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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 109

Five. Annual Sheep Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 5

The annual sheep show was opened on the agricultural ground to-day. There was a large number of entries, and some fine exhibits…

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Wheat Pool. State Statistical Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 2

The statistical position of the New South Wales when pool on June 24 was as follows:-Received into pool, 50,690,000 busheis, shipped, 23,152,000…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 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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Wheat Pool. P.P. Union's Views. System Satisfactory Work of Board Appreciated. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 2

The Wheat Sectional Committee of the Primary Producers' Union, in a review on wheat matters, gives reasons why the Union advocates a…

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Latest Sporting News. Tips for War Wick Farm. V.R.C. Meeting. Sydney

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

For Warwick Farm races " Poseidon" lips the following:- Hurdle Race-Two Light, Light Gloaming, Grand Foote…

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Coastal Farmers' Society

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 4

At the twenty first annual meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Society there was a large attendance of shareholders from all the surrounding centres. Mr. D. W…

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Special Dairy Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd. report having conducted, a special sale of dairy cattle at the Shire yards, on Friday, 24th inst. About 300 head were…

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Feeding Off Wheat Crops. The Considerations that should Guide Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

Under normal circumstances two factors are taken into consideration by the wheat-farmer in arriving at a decision as to whether he will feed off his…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 5

A message from Antworp states that 20,800 sales of [?]nwra wool were made. There was a large attendance of [?]yers and [?]ly compe[?]tion…

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Dead Cattle and Wreckage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

At three o'clock on Monday afternoon Captain Cumming, Director of Navigation (Sydney), received a report from a pilot ship which had been…

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Wheat Pool. No Private Control

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 10

The slightest reflection should show how impossible it would be to legislate to force unwilling farmers to send their wheat into a pool controlled—…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

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

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Wheat Pools. Victoria Will Relinquish Control

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 14

It was stated by the State Premier, Mr. Lawson, on Monday that the Victorian Government would strictly ad[?] tot he decision arrived at to…

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Wheat Board. Big Reduction In. Overdraft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 13

The aggregate overdraft of the Australian Wheat Hoard was reduced from £2,384,000. to £941,000 in the week closed June 20…

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Wool Values. Keen Competition at Albury

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 13

At the fourth series of wool, sales held at Albury, 3000 bales were offered, and practically every lot was sold, as well as 750 bales which had been…

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Bawra Wool Sales at Liverpool. London, June 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 12

At the one day sale in Liverpool 22,850 bales of "Bawra" wool were offered, and 85 per cent of these were sold. Crossbreds, which were…

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Dairying. Hoven in Cows. Cause and Treatment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

Bloat, or heven, is due to succulent foods eaten under certain conditions, which cause the formation of large quantities of gas in the rumen or…

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Dairy Pool

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

The Minister for Customs (Mr. Massey Greene) referring to the dairy produce export trade, expressed the opinion, that the pool had…

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Hunter in Flood. River Rising. Farm Lands Inundated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 4

As the result of the very heavy rain-storm that visited Maitland last evening, and extended over the greater part of the watershed of the Hunter,…

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Killing Pastoral Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 2

Robert Whitting, a pastoralist, giving evidence before the Taxation Commission, Sydney to-day, said "Last year I paid £25,000 in Federal…

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