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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 99

Dearer Butter. Melbourne Prices Advance 13/ in Four Days

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 6

Wholesale butter prices were increased by a further 8/ per owt. to-day, representing a rise of 13/ per owt. since Monday…

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Butter Profit. New Zealand Firm's Big Buying. New Zealand

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

Discussing the big rise in the price of butter, a Wairarapa dairy farmer states that one firm of buyers had purchased 50,000 boxes of butter,…

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The Wheat Pool. Waiting for Accounts. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture is particularly anxious to secure finalisation of the Wheat Pool accounts as rapidly as possible and intends to call a…

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State Wheat Pool. Claims for £85,000. Why the Board Lingers

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

The fact that the State Wheat Board continues to sit at fairly frequent intervals and the State Wheat Office is being maintained with a reduced staff,…

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Agricultural. Insects and Maize. Protecting the Crop

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

Some twenty-eight species of insects have so far been recorded as attacking [?] in New South Wales, and of these some twelve (notably…

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Crop Prospects. an Encouraging Outlook

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

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) and Messrs. Cann and Fox, Assistant Commissioners, returned to Sydney on Thursday from a tour of the…

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Dairy Products. Need for Quality Improvement

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

Appreciation was expressed at the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers in Sydney of a paper read by Mr. George S. Stening on "A Few…

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Dairy Conference. More Instructors Desired

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

At the conference of Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries in Sydney the following resolutions were carried:—…

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Imitation Milk. Fears of British Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 9

Imitation milk is considered by the National Farmers' Union to be a distinct menace to the agricultural industry in Britain…

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Dairying. Value of Testing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 12

If you want to know the time, ran the old song, ask a policeman. If you want to know you cows, suns the modern dairy saw, ask…

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Important to Dairymen Suburban V. Country' Milk

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 1

Professor J.D. Stewart, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science in the Sydney University, addressing the Health Society this week, stated that…

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Voice of the Tipsters Warwick Farm Selections. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 6

For Warwick Farm raes to-morrow "Poseidon" tips:— Hurdle Racs—Mervotia or Edmund. Liverpool Handicap.—Erasmus,…

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Wingham Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1922 · page 6

Prior to a start being made to sell at the Cross' cattle saleyards, Wingham, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Henry Turner took the opportunity…

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Sugar Crop Prospects in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1922 · page 3

The director of sugar experiment stations in Queensland (Mr. Easterly) has returned to Brisbane after an extended tour of the northern sugar…

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Cattle Dearer. £2 a Head

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 2

Cattle were £2 a head dearer at the Homebush markets yesterday. The shortage of supplies accounted for the sharp rise…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 5

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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Singleton Central Co-op. Dairy Co. Shares. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 2

Sir,—The advertisement in your, paper dated 30th June cannot be allowed to pass without some comment, especially as the matter therein contained is…

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Bawra Wool. Year's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 4

The report of the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association for the year ended on December 31, 1921 has been issued…

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Wheat Cargo Sold. London, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

A Victorian wheat cargo of 9300 tons by the King Bleddyn has been sold at 53/9 a quarter…

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Strange Nesting Place Mice in Ram's Wool

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 1

In connection with the mice plague in the west fact is certainly stranger than fiction (says the Young paper). Here is a story which is vouched for by Mr…

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