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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 99

Useful to Farmers. Two Receipes for Whitewash

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 4

A cheap whitewash, which will stand the rain and weather without coming off, and will do for galvanised iron, is made- as follows:—Place…

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Pastoral. Grass Seeds in Sheep. Measures to Prevent Infestation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 7

The condition of sheep due to Penetration of the skin by certain grass seeds is a very common one in parts of the State following good…

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Butter Record Exports in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

The production of butter in Queensland continues to expand, and a further grading record was created last week when 28,644 boxes of butter and…

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Co-operation Movement Proposed Butter and Bacon Factory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 7

A well-attended public meeting took place in the Ravensworth schoolroom on, Monday night last, 30th ult. The objects of the meeting were to consider a…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 12

The joint sales of 11,250 bales of Bawra free wool were continued to-day. Competition was animated, and the clips were equally distributed…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 2

At to-day's sales 6400 bales of free and 4300 bales of Bawra wool were offered. The latter consisted chiefly of second merino and greasy…

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Wool Sales. Prices Rise in Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 6

Winehcombe, Carson, Ltd., report the receipt of the following wire from their Brisbane office:— "Good selection wools available at…

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Wheat Pools. an Unsatisfactory Position. Early Settlement Demanded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

Mr. T.I. Camphell, general secretary of the Farmers and Sottlers Association, Complains that the position in connection with the various…

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Wool Trade. Important Statement. Bawra Directors. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 12

Lessons of last year's working are set forth in a report issued by the London directors of the British Australian Wool Realisation Association…

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Miscellaneous. Useful to Farmers. Two Recipes for Whitewash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 7

A cheap whitewash, which win status the rain and weather without coming off, and will do for galvanised iron, is made as follows:—Place enough follow…

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Dairy Industry. an Optimistic Outlook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 11

That the dairying industry has ahead of it prospects far brighter then they were before the war was the assurance given to dairy farmers…

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A Million Farms. Six Premiers' Attitude. Sir .J. Carruthers Tells of Progress

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

"I am often asked: How is the million farms for a million farmers movement getting along," said Sir Joseph Carruthers…

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Empire Migration. Best Boys for Farms. London, Feb. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

"Why should not farm training, with a view to emigration, form part of the public schools' curriculum?" asks Mr. Hamilton Fy[?], headmaster…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report 1st February, 1922.—The week has been a quiet one in Sydney, as buyers are in Brisbane…

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Muswellbrook Butter Factory Record Output

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

The output of the local butter factory was 45 tons of butter for the month of January, which is a record. Suppliers will be paid 9½d nett…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 1

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

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Wool Sales. Improved Sydney Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 3

In Sydney on Tuesday 5900 bales of wool were offered and sales, including private transactions, totalled 5785 bales…

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Bawra Wool. Big Offerings at Hull. London. February 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 5

A sale of 30,000 bales of Bawra wool will commence at Hull on February 17. The offerings will comprise 13,200 bales of merinos and 16,800 of crossbdeds…

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Loss of Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

At various times the dangers attendant on cattle caring young sorghum, on account of the poison contained in the plant before it reaches maturity,…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

The ordinary general meeting of shareholders, in the Bowthorne Co-operative Mutter Factory, Limited, will he held in the boardroom of the company's…

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