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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 99

The Farmer's Friend. or His Enemy. Labor's Record

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 8

Mr Dooley's claim that his Government is the farmers' only friend is regarded by Sir George Fuller as an example of the audacity which so…

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Wheat Pool. the Quantity Received

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 3

In the terms of its agreement with the Commonwealth Bank the Voluntary Wheat Pool ceased the receival of wheat on Tuesday last…

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Letters to the Editor Maitland Show Cattle Drafting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 6

Sir,—Again this year we notice the cattle drafting competitions are receiving due prominence in the show advertisements and local news…

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Cattle Drafting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

The president stated that White Bros would find the necessary cattle for the drafting competition…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

'Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 18th March:—After some hesitation at the initial sales, prices current here last week seem to have been…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report 16th March:—With most of the buyers in Brisbane no sales have been held here this week…

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P.P. Union the Recent Butter Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

Frequent reference has been made in the press throughout the dairying districts to a letter from Mr. L. E. Delroy of Murgon, Queensland, and…

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Butter Market. Unexpected Shortage. London, March 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

An unexpected shortage of oversea butter, party due to the fact that practically no Australian butter had arrived caused an[?]ty in the London…

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Tability in Wool Markets Finance and Quick Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report. —The stability in wool values recent sales throughout the world, indicates that manufacturers regard…

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Stability in Wool Markets. Finance and Quick Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report—The stability in wool values at recent sales throughout the world, indicates that manufacturers regard…

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Primary Producers' Union. Organising the Dairy Farmers' Community Work. As Others See Us

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 1

Thus writes the Select Committee on Agriculture in its final report: Everywhere your committee went, it saw lack of organisation. Those…

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No Evidence of Child Slavery in Dairying Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 1

Some year or two back an attack was made on the dairy farmer in regard to child labor. The P. P. Union investigated the matter by…

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Freak Railway Freights Farmers Forced to Sydney Market

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 1

The freights charged by the Railway Commissioners are hard to understand. Several Glen Iunes storekeepers are getting goods from Sydney to Grafton…

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Wool Sales. Decline of Ten Per Cent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

At the wool sales in Sydney on Tuesday 8827 bales were catalogued, and sales, including private transactions, [?]bered 9298 bales…

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Butter Position. Higher Prices for the Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 7

Addressing a meeting of the Murwillumbah branch of the Primary Producer Union, Mr. C.J. M'Rac, general president, said that next…

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Advance in Butter. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 5

The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Co. reports:—There is further sharp, advance in London to 150/ per cwt. Owing to the prospective shortage,…

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Butter Trade More Pay for Butter Producers. Murwillumbah

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

Dairy farmers, who have been carrying on at a loss since the fall in prices, were cheered by an announcement by Mr. c. J. [?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction on Thursday 3055 bales. The market was good, all sections operating freely. Values…

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London Butter Market Firm and Rising

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

Our weekly butter cable, 20 inst., reports an increase in butter values with the prospect of short, supplies on the Continent and the mortality…

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Butter Dearer. Advance of Penny Per Pound

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 6

The price of [?] butter was advanced 1d a lb, to 130/8 a cwt, in the Sussex-street wholesale markets on Friday. Other grades were subject to…

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