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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,968 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 99

Control of Wheat Marketing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 4

A new era is opening up for the wheat farmer in New South Wales and the producer is beginning to obtain [?] larger return for his labour through…

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Cattle Industry. Dilemma of Queensland Government

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

Owing to the unpromising outlook of the cattle industry the position of the State stations bought by the Government on a high market…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 September 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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The Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company, Sydney

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

The annual meeting of this Company was held at Kiama on the 18th ult. and was well attended. The annual balance sheet showed a surplus for the period of…

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Reduced Freights Oversea Ship[?]ing. Wool, Meat and Tallow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

Substantial reductions were announced by all oversca shipping interests last week in rates of freight to the United Kingdom and the…

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Stabilising of Dairy Products

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

Mr. C. J. McRac, President, P.P.U. writes:—Although the first round in the stabilisation of Butter and Cheese prices scheme…

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Miscellaneous. Not Grown on the Farm. Home Vegetable Patches All Too Rare in Rural Districts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 4

Considering how few farms there are in New South Wales on which a selection of common vegetables could not be grown over the greater…

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Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 8

Southdown ram, A. C. Picton, 1. Shropshire ram lamb, A. C. Picton, 1. Southdown ewe, A. C. Picton, 1. Southdown ewe lamb, A. C. Picton, 1…

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Cattle. Shorthorns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 8

Bull, 3 yrs and over, E. Lioyd Jones's Hambledon Emperor of Derrimut,) 1. Trustees J. C. Hooke's Menindie Duke 24th, 2. Bull 1 year, Trustees J. C…

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Wool

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 5

Fleece merino wool, J.H. Decent, 1; E.R. Moore, 2; M. Coffey, 3. Fleece wool, any Other breed, E R. Moore, 1; W. F. M'Donald, 2…

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Cattle. Milking Shorthorns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 6

Cow, 3 yrs, in milk, F. C. Gawne's Beauty of Leconfield, 1; Sidney Ebbeck, 2. Cow, 3 yrs, dry, F. C. Gawne's Ruby II., 1; F. C. Gawne's Topsy of…

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Butter Record. Jersey Cows Performance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 12

The Jersey cow Olivette (8039), the property of Mr. Alfred Gerrie, of Erm[?], Parramatta River has under official test yielded 900,21lb…

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Cattle Industry. Dilemma of Queensland Government

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 3

Owing to the unpromising outlook of the cable industry the position of the State stations bought by the Government on a high market continues…

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Pastoral. to Fight the Rabbit. Destruction of Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 9

Although the destruction of harbour may seem a very costly way of fighting the rabbit—perhaps almost impossible—the farmer who adopts…

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Wheat Market. Mail Offal Dearer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 3

Quiet conditions were maintained on the Sydney wheat market on Tuesday. Shipping agents offered up to 5/4 a bushel, Darling Harbour basis, while…

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Sheep Decline. Failing Off in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 8

The annual report of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture states that there has been a further decrease in the number of sheep in the…

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London Wool Sales. London, Sept. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 2

The sixth series of wool action sales opened this afternoon. Prices were from par to 5 per cent. In advance of the closing rates of the…

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Wool Supplies. Bawra Castigated. London, Sept. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 13

The Yorkshire newspapers comment strongly and resentfully on ir John Higgins' recent speech in Melbourne, on the position of Bawra and the…

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Gristing Trouble. Closing Down of Mills. Wheat Pool Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 3

Sir George Fuller, on reading the statements in the press, that millhands were being discharged, owing to the fact that millers could not obtain…

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Electric Farm. Haymaking Without Sunshine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 10

That it is possible to get stacks of good sweet hay in perfect condition without the sun is one of the problems surmounted by Mr. R. Borlase…

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