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Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 109

Miscellaneous. Harnessing the Movies. the Newest Influence for Better Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 2

Perhaps it is natural that the United Stated admittedly the home of the motion picture industry. should make fuller use of the movies…

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Agricultural. Winter Schools for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 2

Arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 21st June to 15th…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on Tile Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 June 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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Wool Sales. Good Prices. London, June 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

The demand for wool was increasingly animated at to-day's sale, and the initial rates were firmly maintained. The offerings totalled 11,602 bales of…

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Dairy Science School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

The Dairy science school which opened at the Bowthorne Co-operative Factory. Morpeth, on Monday, was brought to a close at mid-day to-day…

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Land for Settlement Homestead Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

Notified in "Government Gazette" of 3rd June, 1921. Land district of Gosford, setting apart one block of 210 acres, parish…

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Dairying. How to Fail in Dairying

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

Sometimes the best way to show how to do a thing is to tell how it should not be done. Here as some rules on how not to succeed with…

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Prolific Winter. Crops Running Wild. Narrabri

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 1

Nature has run riot in the northwest. Crops and herbage are running wild. The attempt to keep back the cultivated wheat areas is so…

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Wool From Blandford

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 5

Offerings at last Wednesday's Sydney wool sales included Mr. Angus Martin's Mountain View wool from' Blardford, Commenting on the clip,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 5

Harrison, Jones, awl Devlin report having offered on Thursday last 2290 bales. Values for super merino were well maintained, and medium, sorts…

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Butter Supplies. Market Remains Unaltered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

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 & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal super[?] of the Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Wheat Pool. a Matter of Policy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, made it quite clear that he is standing aloof on the question of the continuance or otherwise of the…

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Wool Sales. Favour Sellers. London, June 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 5

The whole of the 11,000 bales of free wool offered at to-day's sales were cleared at prices in favour of sellers. France, Belgium, and Germany bought…

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Dairying. "Drink Moke Milk." a Propagandist Programme for the Dairy-farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 3

Exactly upon what lines the milkproducing industry will eventually de-, velop, it is at present difficult, to say, but so soon us dairy-farmers have…

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Agricultural. an Old-fashioned Commodity. Neighbourliness as a Factor in Progressive Farming

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 3

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 2

Lord Lee, who presented the Chequers estate for the use of English Prime Ministers, has now added to his munificence by giving a fully [?]…

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Farmer Shot. by Person in Hiding. Assailant Escapes. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 14

The Victorian police are searching for a young man who is alleged to have fatally shot Patrick [?] a farmer, at Mordialloc, yesterday…

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Coastal Farmers. a Huge Turnover

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 13

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 11

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

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