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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 99

Agricultural. Ten Facts About Silage. a Commodity that Makes Farming Safer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 4

Farmers are still all too careless of the necessity of conserving fodder in the form of silage. Farming will be a more profitable and a safer thing…

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Dairying. Like an Engine. Why Hugging a Dairy Cow Sustains Milk Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 4

Rugging of dairy cattle during the winter months would be more general, says a writer in the Victorian Journal of Agriculture, if farmers…

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Live Stock Returns. Big Increase Tn Dairy Cattle in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 16

A return of live stock issued by the Victorian Government Statist shows that there were in Victoria in March of this your 496,124 horses, 719,473…

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Payments Due on Cattle Country

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 6

The Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from acting Under-Secretary of Lands Department:—"With reference to your…

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Cattle Drafting at Hospital Sports

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 6

One of the most popular and interesting events at country sporty meetings nowadays is the ladies cattledrafting competition. Such an event…

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Mysterious Disease. Among Cattle in Tasmania

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 11

Stockowners in Tasmania are much corned about the prevalence of a mysterious disease among cattle, which is eo severe that the breeding…

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Wool Sales. Coarse Descriptions Easier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 8

At the Sydney woo. sales on Wednesday 7076 bales were offered at auction and 6232 sold. Private sales totalled 2228…

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Wool Sales. Keen Competition in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 3

In Sydney on Tuesday, 8448 bales of wool were offered and sales, including private transaction totalled 8003 bales…

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Graziers' Conference Wool and Land Matters. Stock Diseases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 14

The Graziers' Conference has carried several resolutions drilling with land matters, the marketing of wool, and other subjects…

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Australian Wheat. Report From Mr. Trethowan. London, June 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 5

Mr. Trethowan, the New South Wales Wheat Commissioner, states that most of the 22,000,000 bushels of wheat has now been sold at…

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Dairying. Benefits of Rugging

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 7

Rugging of dairy cattle during the winter months would be more general, says a writer in the Victoria "Journal of Agriculture." if farmers understood…

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County Cricket. Crop of Centuries. London, June 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 13

The beat wave produced a shower of centuries in country cricket. Sandham made 160 and Jeacock 201 (not out) for Surrey, who declared at six for 532…

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Intensive Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 4

On the subject of intensive farming Mr. Herlord Wenhoiz, B.Sc., one of the inspectors of the Agricultural Department, gave some valuable…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 4

The thirty-eighth half-yearly general meeting of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, will be held in…

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Butter Market. Interstate Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1922 · page 6

The Sydney butter market is unaltered at 196/ per cwt. On the northern rivers supplies are going off rapidly…

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Wool Exports. Britain Best Customer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1922 · page 5

During May 88,979 bales of wool were exported from New South Wales valued at £1,966,000, as against 121,799 bales worth…

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Marathon Winner. a Sturdy Young Farmer. London, June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1922 · page 5

A young Leicestershire farmer, A. R. Mills, who does not, train but relies on hard farm work, with an occasional short cross -country run, won the…

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World Wheat Shortage Feared Smaller Crop and Increased Demand

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 2

Washington, Sunday.—The foodstuffs division of the Department of Commerce has issued a statement that the world fears a shortage of wheat, which…

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The Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., report:—We sold 5100 bales of wool at our Sydney sales yesterday. All flne…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 1

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report that they offered at auction on 7th inst. a catalogue of 2144 bales, comprising a largo proportion…

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