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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 99

Wheat Board. Overdraft Reduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 7

The sum owing to the banks by the Australian Wheat Board for the week closed February 20 was £1,216,000, contrasting with £1,947,000 for the…

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Wool Sales. Fine Quality in Keen Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 3

At the Sydney wool miles on Tuesday, 8443 bales were offered, and 7792 were sold. Private sales totalled 373 bales…

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Big Wheat Corner. London, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states that a number of Australian and American speculators attempted one of the biggest wheat corners on record. Eighteen…

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Export Butter. the New Regulations. Questions of Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

With the coming into forces yesterday of the revised and amended regulations under the Dairy Industry Act in this State, the conflict between the State…

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Wool Sales. Values Firm for Good Fleeces

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 6

At the wool sales in Sydney on Wednesday 10703 bales were offered, and 9151 were sold. Private sales totalled 1053 bales…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4

Weaver and Perry report having held a sale on Monday when they yarded a nice quality lot of cattle to a representative attendance of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report:—We offered at auction on Monday last a catalogue of 3485 bales. There was a full attendance…

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Extraordinary Demand for Fat Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 6

According to the Dubbo "Liberal" a most extraordinary demand for fat sheep has set in out in the central west, and no less than six…

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Wool Sales. Late Rates Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 3

A catalogue of 8989 bales was offered at the Sydney wool sales on Thursday, sales, including private transactions, totalled 8561 bales…

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Big Wheat Corner. London, March 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" prints Mr. Hughes' denial of the attention to corner wheat and adds that large stocks of Argentine wheat have been…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Note. for the Man on the Land

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

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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To Dairy farmers and Milk Vendors

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

The Milk and Cream Cans, Milking Buckets aud Milk Strainers supplied by us, are the standard of quality in this State, our turnover…

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Farm Engineering. Still Behind the Horses," a Farmer's Criticism of the Tractor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 6

The case for and against the tractor as an effective agent in economic agriculture has been put forward with a good deal of spirit from time…

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Butter Market. Prices Unchanged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 13

The Sydney price of butter is unaltered at 121/4 cwt. Conditions in the dairying districts continue favourable and production is well…

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Wheat Board. Overdraft Reduced

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

The sum owing to the banks by the Australian Wheat Board for the week closed February 20 was £1,216,000, contrasting with £1,947,000 for the…

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Serious Losses. Sheep Drowned in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 14

A prominent western pastoralist said that in the area between Longreach and Winton alone he estimated 200,000 sheep had perished as a…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 14

In Sydney on Monday, 7566 bales were catalogued at the wool sales. Including private transactions, sales amounted to 8377 bales…

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Bawra Wool. Statement of Stocks

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

A fuller statement of the position of the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association than that recently received by cable from the Australian…

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Bawra Wool. London, February 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 13

In the House of Commons, in answer to a question, Mr. Young stated that 1,226,000 bales of Government-owned wools is now in the hands of Bawra for…

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Easier Tendency. Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 13

A total of 6390 bales was catalogued at Sydney wool sales on Thursday, and sales, including private transactions, totalled 6016 bales…

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