on Saturday another "pioneer" bill containing important proposals. He said the Minister for…

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Herd Testing in Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 4

At Friday night's Agricultural, Bureau meeting in West Maitland one of the speakers spoke in deprecating terms of the practice of herd testing…

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Stump in Dairy Cattle Jersey Cows at 15/-

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

The price of cattle is now (says the "Tweed Daily") as remarkably low as it was high during the recent boom. Beef cattle slumped some time ago, and with…

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Butter Supplies. Market Remains Unaltered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 3

The Sydney butter market remains unaltered on the week at 196/ per cwt. Although supplies continue to show a shrinkage. Sydney is still…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · 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 Wool Position. Reparation Terms Effects

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The wool market has for the present baffled the prophets. News of…

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The Primary Producers' Union. the Dawn of Closer Organisation. Dairymen Awakening

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

The Tweed District Council of the P.P.U., at last week's meeting carried a resolution to the effect that steps be taken to compel all suppliers to…

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AGRICULTURE. Neighbourliness as a Factor in Progressive Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

Slowly but surely, despite economic stress and prejudices that are not more rare in rural communities than elsewhere the Agricultural Bureau…

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Battered to Death. Crookwell Farmer's Terrible End

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 3

Jammed between the body and the wheel of his sulky, with a bolting horse careering madly along the road, each turn of the wheel cutting a deep…

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Dairymen Fined

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

At Kyogle recently, Dairy Inspector W. G. Johnston proceeded against A. Hann on a charge of forwarding cream in a can in which a hole had…

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Raymond Terrace Dairying

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

The report adopted at the half-yearly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company showed that during the six months…

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Fodder on the Farm

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 3

Mr. Cramsie's argument is that in drought time, immense supplies of fodder are dragged immense distances, thus putting a great strain…

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Helping Farmers a Bill Next Session

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

The Acting Premier, Mr Dooley, after speaking of the activities of the Rural Bank in a speech at Tamworth, added that the Minister for Agriculture,…

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Lord Lee's Munificence Farm for the Chequers. London, June 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 5

Lord Lee, who presented the chequers estate for the use of English Prime Ministers, has now added to his munificence by giving a fully-equipped…

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Dairy Science School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 4

For the purposed of giving facilities to young men who desire to enter butter factories as experts, a dairy science school was opened at Morpeth on…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the Raymond, Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Company will be geld at the factory on Wednesday, 22nd…

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High Priced Farm Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 4

A farm in the estate of the late Charles Parish, West Euroka, near Kempsey, was sold ar auction for £3100, representing £108/15/ per acre…

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Wheat Pool. Continuance Desired

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 7

A deputation representing the Farmers and Settlers' Association waited on Mr. Dooley Acting Premier, and asked for a compulsory…

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London Wool Sales. Keen Foreign Demand. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

The wool sales opened with brisk competition, and there was an active demand, the 12,000 free bales which were offered being practically cleared…

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