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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 99

Wheat Pooling. Mr. Trethowan in Canada

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 4

A cable has been received from Canada stating that Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C., has discussed the question of wheat pooling with the…

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The Wheat Tragedy Inquest Commenced. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 5

An unexpected beginning was made to-day in the coroner's inquest on the deaths of the three men who were entombed in wheat on the steamer…

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Fatal Wheat Slide Three Men Killed; Five Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 4

A frightful accident Occurred at White Bay on Monday night, when eight men were buried beneath several hundred tons of bulk wheat. Three…

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Fatal Wheat Slide. Inquest Opened. Faulty Planks Alleged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 2

An inquest was opened to-day in connection with the deaths of the three men who were entombed in wheat on the steamer Norfolk…

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Primary Production Tremendous Increases in Dairying, Agriculture, and Fruit. Hundred Million Pounds in Ten Years

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 4

Mr Massy Greene, Minister for Defence and Deputy Leader of the Government, gave some interesting figures in the House of Representatives with…

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Cattle Dealers Hard Hit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

A Glen Innes message says during the big boom in cattle about 18 months ago dealers were making hundreds of pounds. It was nothing…

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Pastoral Industry. Big West Australian Project

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

While in London the Premier (Sir James Mitehell) was consulted by the promoters of the North-west Development Company to be floated with a…

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Australian Versus New Zealand Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Scutt, Publicity Officer, P.P. Union writes:—The question is often asked why there is such a great difference in price between Australian and New…

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Wool Market. London, July 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 5

A message from Bradford reports that the firmness of the London wool sales acted as a tonic and the downward movement of raw material…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

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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Wool Association. Statement of Financial Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

At a meeting of shareholders of the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association, Sir John Higgins, chairman, stated that the assets were:…

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Wheat Prospects. Excellent in the South and South-west

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 7

Mr. R. S. Drummond, manager of the State wheat pool, has returned to Sydney from a run through Riverina. The week-end rails, he says, have…

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Buried Alive Under Tons of Wheat. Strange Accident. Three Men Dead

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 3

Buried beneath 30 or 40 tons of bulk wheat and the broken timber of a heavy bulkhead, three men met their death in a hold of the steamer…

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Cotton Growing. Farmers Advised to Act Cautiously

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture has issued a pamphlet upon cotton-growing, giving suitable cultural advice under New South Wales…

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Crops Grown on Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

The Bolwarra Shire roads through farming lands are for the most part formed only in the centre and are unfenced. Farmers make a practice of growing crops…

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Valuable Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Mr. Thos. Reeves has disposed of his farm at Thalaba, Mr. Philip Milburn being the purchaser. The farm, which comprises 134 acres, is…

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Dairying. a Popular Pasture. Seven Points About Paspulum

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

There are very few localities in the dairying districts of New South Wales where paspalum has not been grown for pasture. Following are…

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Butter Market. Interstate Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 13

In Sydney the price of choicest quality butter advanced on July 10 to 224/ per qwt. Prescott, Ltd., report that supplies from the Northern…

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Wheat Market. Pool Price Reduced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 7

The Sydney wheat market on Wednesday remained qui[?]t. One shipping firm was still quoting nomi[?]lty [?]…

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Hull Wool Sales. London, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 13

At the Hull wool sales today 23,000 bales were offered, including 9835 bales from New South Wales and 6213 from Victoria…

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