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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 99

Agricultural. Enter Farmer Junior. Boys and Girls, as a Power for Better Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 4

It may eventually transpire that of all the discoveries of the present decade the most important for agriculture has been the significance of…

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Wheat Pool

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 3

Representatives of the voluntary wheat pool saw Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, and placed before him a proposal that a second advance of 1/6…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 5

A catalogue of 8436 hales was submitted at Sydney wool sales on wednesday and sales, including private transaction, totalled 7489 bales…

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Butter Market. Interstate Conditions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 9

The Sydney butter market in unaltered at 196/ per cent, On the northern rivers supplies are going off rapidly…

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Cattle Stations. Reduction of Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 6

In the Arbitration Court in Brisbane, Justice M'Cawley reduced the wages of station hands employed on cattle stations by 10/ weekly, youths…

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Shooting Cattle. to Avoid Taxation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 6

When the question of taxation was being discussed at the Federal Farmers' Conference in Adelaide, Mr. R. P. Gibson (Victoria) said that when he…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 14

In Sydney on Monday 7096 bales of wool were offered, and sales, including private transactions, totalled 700 bales…

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Wool Sales. London, June 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 3

Bawra and free wools to the number of 13,000 bales were offered, more than half New Zealand. Crossbred greasles predominated. Fine…

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Wheat Market. Australian Quiet in London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 3

Wheat for export was quoted on the Sydney market on Friday at nominally 5/6 a bushel, trucks, Darling Harbor. The supply of free wheat…

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Wheat Market. London Quiet and Easier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 7

The volume of export business passing on the Sydney wheat market on Tuesday was practically negligible. One or two firms were still quoting…

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Wool Exports. Britain Best Customer, Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 3

During May 88,979 bales of wool were, exported from New South Wales, valued at £1,966,000, as against 124,799 bales worth…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 12

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

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London Wool Sales. (The "Times" Cables). Reduced Offerings. London, June 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 5

The London wool auction sales close on June 26. The amount offering is reduced to 20,000, including 5000 merinos and 15,000 New…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 12

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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Federal Elections. Farmers' Conference Decisions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 6

At the final session of the Federal Farmers' Conference in Adelaide, Mr. Fill (Vic.) movered:— "That the organisation in each…

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Live Stock. Acquired Crop Tastes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 9

The taste for many articles of human food is an acquired one; so, too, is that for some stock feeds. Farmers are Home times apt to forget this…

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Local and General News Special Prizes for Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 6

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue of the valuable extra prizes, amounting to 46 guineas, donated to the N.A.A. by Messrs Jas Moore…

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Butter Market. Interstate Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1922 · page 6

In Sydney the butter market was unaltered at 196/ per ewt. Conditions on the northern rivers are very unfavourable, and it is generally admitted…

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Guessing Weight of Sheep

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 2

The dressed weight of the sheep exhibited at the showground, in connection with the Hospital carnival, was 68[?]. The winner was Mr J. Richards,…

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Sydney Wool Market. Another Successful Sale Farmers & GRAZIERS'

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-op Grain, Insurance & Agency Co Ltd., report:— "At out sale on the 18th isnt…

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