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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 99

Wool Sales. Strong Market in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 6

At the wool sales in Sydney 6445 bales were offered at auction, and 6215 were sold. Private sales accounted for a further total of 812…

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Cracksmen at Work Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society Burgled. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

Cracksmen blew open the safe at the offices of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, North Sydney, and secured about £58 in cash and over £100 in…

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Pastoral. Grass Seeds in Sheep. Measures to Prevent Infestation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

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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The Wool Market Animated Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, telegraphed us to-day as follows:— We sold 8100 bales of wool at our Sydney sale yesterday. Competition…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · 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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Wool Sales. Fine Staples in Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales in Sydney on Thursday 7100 bales were offered and 6429 were sold. Private transactions accounted for an additional total…

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British-australian Wool. Redemption of Priority Wool Certificates. £5,250,000 to the Distributed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 6

Arrangements have been completed by the directors of British-Australia Wool Realisation Association, Limited, to distribute on May 18 next, the…

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Bawra. Redemption of Priority Wool Certificates. £5,250,000 to Be, Distributed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 4

Arrangements have ben completed by the Directors of British Australian Wool Realisation Association, Limited, to distribute, on…

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Dairying Utensils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

The supplying of Dairying Utensils is a most important branch of our business, our turnover in this line reaching very big figures…

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Dairying Industry. the Economic Aspect. Conference in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

An important conference in connection with the dairying industry was held at the chamber of Commerce, Sydney, comprising over 70 delegates from…

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Miscellaneous. Useful to Farmers. Two Recipes for Whitewash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

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

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Cheap Trains. Farmer's Excursions Next Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

In connection with the special series of farmers cheap excursion trains, which the Railway Department has arranged for next week, it is officially…

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Dairy Utensils

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 4

The supplying of dairy utensils is a most important branch of our business. Our turnover in this line reaching very big figures. Our utensils have acquired a…

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Farming Versus Short Hours & Good Wages

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 6

From the Wollombi district comes the complaint that most of the young men leave the district for the more lucrative employment and shorter hours in…

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Wheat Pool. Quantity Received

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 6

The New South Wales voluntary wheat pool, to the 9th inatant, received 22,140,800 bushels of wheat. The total delivery was 7,380,259 bags…

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Wool Sales. Strong Market in Sydney

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

At the wool sales in Sydney 6445 bales were offered at auction, and 6215 were sold. Private sales accounted for a further total of 812…

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Heavy Arrivals. Butter Price to Be Reduced. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

On Monday the wholesale Price of choicest creamery butter will be reduced from 140/ to 121/4 enabling the retail price to be towered by twope[?]ce…

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Liverpool Wool Sales. Prices Maintained. London, February 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

At Liverpool wool sales 20,864 Bawra bales were offered. There was animated bidding and practically all were cleaned out. Superior merinos and…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 3

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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Best Boys for Farms. London, Feb. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 12

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

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