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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 81 of 109

Dairying Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 4

Hon W. Bennett, M.L.A., writes: In different newspapers throughout the Maitland electorate Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., remarks upon what…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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State Wheat Pool. Shipments and Quantity in Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 3

A total of 14,000 bags of wheat was received last week into the New South Wales wheat pool. Farmers still holding wheat, and desirous of…

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Bread Price Raised ¼d .A Loaf Dearer. Effect of Wheat Board's Action

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 2

Judgment was given by Judge Beeby on Monday in the Master Bakers Association's application for an increase in the price of bread. The judgment was…

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Maitland District Farm. Action for £200

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 6

In the Banco Court, before Sir William Cullen and a jury of four, John Duff Morehead, sued Austen Guerry de Lauret Arnold and his wife…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and M. Agency Co., Ltd., report, September 28:— The market is still in recess, and no sales will be held until the resumption…

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Deal in Wool. Wool Classer Claims Commission. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

George Arthur Ferguson claimed £1500 compensation in the Banco Court to-day from Robert Little and Co., in respect of commission…

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A Sheep of the Old Block

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 4

The keen-eyed woman looked at the meat displayed on the butcher's stall for some minutes, and then exclaimed: "Is that English mutton?"…

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Wheat Pool. Cabinet Decides in Favour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 7

Mr. Dooley, Chief Secretary and Deputy Premier, announced that a compulsory pool would be established to deal with the wheat harvest for New…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 3

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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Mr. Hughes Arrival in Melbourne. Wheat Matters. Views 0N Irish Situation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 4

Mr. Hughes reached Melbourne on Wednesday morning, and was given a cordial welcome home. In he course of an interview the…

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Return of Mr. Hughes. Comments on Wheat Situation. Also British Politics. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

Mr. Hughes reached Melbourne this morning, and was given a cordial welcome home. In the course of an interview, the…

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Coastal Farmers' Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 4

It is notified for public information in our advertising columns that the Maitland branch of the Coastal Farmers will be closed from to-day, after…

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Verdict for Plaintiff. Sale of Maitland District Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 6

The hearing was concluded in the Banco Court before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen of the action in which John Duff Morehead sued…

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The Million Farms Scheme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

Side by side with Sir Joseph Carruthers' Million Farms scheme, we have the spectacle of hundreds of hundreds of seekers of homes vainly…

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Agricultural. "New-fangled Talk." And the Relationship of Prejudice to Farm Profits

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 3

"What's all this new-fangled talk about spraying?" says the oldest inhabitant. "When I was a boy——" That is the difference, points out a…

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The Dairying Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

The boom in the dairying industry is in evidence on all hands. It is, of course, rendered more pronounced by the remarkably prolific season…

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Milk and Butter Yields. Standard Test Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 11

The Dairy Branch, Department of Agriculture, supplies the records of 67 pure-bred cows which completed official tests of milk and butter fat…

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Wheat Profit. Result of Government Trading

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 11

As a result of efficient business management on the part of the State Wheat Office, which in 1920 entered into the wheat trade to supply the…

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Wheat Board. Labour Execution's Appreciation. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 9

The A.L.P. Executive carried the following motion:— "That the present policy of the Labor Government in regard to the…

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