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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 84 of 109

Dairy Registration Primary Producers [?] Dr. Armstrong's Suggest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 14

A deputation from the ex[?] the Primary Producers Union [?] on Dr. Armstrong, the Director [?]eral of Public Health [?]ing…

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Government Experiment Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 4

It seems a curious thing to find a man in the position of Minister of Agriculture speaking of the cost of running experiment farms as a "loss"…

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Trades Hall View. Million Farms Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 9

The opinion that capitalists not support the Million Farms scheme was expressed by Mr. J. S. Garden, secretary of the Sydney Labour…

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Wheat Board. Overdraft Increased

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1921 · page 3

Financially the position of the Australian Wheat Board underwent a radical change during the week ended October 3, the aggregate bank…

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Our Telegrams. Butter a Penny Lower. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1921 · page 5

The retail price of butter was reduced by one penny per pound in Sydney to-day…

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Butter Down. Reduction of 9/4 Per Cwt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1921 · page 3

It was announced in Sussex-street that the wholesale price of choicest butter would be reduced from 168s to 158s per cwt. from to-day. The…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co , Ltd., report, 5th October, 1921—In the absence of the public sales there is little to report of special…

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City Butter Down 1d

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

The retail price of butter was reduced by Id per lb in Sydney to-day…

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Local and General News Cheaper Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

The output of butter is increasing rapidly, particularly in the, North Coast districts. In consequence the wholesale price of choicest butter was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 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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Telegraphic News Thefts of Wool. Wealthy Estate. Australian Footballers Again Defeated, Sydney, 1.30 p.m

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

Edgar Barraciough was to-day charged at the Police Court with having; while a Commonwealth officer, fraudulently converted to his…

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Dairy Produce. Shipment From New Castle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

A conference of butter factory representatives was held in the West Maitland Town Hall this morning. The conference was convened by the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 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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Damage to Wool. Result of Tar-marking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 3

The Association of the British Chambers of Commerce resolved at its annual meeting:— "That, in view of the great loss…

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Wheat Market. Famine Prices Have Passed. Mr. Barwell's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 2

The South Australians Premier (Mr. Barwell). in the House of Assembly, made an important statement regarding the wheat position…

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Million Farms Campaign. Explorers' Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 2

I suppose I may say, without boasting that no one knows the interior of Australia better than I. I have travelled it through and…

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Wheat Pool. Federal Pool Favoured. Prime Minister's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 2

An important speech on the wheat pool question was made by the Prime Minister at the Bendigo Show luncheon…

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Federal Politics. Marketing, of Wheat Black fur— Senate Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 7

In the Senate, Senator Russell, Vice-president of the Executive Council, in reply to Senator Wilson. (S.A.),. said a statement would be made shortly…

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Domestic Tragedy. Farmer Attacks His Wife

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 2

A former named Luke M'Gorman quarrelled with his wife at their home, near Wanganun, on Tuesday night. The woman ran out of the house and…

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South African Farmers. Financial Straits. Capetown. October 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 5

Owing to financial depression and the consequent fall in the values of agricultural produce, and also the failure of the cereal crop as a result of…

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