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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 109

Dairying. Hoven-in Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 2

Bloat, or hoven, 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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No. 530. Agricultural. Feeding Off Wheat Crops. How the Sheep should be Handled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

As a general rule it may be said that when it has been decided that it is advisable to feed off the wheat crop, the earlier it is done the better. As it is…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

Weaver and Perry, Ltd., Muswel[?] brook, report having held a special cattle sale on Tuesday, 5th inst. Out of 700 head advised only 400 were,…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 12

A message from Antwerp states that 20,800 sales of Bawra wool was made. There was a large attendance of buyers and lively competition…

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Wheat Pool State Statistical Position

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

The statistical position of the New south wales[?]…

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Price of Butter. Pool's Application. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 4

The application for an increase in the price of butter was again before the profiteering prevention court to-day J.J. Shiels investigating officer un…

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Price of Butter Increase Asked Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

In the pro[?] court an application was mane to juage[?] by Queensland and the New south wales Butter pool com…

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Price of Butter. Producer Foots the Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 7

Mr. J. M. Scott, Publicity Officer, P.P. Union, writes:- The decision of Judge Beeby in the Profiteering Court on Wednesday will…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

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

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Seasons Wheat. No Excessive Carry Over

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 8

The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Senator Russell) stated that there was no truth in the assertion that an excessively large quantity…

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Wheat Referendum. on the Pooling Principle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 5

The whole of the wheatgrowers of New South Wales are to have an opportunity of recording their wishes on the question of the continuance of…

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Miscellaneous. Pure Versus Poor. Farmers Support the Better Seed Campaign

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

The wheat growers are coming off the Department of Agriculture's list of pure seed growers this month, says the Chief inspector of Agriculture, but the…

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Hunter in Flood. Narrow Escape. Farm Lands Inundated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 16

As the result of the vey heavy rain storm that visited Maitland last week and which extended over the greater part of the watershed of the Hunter…

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Dunmore Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 4

A meeting of Dunmore and Goulburn Grove farmers will be held in the School of Arts, Largs, on Tuesday evening next, 12th instant, at…

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Wheat-pool. View of Victorian Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 7

Tough the counting of the votes recorded by the growers in the ballot on the wheat pooling question will not be completed before this evening…

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Wheat Board. Increase in Overdraft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 2

The financial statement of the Australian Wheat Board for the week July 4 discloses an increase from £735,000 to £1,121,000in the…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 5

At the Hall wool sales 20,500 Bawra bales were offered 2583 from New South Wales, 10,000 from Queensland and 5232 from victoria. There was…

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Sale of Farm Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 4

Mr. E. W. Sparke sold by auction at his Campbell's Hill office this afternoon, a block of farming land, adjoining the Show Ground, which was the…

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[?]y Producers Union [?]E Butter Position

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 5

[?]cision of Judge Beeby in the [?]ng court on Thursday received with astonishment by [?]cers as it was by the…

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Primary Producers Union. the Butter Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 1

J. M. Scott, Publicity Officer, P. P. Union,. writes:—The decision of Judge Beeby in the Profiteering Court will be received…

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