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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 99

The Super-tax. Concussion to Wheat Growers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 6

The Premier (Sir George Fuller) stated that the conference which took place between Mr. Huxtable and himself, relative to the concessions…

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Butter Pastures. Produced Grasses at Glen Innes Respond Profitably

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 7

Top-dressing experiments carried at Glen Innes Experiment Farm the past three years have shown application of fertilisers to…

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Agricultural. War on Weeds. Farmers Should Give Short Shrift to Plant Loafers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 7

There is only one kind of plant that the farmer should have any use for—it is the kind that has a definite use on the farm, and from the cultivation or…

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Dairying Industry. Scheme of Control. Victorian Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 13

At the recent conference of dairymen convened by the Victorian Farmers' Union a committee was appointed to prepare a scheme for submission to…

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Dairying. Winter Is Coming. It Will Pay You to Rug Your Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 7

Winter is not very far off in the colder parts of the State and the careful farmer will already be giving some thought to the particular tasks…

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Meat Export. Cattle Council Accepts Mr. Hughes' Offer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 6

Mutters have been finalised by the Queensland Cattle Council, in the matter of Mr. Hushes' offer to subsidise Who the beef industry by all parties…

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Dairy Farm Sold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright conducted the sale of a dairy farm at Knockfin, for the executors in the estate of the late Mr. R. J. Burgess, at his Campbell's Hill…

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Dairy Industry. Movement to Uplifht

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

At the request of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Committee, Mr. Rodgers, the Minister for Customs, is convening a meeting to be…

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Kentucky Farms. Soldier Settlers Discontented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 7

On the Kentucky soldier, settlement there are 69 settlors, of -whom 40 are married. Discontent is rampant, and it is stated that if…

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Advance in Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Owing to the keen demand for choicest butter for local consumption and to supply the deficiency in other States the consumer will have to pay an extra Id…

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Up Again Butter Takes Another Rise

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Butter advanced another penny yesterday, making the sixth increase since April 4. The prices now ruling are the best…

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Butter Control. the Melbourne Conference. Victoria Not Unanimous

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 7

On his return, from the Melbourne conference of butter [?]roducers, which he attended with Messrs. Basche and Mackey, the president of the Primary…

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Decline In World's Wool Clip. Reasons for Market Buoyancy

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 4

Winchcome, Carson, Limited, report:— Figures recently compiled in America indicate one contributing…

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Wheat Cargoes. Sales at 57/6 a Quarter. London, April 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 5

Wheat cargoes again advanced. A sale of 5500 tons of Victorian grain by the Australport was sold at 57/6 a quarter and 6105 tons of West…

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P.p. Union Stabilising the Dairying.. Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

The dairy conference of factory delegates held at Sydney on the 14th and 15th inst., after a very full debatearrived at the following…

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Droughty Conditions Rain Wanted Badly All Over North. Gunnedah Farmers Anxious

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Unseasonable weather has prevailed in the Gunnedah district throughout the present month, the days being hot and sultry, and the nights…

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Big British Farmer. Impressed with Mildura Lands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 3

Mr. E. Hiam, who carries on farming on a large scale in England, and was controller of vegetable supplies during the war, is on a visit to Eydney. He…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 4

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth-Patent Office:—…

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Wool Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 4

Pitt Son and Badgery, Ltd report:— We submitted an attractive catalogue at our sale last week, comprising 3446 bales, drawn chicfly from southern and…

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Wheat Prices. Bread Likely to Be Dearer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

Although the Voluntary Pool quotes wheat 1d a bushel higher, making it 5/11 on rail, Sydney, flour is still £13/10/ a ton delivered; bran…

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