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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 99

Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

At the wool sales in Sydney 8276, bales were offered, and 7444 were sold, private sales numbered 1324. The Sydney Wool selling Brokers…

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The Primary Producers' Union. Organising the Dairy Farmers Community Work

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

Thus writes the Select Committee on Agriculture in its final report on page 78:-"Everywhere your committee went, it saw lack organisation. Those engaged in…

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Wool Fraud. Accused Found Guilty. Sentenced to Two Years. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

The jury in the case of Edgar Earraclough and Norman Hughes, charged with couspiracy to defraud John Vicars and others, members of the State Wool…

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Dairying. Safeguarding the Milkers. the Value of Silage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 6

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 6

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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"No evidence of Child Slavery in the Dairying Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

Some years or two back an attack was made on the dairy farmer in regard to child labor. The P. P. Union investigated the matter by calling for a report from…

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Butter Grading. Regulations Not Suspended

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 8

It has been freely reported that the new regulations under the Dairy Industry Act, which came into force on the 1st inst., and which has been…

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Agricultural. Lucerne for Wheat Farmers the King of Fodders Out West

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 7

Experience is showing that the western districts are more hospitable to the growth of lucerne than was once imagined. The time of sowing is…

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Butter Dearer. Rise of a Penny

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 14

A further advance of 9s 4d, to 140s a cwt., equivalent to 1s 3d a lb., was made in the price of choicest butter in the Sussex-street…

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Butter Industry. Queensland Appoints Advisory Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 11

An important conference of representatives of the dairying industry, called by the Government to consider the matter of the better organisation of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Six Arguments Against Weeds

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 3

There are six big arguments against weeds:— 1. They take up the space which should be occupied by useful plants…

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Wheat Market. Pool Price Reduced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 3

The Sydney wheat market on Tuesday remained quiet and unchanged. With the exception of a little stored gain, shipping agents acquired…

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Wheat Stocks. Watching the Mice

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 14

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 14

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

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Butter Export. State v. Commonwealth. Federal Attitude

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 10

At the Lismore Conference of representatives of the dairy industry, a letter was read from Mr. O'Callaghan, Federal Dairy Expert, in…

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Butter Shortage. London's Position. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 13

The shortage of butter supplies is causing anxiety in the London markets Importers say that the arrivals of the steamers Surry and Moreton Bay with…

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Wool Sales. London, March 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 2

The offerings of Bawra and free wool totalled 11,900 bales. The demand was brisk for the better qualities of merinos, which sold at the full basis…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Strong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 14

A catalogue of 7856 bales of wool was offered in Sydney on Monday, and sales, including private transactions, totalled 8324 bales…

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Wool Sales. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 13

The joint offerings of Bawra and free wool at to-day's sales totalled 12,700 bales. They were all cleared…

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Wool Sales. Strong Sydney Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 2

A catalogue of 8974 bales of wool were submitted in Sydney on Tuesday, and sales including private transactions, totalled 11,167 bales…

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