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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 99

Sheep Losses. Perished in Queensland Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 6

Visitors to Rockhampton (Q.) who travelled across from winton to Longreach give a vivid description of the ravages caused by the recent disastrous floods in that area…

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Wheat Pool. QUANTlTY-RECEIVED

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 13

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

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Wheat Market. Vancouver, February 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 3

A message from Chicago states that wheat shot upward at the opening five cents higher than Saturday's closed, an advance due to the rise yesterday in…

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Wool Sales. Faulty Fleeces Easier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 14

In Sydney on Monday 6278 bales of wool were offered, and sales, including private transactions, amounted to 7414 bales…

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Wool Sales. Market Generally Lower

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 8

At the Sydney wool sales on Wednesday, 7298 bales were offered, and 7002 sold. Private sales totalled 998. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Wheat Ship Aground London, February 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

A message from Gla[?]go states that the four masted barque Elginshire, from Melbourne with a cargo of wheat, is aground in Queenstown Harbour…

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Wool Sales. Weaker Tendency in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales in Tuesday, 7111 bales were catalogued and sales, including private transactions, totalled 8208 bales…

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Wool Sales. Fine Staples in Demand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 11

At the Sydney wool sales in Sydney on Thursday 7109 bales were offered and 6429 were sold. Private transactions accounted for an additional total…

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German Boycott. of Australian Wheat. Ministry Unconcerned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 8

While the Minister for Customs (Mr. Rodgers) refused to comment upon the cabled announcement that German agents had received instructions not to…

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Heavy Arrivals. Butter Price to Be Reduced. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 14

On Monday the wholesale price of choicest creamery butter will be reduced from 140/to 121/4, enabling the retail price to be lowered by twopence…

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Liverpool Wool Sales. Prices Maintained. London, February 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 13

At Liverpool wool sales 26,864 Bawra bales were offered. There was animated bidding, and practically all were cleared out. Superior merinos and…

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Dairying Industry. the Economic Aspect. Conference in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 11

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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Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. Annual Meeting. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 6

The twenty-second annual meeting of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held on Saturday, Mr. David Faulkner, chairman ofl…

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Million Farms. South Australian Land

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

The South Australian Minister of Agriculture (Mr. T. Pascoe, M.L.C.), states that the Cabinet has given attention to the various statements…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 17th February: A some what easier tone has pervaded the past few days' sales, quotations…

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Wool From Blandford

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 4

Biddings for Mr. Andrew Murphy's Ferndale wool, from Blandford. were very keen from Continental buyers at Wihchcombe, Carson's sale…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Easier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales 6546 bales were offered, and 5777 were sold. Private sales totalled, in addition, 599 bales…

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Local and General Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

The thirty-third half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above company will be held in Memorial ball on Friday next at 11 a.m. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 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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General News a Halt in Wool Demand. Fluctuations Inevitable

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, report:—When markets for any commodity reach very buoyant levels, fluctuations are inevitable, Extreme rates…

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