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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 99

Steamer on Fire. Flax and Wool Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 16

The British-India Company's steamer Hatipara, completing homeward loading at Wellington, was found to be on fire at Wellington,…

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Wool Sales. Decline of Ten Per Cent

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 7

At the wool sales in Sydney on Tuesday 8827 bales were catalogued, and Sales, including private transactions, numbered 9298 bales…

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Wool Sales. Bawra and Free. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 6

The joint sale of Bawra and free wool and the 12,000 bales were practically cleared out at prices on a par to those of last week. Australasian merinos…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Is It Worth Sowing? How to Test Lucerne Seed for Vitality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

It is possible for seed to be of such poor quality—so lacking in vitality, so adulterated with dirt and foreign seed of a possibly noxious nature, as to be…

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Farm-made Super. How to Turn Accumulated Bones to Good Account

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 7

The following directions for making this invaluable fertiliser on a small scale may prove useful on farms where bones accumulate, and…

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Dairying. Safeguarding the Milkers. the Value of Silage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

Silage is a great standby and insurance, not only against diminution of the products of dairy cows in lean periods, but against the loss of…

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Butter Market. Another' Early Advance Expected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 5

On account of the brisk demand from export buyers, it was found possible to advance the Sydney price of butter 1d per 1b. on Thursday,…

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Wool Sales. London, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 5

At to-day's London sales of Bawra wool the 11,690 bales submitted again sold readily at an average advance of 5 percent over January rates…

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Butter Up Again

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 5

Yesterday, the price of butter was advanced to 140/- per cwt., with every prospect of a further rise in the very near future. The cause…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 6

Schnte Bell & Co Ltd, report under date 25 March: Continued firmness has been in evidence at this week's Sydney sales for most…

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Butter Up. Penny Increase

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES salted butter, choicest grade, had for some time been 121s 4d per cwt. in Sussex-street. Yesterday there was an advance of a penny…

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Aberdeen Butter Prices. Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

The present complicated butter position and non-uniformity of payment for cream in different districts is causing great, preplexity amongst…

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Butter Dearer. Rise of a Penny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

A further advance of 9s 4d, to 140s a cwt., equivalent to 3d a ib., was made in the price of choicest butter in the Sussex-street…

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Wheat Stocks. Watching the Mice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

Sir Denison Miller, governor of the Commonwealth Bank, is quite satisfied that the wheat in the voluntary pool, upon which the bank…

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Wheat Position. London Market Dull

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

Wheat market conditions in Sydney on Monday were quotation were quiet, Quotation were unchanged, shipping agents maintaining their figure at…

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Butter Shortage. London's Position. London, March 24

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 6

The shortage of butter supplies is causing anxiety in the LONDON market. Importers say that the arrivals of the steamers Surry and…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Strong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 7

A catalogan of 7856 bales of wool was offered in Sydney on Monday, and sales, including private transactions totalled [?] bales…

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Claim of £9000. Trouble Over Sheep Sale. Verdict for £8337. SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

Michael O'Donnell. grazier, of Moree, sought to recover £9000 compensation from Norman C. Bucknell in the Banco Court to-day, in respect of the sale of…

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A Conspiracy Charge Dealing in Wool. (By Telegraph.) ' Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

The trial commence at the Central Criminal Court to-day of Edgar Barraclough and Norman Hughes, charged with having conspired together to cheat…

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